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Members of the Teamsters National Black Caucus (TNBC) were among an estimated 10,000 participants in Saturday's "Reclaim the Dream" march commemorating the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. The group marched from D.C.'s historic Dunbar High School to the proposed site of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall.
"We are here to say that freedom has no color," said Albert Mixon, International Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 507, Cleveland, OH, and leader of the TNBC. "We brought people from across the country, some as a far away as Alaska, to stand for jobs and equality."
"Reclaim the Dream" participants marched for jobs, education reform, voting rights, for Washington, D.C., and advancing King's vision of equality and hope.
Though smaller than Glen Beck's "Restore Honor" rally, obstenibly billed as a non-political event, which took place on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where King gave his historic speech, the "Reclaim the Dream" participants were undaunted.
"The Teamsters are here to support Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his dream, and to reclaim it because when we needed him, he was here for us! So we stand in solidarity with this social movement: labor and the civil rights movement are one and the same,” said Gregory Floyd, president of Teamsters Local 237 (New York City).
From the DailyCaller: Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of Dr. King, spoke to the crowd as the march ended at the proposed site for his father's memorial. He told the audience they need to "raise the standards" for elected officials and strive to realize the dream his father recounted some 47 years ago. Originally posted 8/30/10
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