The document you are reading -- John Lewis's "original" speech at the March on Washington--is not exactly the speech he gave at the event (Zinn, p. 398). As it says in the introductory paragraph for the "original" speech, the speech he gave was altered somewhat so as to not upset the U.S. Government, including President John F. Kennedy, and white (and black) moderate liberals who supported the Movement. Congress was in the midst of debating Kennedy's Civil Rights Bill, which Lewis originally referred to as being insufficient and unacceptable. Why should (or shouldn't) a compromise have been made? I have posted a video of the actual speech Lewis made on August 28, 1963 in this week's folder under content in Blackboard. If you compare and contrast the two speeches, what are some of the outstanding differences? What to you is most impressive about the speech?

The document you are reading -- John Lewis's "original" speech at the March on Washington--is not exactly the speech he gave at the event (Zinn, p. 398). As it says in the introductory paragraph for the "original" speech, the speech he gave was altered somewhat so as to not upset the U.S. Government, including President John F. Kennedy, and white (and black) moderate liberals who supported the Movement. Congress was in the midst of debating Kennedy's Civil Rights Bill, which Lewis originally referred to as being insufficient and unacceptable. Why should (or shouldn't) a compromise have been made? I have posted a video of the actual speech Lewis made on August 28, 1963 in this week's folder under content in Blackboard. If you compare and contrast the two speeches, what are some of the outstanding differences? What to you is most impressive about the speech?