Before there was social media as we know it today, there was social media.  Social reformers and thinkers of all varieties have centuries of experience not just using the tools of social media, but utilizing them.  Leveraging them.  August 28, 1963 in Washington, D.C. was one of the days when the USA experienced a moment of truth, and when social media included word of mouth, television/radio simulcast and later replay.

This is the day when the man who spoke longest on that day is remembered officially.  One minute into the above video he begins speaking, but the memory is affected, no matter how many times one has seen, heard or read these words, most when that man talks about his hopes for the future of a country that had a history of injustice, but also a history of reform, change, improvement.

One of the many remarkable things about that country is its ability to change.  The social media of 50 years ago still reflected a dependence on imagination and memory, because there was no instantaneous access to recordings of this event.  For those relatively few people in attendance, the effect of those words and their delivery and context was great enough to change laws, perspectives, and the future of the nation.