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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 2013
Page
6
Mary McCarty Kelli Wynn and Lot Tan profile key participants in the March on Washington coverage highlighting the roles and perspectives of diverse figures shaping the historic event.
Sibyl A. Miller of Oxford, 68, reflects on childhood in Oakwood, Florida race segregation, and her parents' civil rights influence. She recalls attending a March on Washington near Martin Luther King Jr, and now leads the YWCA of Hamilton while warning that voting rights face renewed challenges and lingering racism.
Grover Criswell then a 78 year old minister from Schenectady recalls accompanying two others from his church to the 1963 March on Washington. He describes the hot dusty day the sea of diverse groups uniting and the moving songs by Peter Paul and Mary Joan Baez and Odetta.
Karen Mulhauser a 70 year old biology student from Washington DC describes staying behind as two Antioch College buses left for the march in Washington. She notes fears of violence given the large turnout but recalls the event as incredibly peaceful with friends greeting each other after arriving separately.
Jessie Gooding 86 recalls arriving at the National Mall on August 28 1963 to witness the civil rights march. He praises Martin Luther King Jr for igniting hope amid nationwide gatherings of blacks whites and youth. Gooding also notes local Dayton CORE protests and employment discrimination, urging action from Congress and the president.
Alvin Freeman of Dayton recounts skipping a softball tournament to join a march with San Francisco and Los Angeles groups. He recalls crowds singing with arms linked, acts of care, and says the march spurred African Americans in Dayton to vote more enthusiastically and support stronger candidates. Freeman, a retired Chrysler Local 775 labor leader, notes the event's larger impact.
The Middletown Journal spoke with more than a dozen locals who took part in the March on Washington. They describe how the event altered their outlooks and lives for years to come.
President Obama at Binghamton University says the United States has made enormous strides since the 1963 March on Washington but warns institutional barriers still affect African Americans and other minorities. He links poverty to ongoing inequality and urges policies like expanded early education and two year law school to lift everyone. He notes the evolution of equality to include Latinos immigrants and gays even as persistent disparity remains a focus amid economic strain.
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