<b>Full coverage:</b> 50th anniversary of March on Washington

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a landmark moment in the Civil Rights movement best known for Martin Luther King Jr.’

President Obama’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington underscored both the great advantages of the presidency and its daunting limitations.

WASHINGTON – President Obama tried to reassemble a “coalition of conscience” to take up his economic agenda for the middle class on Wednesday as he honored Martin Luther King Jr. and the marchers who fought for civil rights 50 years ago.

WASHINGTON -- Some who came in 1963 were back.

Recollections of some of those who helped make the massive March on Washington happen 50 years ago.

WASHINGTON -- Fifty years ago, more than 200,000 demonstrators took to the National Mall to join the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, an event that has since been heralded as a landmark moment in the civil rights movement.

In ‘The March,’ director John Akomfrah brings the historic event to life, with many key surviving participants recalling the march and what it took to make it happen.

Music by Mahalia Jackson, Odetta, Bob Dylan and others helped muster courage at the March on Washington, a revolutionary moment for songs with a social message.

Hundreds of people gathered Saturday in Leimert Park to hear speeches and witness reenactments commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s efforts to speak from within the American tradition testified not to the nation’s greatness but its failure to achieve it.

The 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’