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King could see the future from where he stood. The March on Washington is remembered as a civil rights protest, and many of the historic images show closeups of brown faces. But the massive crowd that day was largely integrated. People of all colors flocked to Washington. The U.S. press did not linger on that fact, but the international press was awestruck by the diversity. It was a central theme of the foreign coverage. Decades later, it is still a focal point when people look to the U.S. from overseas. Our diversity is seen as one of the best things America has going for it. Perhaps we should recognize that too.
Norris is a special correspondent for National Public Radio and director of the Race Card Project theracecardproject.com