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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 the single most important public demonstration in america of any kind. Reporter america in 1963 was deeply segregated. Something as simple as taking the bus meant separate waiting rooms for blacks. In the spring the nation had watched as police in birmingham, alabama, aimed fire h ....
To make it to the middle class no matter where you start out in life, it isnt bestowed to us by washington. Whats next . Gabby giffords deserves a vote. The families of newtown deserve a vote the families of aurora deserve a vote john covering the week, Karen Tumulty of the washington post, todd purdum of vanity fair, jeff zeleny with the new york times, and eamon javers of cnbc. Awardwinning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens, live, from our nations capital, this is Washington Week with gwen ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Week is provided by. We went out and asked people a simple question, how old is the oldest person youve known . We gave people a sticker and had them show us. We learned a lot of us have known someone whos lived well into their 90s and thats a great thing but one thing tha ....
Soon as possible on our most urgent repairs. Raise the federal minimum wage to 9 an hour. John republicans see it as a sign to balloon the government. To make it to the middle class no matter where you start out in life, it isnt bestowed to us by washington. Whats next . Gabby giffords deserves a vote. The families of newtown deserve a vote the families of aurora deserve a vote john covering the week, Karen Tumulty of the washington post, todd purdum of vanity fair, jeff zeleny with the new york times, and eamon javers of cnbc. Awardwinning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens, live, from our nations capital, this is Washington Week with gwen ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Week is provided by. We went out and asked people a simple question, how old is the oldest person youve known . We gave pe ....
Vote john covering the week, Karen Tumulty of the washington post, todd purdum of vanity fair, jeff zeleny with the new york times, and eamon javers of cnbc. Awardwinning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens, live, from our nations capital, this is Washington Week with gwen ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Week is provided by. We went out and asked people a simple question, how old is the oldest person youve known . We gave people a sticker and had them show us. We learned a lot of us have known someone whos lived well into their 90s and thats a great thing but one thing that hasnt changed is the official retirement age. The question is, how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years . Additional Corporate Fundi ....