Walter Nagel

And John Baez sang, as did Peter, Paul, and Mary.

A number of reporters saw Bayard Rustin and moved toward him because at that point, being that early in the morning, there was no evidence of marchers.

And they asked Bayard Rustin, in effect, where was the march?

Would it still come off?

And so, using a British accent,

He pulled a piece of paper out of his coat jacket and said, indeed, gentlemen, everything is on schedule.

What they didn't know was that the piece of paper was blank.

And an hour later, the marches began coming into Washington, D.C.

in historic fashion.

We were all very ecstatic because the people were just coming in by throngs.

They were singing, they were happy, and we knew it was going to be a success.

I have the pleasure to present to this great audience young John Lewis, National Secretary for Jobs and Freedom.

In what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

People have asked me often, what was the thing you remember most about the March on Washington?

And I always say the crowd.

It was unimaginable to see 200,000 people anywhere at that time.

Looking out at that crowd from a small town in Mississippi, I have this kind of feeling that comes up in me.

I sense it.

awe and pride and so on.

It feels a certain way.