I Have a Dream: Then and now
Three people who were at Martin Luther King's famous speech put his words into action
Water fountains that once segregated races are now museum pieces in Jackson.Melanie Thortis/The Globe and Mail
Protesters at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where about 250,000 people peacefully demonstrated, on Aug. 28, 1963.Carl T. Gossett Jr./The New York Times
Ineva May-Pittman visits Jackson monument to Medgar Evers.Melanie Thortis/The Globe and Mail
Frankye Adams-Johnson went to Washington at 17 .Melanie Thortis/The Globe and Mail
Frankye Adams Johnson at a civil-rights demonstration in Jackson in May, 1963, when she was only 17.Courtesy of Frankye Adams Johnson
Owen Brooks gave up his job as a designer of military radar,Melanie Thortis/The Globe and Mail
Freedom Corner honours Medgar Evers and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and is located at the intersection of the roads that bear their names in Jackson, Miss.Melanie Thortis/The Globe and Mail
Only Mississippi’s state flag still includes the contentious Confederate emblem.Melanie Thortis/The Globe and Mail