Thanks for posting this video. I didn't know about Phillip Agnew before today and I'm looking forward to watching this video again.
WASHINGTON — Phillip Agnew hoped to deliver his message to tens of thousands observing the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, but time worked against him. Now he's making up for being cut with an online video.
Agnew, executive director of the group Dream Defenders, said he was on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday and saw his name on the teleprompter as the next speaker. As he headed for the podium, he saw the Rev. Al Sharpton walk up and begin speaking.
"That's when I found out," Agnew said Thursday. "I went and found I'd been cut, and I told them all I needed was two minutes. They told me people had run over their time and they didn't have any time left."
Some 70 speakers and performers were on the agenda at the event paying homage to the historic march and rally where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. The final speaker was President Barack Obama. Agnew was one of the few young people on the speakers' agenda....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/30/phillip-agnew-march-on-washington_n_3842281.html
= new reply since forum marked as read
