| Our 'Fierce Urgency of Now' Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius writes about the renewed meaning of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech 50 years ago. READ MORE Celebrating Women's Equality Day Yesterday, we celebrated Women’s Equality Day. We commemorated the 93rd anniversary of the certification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. Advocates such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Ida B. Wells devoted decades of hard work to ensure that women’s voices could be heard. As a result, historic change occurred, forever transforming our nation as we took another step toward a more perfect union. READ MORE President Obama, President Clinton and President Carter to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington on Wednesday August 28th Tomorrow marks 50 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. To honor this occasion, President Obama will be joined by President Jimmy Carter and President Bill Clinton, members of the King family and other civil rights leaders and luminaries at the Let Freedom Ring Commemoration and Call to Action event at the Lincoln Memorial, to commemorate Dr. King’s soaring speech and the 1963 March on Washington. READ MORE | 
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