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45 Years Later, Witnesses to Dr. King’s Dream See a New Hope
nytimes.com - 8/28/2008
45 Years Later, Witnesses to Dr. King’s Dream See a New Hope
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At least five veterans of the March on Washington in 1963 traveled to Denver this week as Democratic delegates. >

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The Caucus:  The Early Word: Tonight's the Night

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The Early Word: Tonight's the Night
The Caucus — ... off.” We do feel as though we’re tabbing from multiple screens at the moment, as we wait for Senator John McCain’s veep choice to be known; waiting on the closing night of the Democratic convention and not too infrequently watching the path of Gustav, the tropical storm that is making its way into the Gulf and may hang heavily over the Republicans’ convention next week. But first, there’s still an entire day of conventioneering to finish. The Times’s Michael Powell interviews a handful of Democratic delegates who attended Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ...

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