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Who will intervene in Syria? 5:38 August 28, 2013

Pamela Falk, CBS News Foreign Affairs Analyst, joins UTTM to discuss if the US will intervene in Syria. Britain says it will seek United Nations Security Council backing for a measure condemning Syria for an alleged chemical attack.

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Video: President Obama speaks at the March on Wasington's 50th anniv.

Who will intervene in Syria? 5:38 August 28, 2013

Pamela Falk, CBS News Foreign Affairs Analyst, joins UTTM to discuss if the US will intervene in Syria. Britain says it will seek United Nations Security Council backing for a measure condemning Syria for an alleged chemical attack.

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Video: 8/28: Nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Civil rights icons remember the March on Washington

8/28: Nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Civil rights icons remember the March on Washington 20:56 August 28, 2013

8/28: Nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Civil rights icons remember the March on WashingtonTens of thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the late civil rights leader and the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington; and, Marian Wright-Edelman, Andrew Young and Julian Bond were all a part of the March on Washington half a century ago. Scott Pelley speaks with them about that day, and what is left to be done.

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Video: 8/28: Nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Civil rights icons remember the March on Washington

8/28: Nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Civil rights icons remember the March on Washington 20:56 August 28, 2013

8/28: Nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Civil rights icons remember the March on WashingtonTens of thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the late civil rights leader and the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington; and, Marian Wright-Edelman, Andrew Young and Julian Bond were all a part of the March on Washington half a century ago. Scott Pelley speaks with them about that day, and what is left to be done.

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Video: Civil rights icons remember the March on Washington

Civil rights icons remember the March on Washington 3:14 August 28, 2013

Civil rights icons remember the March on WashingtonMarian Wright-Edelman, Andrew Young and Julian Bond were all a part of the March on Washington half a century ago. Scott Pelley speaks with them about that day, and what is left to be done.

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Video: President Obama speaks on the March on Wasington's 50th anniv.

President Obama speaks on the March on Wasington's 50th anniv. 3:42 August 28, 2013

President Obama speaks on the March on Wasington's 50th anniv.Kenneth Walsh, Chief White House Correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, joins UTTM to discuss the President's speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

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Famous faces at the March on Washington 4:54 August 28, 2013

Famous faces at the March on WashingtonSinger Lena Horne, actor Burt Lancaster, and comedian Dick Gregory were among the stars who attended the March on Washington, August 28, 1963.

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New stamp commemorates 1963 March on Washington

WASHINGTON Rep. John Lewis remembers the moment well: More than 250,000 people marching toward the Lincoln Memorial, rallying for jobs and justice, as he prepared to deliver a passionate speech at the March on Washington.

Almost 50 years later, Lewis returned to that day as he gazed at an image of marchers carrying placards calling for jobs and equal rights, with the Washington Monument as a backdrop. The moment is captured on the newest postage stamp, unveiled Friday, to commemorate the civil rights movement.

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"I'm more than lucky. I am very blessed to come here and see the unveiling of this beautiful stamp," Lewis said during a ceremony at the Newseum. Now 73, he is the last surviving organizer of the historic march.

Artist Greg Manchess of New York, under the direction of Antonio AlcalDa of Virginia, painted the image using oils and broad strokes on a gessoed illustration board.

"It is a powerful image. When you look at it, you can't help but think of the debt that America owes those marchers," said Deputy Postmaster General Ronald Stroman.

Joining Lewis to unveil the commemorative stamp at was actress Gabrielle Union, star of the movie "Bring It On" and the new BET series "Being Mary Jane." Although the 40-year-old hadn't been born at the time of the march, she said she felt compelled to join the ceremony because her parents had raised her to never be silent in the face of injustice.

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In 1963, Union explained, her father was in Italy serving in the military and her grandmother prohibited her mother from taking part in protests, fearing she would lose her job.

"Both of my parents were silenced at a time when they wanted to be demonstrative in their feelings and in their opinions," Union said. "My father by the military brass and my mother by a much scarier entity — my grandma."

In an interview with The Associated Press, Union said: "I think as young, politically active black people, we like to think our parents were freedom riders, they were all freedom riders and on the front lines of every fight. And to hear their stories, and to get the why they weren't, was incredibly powerful."

As for the stamp, she told the AP, "It's dope!"

All this week the Postal Service encouraged people to help unveil the stamp digitally by offering their Facebook profile pictures as tiles that would, one by one, create an online mosaic of the stamp. In offering their images, the thousands pledged to "take a stand for equality."

"It was nice for people to be able to participate and to be their own activist from home," Union said.

Earlier this year, the Postal Service issued stamps paying tribute to the Emancipation Proclamation and civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. Together, the three stamps are part of what Stroman said is a series that honors historic milestones of the country's struggle for civil rights.

"This stamp, this beautiful stamp, is my hope," Lewis said. "It inspires us all to renew our effort to do what we can to create a more perfect union."

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Kankakee NAACP offers trip to civil rights march

The Kankakee County Branch of the NAACP, along with the Kankakee Federation of Labor and AFSCME Local 29, is sponsoring a charter bus, which will travel to Washington, D.C., this weekend for the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington.

The march was one of the key events in the civil rights movement. Martin Luther Ling Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream'' speech there on Aug. 28, 1963. President Barack Obama will give a speech at the same location of King's speech at the culmination of the anniversary gathering.

The bus will depart Kankakee at 4 p.m. Friday and travel overnight to reach Washington Saturday. It will begin its return to Kankakee late Saturday. The cost is $115 per person. For further information, call 815-953-2399.

Theodis Pace, president of the local NAACP, said in a press release the march will give participants a chance to press these points:

• To oppose the attack against the Voting Rights Act initiated by the U.

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