Today is the 60th anniversary of the Aug. 28, 1963 March on Washington. We should celebrate not only the genius and achievement of Dr. King and a former generation, but also dedicate ourselves to the still unfinished work. 1/5
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The march was organized by democratic socialist civil rights leaders A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin, and after winning civil rights and voting rights legislation, Rustin, Randolph, and Dr. King shifted to a new set of demands: the Freedom Budget For All Americans.2/5
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The Freedom Goal was "the abolition of poverty, guaranteed full employment, fair prices for farmers, fair wages for workers, housing & healthcare for all, the establishment of progressive tax, & fiscal policies that respected the needs of working families.3/5
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Randolph called for "the full & final triumph of the civil rights movement, going beyond civil rights, linking a goal of racial justice with a goal of economic justice for all people by "rallying massive segments of the 99% of Americans in a powerful democratic & moral crusade" 4/5
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