MSNBCW NOW With Alex Wagner August 23, 2013
Why dont you tell us about that. Reporter washington, d. C. , in the summer of 1963 was more than a little nervous about the prospect of a big civil rights march coming to the city, and that worry extended from the president on down, a fear that if it went badly, it could derail the efforts to pass the nations most important civil rights law. Its easy to see now why the march on washington is celebrated as a landmark in the Civil Rights Movement. It helped to shape Public Opinion after decades of struggle, says todd perdom, author of a forth coming book about that period. I think its probably ...