Which Way, L.A.?
The March on Washington and Civil Rights in Los Angeles
We hear from veterans of the Civil Rights Movement. Was 1963 LA as segregated as the Deep South? What about education, employment opportunities and integrated schools?
By Warren Olney • • 28m ListenWe hear from national figures and from local veterans of the Civil Rights Movement, one of them helped Dr. King plan the event held 50 years ago today. In 1963, was LA as segregated as the Deep South? What about education, employment opportunities and integrated schools? Also, would there have been a civil rights movement without music? We talk with a musician who shared the stage with Bob Dylan and Joan Baez on the Lincoln Memorial.
On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, we hear the voice of Dr. King and talk with people who attended the March on Washington. Why did integrated non-violence surprise the nation? How much of Dr. King's "Dream" has been achieved and what's been forgotten?
Banner image: Protest march against the segregation of US schools. Photo: US National Archives and Records Administration
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2 storiesThe March on Washington and Civil Rights in Los Angeles
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. But Southern California was another active center of the civil rights movement. We speak with four civil rights veterans, men who helped train and organize Freedom Riders, led student sit-ins, fought against "restricted" housing and put their lives on the line against other injustices.
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Len Chandler is a singer and guitarist who shared the stage during the March on Washington with Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. KCRW producer Evan George caught up with him this week to find out how he got there.
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