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Denzel Washington to Narrate PBS Doc on '63 March

The film "The March" will air on Aug. 27, a day after the 50th anniversary of the march that featured Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
Denzel Washington - We believe the iconic Denzel Washington may have gotten his great diction from attending the prestigious co-educational university, Harvard Westlake. One of the school's missions is to provide an education "that enables and empowers its diverse students." We think he's done a fine job of empowering us with his talent!  (Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File

Denzel Washington - We believe the iconic Denzel Washington may have gotten his great diction from attending the prestigious co-educational university, Harvard Westlake. One of the school's missions is to provide an education "that enables and empowers its diverse students." We think he's done a fine job of empowering us with his talent!  (Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
By Associated Press
August 8, 2013 / 2:31 PM

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Denzel Washington will narrate a PBS documentary about the 1963 March on Washington for civil rights.

The network told the Television Critics Association on Monday that the actor had just completed taping his narration for the film "The March" airing Aug. 27, a day before the 50th anniversary of the march that featured Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

The film includes march participants Clarence Jones, a King aide; Joyce Ladner, field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; and Clayborne Carson, a Stanford history professor. Roger Mudd, who anchored CBS' dawn-to-dusk coverage of the march, will share his recollections.

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(Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

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