did you enjoy yolanda renee king? she is because of andrea waters king, my wife. so you see, my father saw the hypocrisy of a nation that could shout that all men were greeted created equal and while counting some of them as 3/5 of a human being. while beating black children for the crime of swimming in a public pool. while throwing japanese children in internment camps. he read those words in our founding documents, and 58 years ago today, he stood on the small -- on this mall and said to our government, make them true. you say we have inalienable rights? make it true. you see every person has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? now make it true. but the most important thing he did that day was to not challenge the powers of the government to make it true. it was to challenge the over 200,000 marchers who came that day to make it true. it was to challenge marginalized voices to make it true. and it was the challenge to white america to not turn the other cheek, to stand on the side of what is mor

we heard not too long ago, actually from a 13 year old girl whose name is yolanda renee king and she is the grand daughter was, is the granddaughter of martin luther king where he had grad scott and let me tell you, yolanda has not did not miss out on any of the oratory oratorical gifts that her father had a stirring speech from that young woman. the occasion today on the, the $58.00 anniversary of the march on washington and on that on forgettable. i have a dream speech by the reverend martin luther king. jr, has many people here wondering, asking we march then for our rights to vote, why must we march again more than 50 years later? here's some of the voices of the, the people that we spoke to here at this march on washington. unfortunately, the de generation, they not aware of the struggles for fathers, i went through all back and you know, they had a quite a bit of counter fight the road. right to go to school. so re here to make sure that we don't go back a 150 years, even 20 years, even 50 years, recognize and support and maintain, what are those schools have provided for us? ou

please welcome yolanda renee king. [applause] yolanda: hello washington. scott and dr. martin luther king jr. [applause] today is a historic day because on this date, the that years ago, grandfather led a march on washington. to demand that black americans to have the same rights as white americans. it is the same day that emmett teal -- just about my age. for every life lost to racism like to observe a moment of silence. [moment of silence] yolanda: leading up to this day, people have been asking me what i am for voting rights. what is my role in all of this when i am just 13 and can't vote? here is what i tell them, my generation cannot vote, but your vote affects us. we have to demand that our leaders do their jobs. marching and activism are the tools that we have and we need to use them. i march because this is not a game, this is about the issues and policies that affect our lives. it's about the kids who are skilled to go to school because of gun violence, the black women who are fighting hard to make it easier for people to vote. i march because i a