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The shooter acted alone, with no evidence he was part of a wider group. monday marks 60 years since 250,000 people gathered on the national mall in washington on a hot summer's day in august 1963. activists, college students, lawmakers, families and civil rights leaders traveled by car, bus, train and on foot to participate in the march on washington forjobs and freedom. the march became a cornerstone event for the civil rights movement and a moment in american history. dr martin luther king junior delivered his celebrated "i have a dream" speech on the steps of the lincoln

Has plagued this community time and time again and it should not happen. ben ryan there, reporting on the scene. ben, thank you so much. monday marks 60 years since 250,000 people gathered on the national mall in washington on a hot summer's day in august 1963. activists, college students, lawmakers, families and civil rights leaders traveled by car, bus, train and on foot to participate in the march on washington forjobs and freedom. the march became a cornerstone event for the civil rights movement and a moment in american history. dr martin luther kinng delivered his celebrated "i have a dr...

In washington on a hot summer's day in august 1963. activists, college students, lawmakers, families and civil rights leaders traveled by car, bus, train and on foot to participate in the march on washington forjobs and freedom. the march became a cornerstone event for the civil rights movement and a moment in american history. dr martin luther kinng delivered his celebrated "i have a dream" speech on the steps of the lincoln memorial. the day would end with a meeting between march leaders and presidentjohn f kennedy. the event marked the largest demonstration for human rights in us history an...

Yvonne told us how she refused to let prejudice define her relationship with the children she taught. archive: there is no | colour problem at ring cross infant school. mrs yvonne conolly has to be thanked for that. i but there is an awful lot . of love, most of it for her. she is london's first - west indian head teacher, and what a hit she is withi the kids, all 200 of them. i'm yvonne, i'm yvonne conolly. i was one of the first black head teachers in inner london in 1969. i had done three years of teacher training injamaica, so i thought, "i'll come to britain." i came in august 1963. a gre...

Mrs yvonne conolly has to be thanked for that. i but there's an awful lot of love, most of it for her. _ she's london's first - west indian head teacher, and what a hit she is withi the kids, all 200 of them. i'm yvonne, i'm yvonne conolly. i was one of the first black head teachers in inner london in 1969. i had done three years of teacher training injamaica, so i thought, "i'll come to britain." i came in august 1963. a grey, grey day. i wondered what i had done. i had planned to be here for three years. but three years led to four years. i was very aware that there were racial tensions in q...