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The March on Washington celebrates it's 40th anniversary Thursday.  On August 28th, 1963, 250,000 people made the trip to the march.  We hear first-hand accounts of what it was like, as well as tributes to Martin Luther King, Jr, during a special 2-hour broadcast.

The March on Washington, 40 years ago

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