MPR’s Curtis Gilbert talks with civil rights activist Josie Johnson about the speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama.
By sheer coincidence, Barack Obama will accept his party's nomination on the anniversary of another milestone in America's march toward greater racial equality. It was 45 years ago that Martin Luther King Junior gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. One of the Minnesota delegates at DNC Convention, Josie Johnson, is a witness to both historic moments.