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Summary 2
Traci Savage
Dean Leonard
2 February 2017
could also call the article the Full Transcript: President Obamas speech on the Fiftieth
Anniversary of the March on Washington by the Washington Post Staff. In Obama's speech he
talks about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. How we are able to succeed in life to get to
the pursuit of happiness. Also that we have the right to pursue our own happiness. Those who
marched were marching to earn their freedom. Obama said Frederick Douglas once taught: that
freedom is not given; it must be won through struggle and discipline, persistence and faith
(Obama). Obama also talked about all the different things that we have achieved over the years
since the first march with Martin Luther King Jr.. Obama also talked about what we still need to
do for this country and for ourselves. He talked about the unemployment rate of African
The marching that occurred over fifty years ago was not just for Civil Rights. It was for
the right to vote and it actual matter. Marching for bigger opportunities to obtain higher
education. These marches changed the government in many different aspects in the city council
to the state legislatures and congress as well. In the long run it changed in the White House.
When Obama said that in the long run it changed the White House he hints at his presidency
because he is or was the first African-American president. The marches changed the United
States for more than blacks, it changed for all different race that were not white. No matter the
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race the goals of the African-Americans and those who participated in the march were the same
as any working people at the time. The people who marched wanted decent pay for the jobs they
were doing. As, well as a nice place to work. Another thing they wanted was to have a place to
live that was up to par with other housing of the white race. They also wanted to be respected in
their towns and neighborhoods. The opportunity for their children to obtain a better education or
Works Cited
Obama, Barack. "The Fiftieth Anniversary of the March on Washington." Lincoln Memorial. 28