Obama To Pay Homage To MLK With Lincoln Memorial Speech Today

President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington May 31, 2013, where he called on Congress to keep federally subsidized student loans rates from doubling on July 1.
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President Barack Obama is slated to mark the 50th anniversary of the “March on Washington” with a speech Wednesday on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

The speech will be in conjunction with the “Let Freedom Ring” festivities, a celebration of Martin Luther King’s legacy 50 years after he delivered his iconic “I Have A Dream” speech in the same place where Obama will deliver his address Wednesday. Obama’s speech is expected to begin at 2:45 p.m. ET.

 

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