OF THE WORK THAT REMAINS.
CNN'S DON LEMON HAS MUCH MORE ON
THIS.
>> Reporter: 50 YEARS AGO TODAY 
ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION PEOPLE 
MARCHED ON THE NATIONAL WALL ON 
WASH TWUSH DEMAND CHANGE.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 
SHARING HIS DREAM FOR AMERICA 
FROM THE STEPS OF THE LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL.
HIS INDELIBLE WORDS A WATERSHED 
MOMENT IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOVEMENT.
TODAY THOUSAND ALSO GATHER TO 
COMMEMORATE THE FAMOUS WORDS 
THAT FOREVER CHANGED OUR 
COUNTRY.
>> 50 YEARS AGO THERE WAS SO 
MUCH FEAR, PEOPLE WERE AFRAID TO
BE AFRAID.
THE FEAR IS GONE.
OUR COUNTRY IS BETTER AND WE ARE
A BETTER PEOPLE.
WE STILL HAVE A DISTANCE TO GO.
>> Reporter: THAT DISTANCE FRONT
AND CENTER TODAY AS THE NATION'S
FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT WILL ADD 
HIS VISION AS THE MARQUEE 
SPEAKER AT THE ANNIVERSARY 
CELEBRATION.
PRESIDENT OBAMA ACKNOWLEDGES 
THAT, WHILE A LOT OF PROGRESS 
HAS BEEN MADE, KING WOULD NOT BE
SATISFIED.
>> WE HAVE NOT MADE AS MUCH 
PROGRESS AS THE CIVIL AND SOCIAL
PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE, AND 
THAT IT'S NOT ENOUGH JUST TO 
HAVE A BLACK PRESIDENT.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE RENEWED 
CALLS FOR ADDRESSING 
SOCIOECONOMIC AND RACIAL 
DISPARITIES.
THE RECENT ACQUITTAL OF GEORGE 
ZIMMERMAN AND THE SHOOTING DEATH
OF TRAYVON MARTIN DREW MANY TO 
THE STREETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
WITH PROTESTS.
THE PRESIDENT ACTING WITH 
CANDOR.
>> THERE ARE VERY FEW 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN THIS COUNTRY
WHO HAVEN'T HAD THE EXPERIENCE 
OF BEING FOLLOWED IN A SHOPPING 
STORE.
THAT INCLUDES ME.
>> Reporter: THIS AS SOME ARE 
CRITICIZED FOR NOT BEING MORE 
OUTSPOKEN ABOUT RACE.
LAST WEEK IN NEW YORK MR. OBAMA 
MAY HAVE GIVEN A GLIMPSE INTO 
HIS ADDRESS TODAY HONORING THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER.
>> EACH GENERATION SEEMS WISER 
IN TERMS OF WANTING TO TREAT 
PEOPLE FAIRLY AND DO THE RIGHT 
THING AND NOT DISCRIMINATE AND 
THAT'S A GREAT VICTORY THAT WE 
SHOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD OF.
>> Reporter: BILL CLINTON AND 
JIMMY CARTER WILL BE THERE AS 
WELL, SO WILL ACTOR JAMIE FOXX 
AND OPRAH WINFREY WHO CREDITS 
KING FOR MUCH OF HER SUCCESS.
>> IT IS BECAUSE OF DR. KING AND
ALL THOSE WHO WORKED WITH HIM 
THAT I STAND AND BECAUSE OF THEM
