Media, Memory and the March on Washington
“Media, Memory, and the March on Washington: How We Teach and What We Learn about the Speech that Changed America” was a program of the National Communication Association in partnership with the Newseum Institute, held at the Newseum.
Academic scholars and journalists who covered the March on Washington August 28, 1963, provided their perspectives on the Reverend Martin Lu… read more
Academic scholars and journalists who covered the March on Washington August 28, 1963, provided their perspectives on the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, famous “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. They showed slides and videos as they examined how in the last 50 years the speech and March had been portrayed, represented, and understood in the media, by journalists, in popular culture, and the classroom.
“Media, Memory, and the March on Washington: How We Teach and What We Learn about the Speech that Changed America” was a program of the National Communication Association in partnership with the Newseum Institute, held at the Newseum. close
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