Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Tonight's Rescue Rangers are ybruti, watercarrier4diogenes, HansScholl, ItsJessMe, Elise and srkp23, with shayera editing.

• Some personal stories from the March on Washington 45 years ago by Captain Future in August 28, 1963/ 2008 and teacherken in Fortyfive years ago. (HansScholl)
• Marie shares a powerful personal recollection on this historic day: Brian Had a Dream, Too. (srkp23)
• Two beautiful diaries which pay a moving tribute to a great voice for justice and equality: sfluke's Sad news: Del Martin, lesbian pioneer, dies (ybruti); and LaKathie's GLBT Equality Activist / Pioneer Del Martin Dies. (ItsJessMe)
• Malacandra talks about his experiences as a Democrat and the potential of this election in The Content of His Character. (Elise)
• Avila poignantly reminds us that the despotic BushCo's atrocities continue unabated in Mohamad Jamad, Child of Guantanamo: Update. (watercarrier4diogenes)
• Susan from 29 offers up her personal experiences from the '68 convention in I had just turned 19 that summer. (srkp23)
• iampunha composes a patchwork of verse by the dispossessed about the dispossessed as an elegy to struggles that led to this historic moment in Why we can. (HansScholl)
• Actuary4Change answers an important question - Why is this night different from all other nights? (Elise)
• In "I Have a Dream" - The Real Promise of Democracy, Fe Bongolan describes three United Farm Workers organizers who lived with the diarist's family in a migrant labor camp forty-five years ago. (ybruti)
• Alvin K talks about what Hillary's speech meant to him - Hillary, Harriet Tubman and My Heritage. (Elise)
• The mother of home-birthed twins, elysse101 presents the controversy over home-birthing in The business of being... (ybruti)
• Bill Marler, in a compelling and detailed diary, gives us the transcript of his recent Speech Before Food Safety Inspection Services (FSIS) on Increase in E. coli-related Illnesses. (ItsJessMe)
• cishart's The Real Cost of McCain's "Emergency Rooms=Insurance" Plan provides details about the consequences of redefining the insured. (Elise)
• LWJ poses a far more important question than "Why do they do this? Instead, he asks, AND answers, How do we move from the media we HAVE to the media we NEED? (watercarrier4diogenes)

jotter has High Impact Diaries: August 27, 2008.

Light Emitting Pickle brings Top Comments 8/28 - Convention Quotes Edition (plus bonus vacation photos!).

Enjoy and please promote your own favorite diaries in this open thread.