March on Washington: A Berkeley professor remembers
Channel: UC Berkeley
Date: 2013-08-23

John Ohala, now an emeritus professor of linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley, had just graduated from college when hundreds of thousands of people converged on the nation's capital for the 1963 March on Washington, which became one of the most historic moments of the civil rights movement. He took his camera, and on the occasion of the march's 50th anniversary, he pulled out his photos from that day and talked about his experience. His story and photos are captured in a narrated slide show created by Melani King.

Read the full story at http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/08/23/50-years-later-images-and-memories-of-the-march-on-washington/