Stories of the Dream: Share your remembrances of the Civil Rights movement with the NAACP

As UAW members, we hold a special place in the Civil Rights movement. Our members walked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when he and thousands of others marched on Washington in 1963.

Our legendary leader, Walter P. Reuther, was there arm-in-arm with King and others to demand equality. It wasn’t the easy thing to do, and in many circles it didn’t win our union a lot of friends.

But it was the right thing to do.

The NAACP wants to highlight your personal remembrances of that era on its website, Stories of the Dream. Submit your personal recollections and help keep the dream alive.

And be sure to attend the Aug. 28 “Jobs, Justice and Peace” rally in Detroit, where King first previewed his “I Have a Dream Speech,” and the Oct. 2 “One Nation, Working Together” march in Washington.