This Greenfield (Massachusetts) Recorder editorial appeared two days after the historic 1963 civil rights “March on Washington.” Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, for which the event is most remembered, is not even mentioned. The editorial casts doubt on whether the march will soon achieve one of its key goals, convincing Congress to pass civil rights legislation. Congress, for example, “was more interested in preventing a rail strike Wednesday than it was in the mammoth parade.” The editors’ gloomy view of political reality was not off base: it took the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in October to create the momentum for the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Greenfield Recorder-Gazette. “Drama Vs. Reality.” August 30, 1963. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l08-010/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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