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Studs Terkel's 1963 Train to Washington for MLK Jr Speech with Interviews from People of the Day
Among the hundreds of thousands who joined Martin Luther King, Jr. for the 1963 March on Washington D.C for civil rights were some 800 Chicagoans who traveled there overnight by train. Chicago legend Studs Terkel went with them. He brought his tape recorder and chronicled the whole journey. The voices and thoughts of his fellow travelers bring us all a little closer to that historic experience. The trip culminated with King's now-famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
Hear Studs radio interviews of the travel to DC. It's fascinating:
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/studs-terkels-1963-train-ride-to-washington/a2dc75ea-2529-40f2-b801-46ac4d04e1d4
