Forty years ago, thousands of Americans made their way to Washington D.C. for a civil rights demonstration like no other before it: The March for Jobs and Freedom.  Many recall the March as the event where Dr. Martin Luther King proclaimed “I Have A Dream.”  But it was much more. March leaders demanded not only an end to segregation but to employment discrimination and access to business opportunities.

 

From WGBH Radio Boston, producer Phillip Martin reports.