I think the focus would have been there, LtS. As a child of about 8, I was sitting at the feet of history, in our family living room, watching TV while Dr. King was giving his "I have a dream" speech. My sisters and I were watching the television very intently because we were trying to spot our mother there in the throng of people who had marched to the place in Washington DC where the speech was being given. The main visual memory I have of what I saw on that TV was the enormous numbers of people who were there, listening with rapt attention to what Dr. King had to say.

We never did spot our mother there... too many people, obviously. But I feel confident that Dr. King's work would have had as much impact had he not been assasinated. Possibly more, because he was a powerful figure, and he had the ability to change people.