Before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, made his famous I Have a Dream speech in Washington, he led a march down Woodward Avenue in Detroit where he gave a first version of that speech. JoAnn Watson was there. At the time she was 12 years old. She grew up to be the first woman to lead the Detroit branch of the NAACP – the largest branch in the nation. And she is on the Detroit City Council. Thirteen years ago, Watson organized a 30th anniversary reenactment of that march. Jack Lessenberry spoke with JoAnn Watson about why she works to help keep King’s legacy alive.
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