Thousands turn out for 57th anniversary of the March on Washington

Fifty-seven years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the first March on Washington, thousands gathered once again at the nation's capital to demand racial justice and police reform. Dr. Peniel Joseph, founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School at the University of Texas, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss how the foundations laid by civil rights leaders in 1963 helped shape today's demonstration.

[TheWayofGrace]

Yeah, but keep everything closed and stay 6 feet apart.

[jingles]

“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” MLK

[chandlerhause]

People can gather like this and protest every single night, go to grocery stores, walmarts ect.. but cant go to the polls and vote? Its absolutely ridiculous.

[ericburton]

So uh, noticed this was right next to a video about the RNC being a potential super spreader event.... gonna mention that about this gathering or nah?

[nicklangarica]

Yes this is proof we can vote at our local voting precinct I thank the person that brought that up

[cousinabe]

Is anyone concerned about this being a super spreader for covid??

[andrewbochicchio]

So it looks like we can vote in person. Excellent

[teresauntalan]

Whaaat? We can't go to church but thousands can demonstrate?

[navalinfoanalysis]

We are in a state of war Their is slow process called active measures: Stage 1 demoralization takes 15-20 years maybe even 30 years. Stage 2 destabilization takes 3-5 years. Stage 3 crisis takes about 6 weeks maybe longer. Stage 4 normalization. Every second disaster is coming closer and closer. —Yuri Bezmenov—. (The scariest part is that this all happening now in 2020)

[homer_thompson]

Biden: "More than thousands. Hundreds!"

[StalinTheManfSteel]

These news networks were blasting Trump last night over no social distancing and now look at this gaggle!

[annon]

If y’all can protest and go to this walk, then you can vote in person.

[nicklangarica]

MLK had a dream of Peace not Rioting a Dream of Mutual Harmony Not Disunity, All Sharp ton Forgot that part of the speach

[marcoolarte]

Wow I see so much hate and a divided country in the comment section... We should remember we are all Americans... Let's not fall into the game of politicians that try to divide us.

[Toekneepowers]

In the 30 years that I could have voted i decided not to, why vote for a master. But now with all the MSM lies. Think I'm going to.

[MiltonTucker]

Martin Luther King would turn his back on the violent BLM movement.

[franktomaselli]

If this can happen can we vote in person

[greglewis]

God is going to bring everbody to their knees and no one is going to be able to do anything.We haven't seen nothing yet.

[Turk_]

What about Covid? Why cant businesses open?

[davidkennedy]

No way, thousands! That is incredible. There should have been a bigger turnout. I mean it is not like they have jobs to go to.