Alistair Barr and Greg Toppo
USA TODAY 3:26 p.m. EDT
August 28, 2013
... Former President Jimmy Carter even invoked the long-fought struggle for congressional voting rights by D.C. residents.
President Obama invoked the broader civil rights struggles of a half-century ago, telling the crowd, "Because they kept marching, America changed ... Because they marched, America became more free and more fair."
King's daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, noted that at the 1963 march, there was "not a single woman on the program." "We have witnessed great strides toward freedom," she said, but "we must keep the sound and the message of freedom and justice going."
Earlier, Al Sharpton told the crowd the Jim Crow "had a son named James Crow Jr., Esq. He writes voting suppression laws," and National Urban League President Marc Morial said, "It is time, America, to wake up. Fifty years ago that sleeping giant was awakened, but somewhere along the way we've dozed. We've been quelled by the lullaby of false prosperity and the mirage of economic equality. We fell into a slumber. Somewhere along the way, white sheets were traded for button-down white shirts. Attack dogs and water hoses were traded for Tasers and widespread implementation of stop-and-frisk policies" ...
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