‘The March’ At DuSable Lets You Step Into An Iconic Moment In History

By Stephanie Kim
‘The March’ At DuSable Museum Lets You Step Into History
Behind the scenes of TIME's new virtual reality exhibit "The March," which recreates the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The exhibit opens at the DuSable Museum of African American History on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, and will run through November. Courtesy of TIME
‘The March’ At DuSable Museum Lets You Step Into History
Behind the scenes of TIME's new virtual reality exhibit "The March," which recreates the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The exhibit opens at the DuSable Museum of African American History on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, and will run through November. Courtesy of TIME

‘The March’ At DuSable Lets You Step Into An Iconic Moment In History

By Stephanie Kim
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On a hot summer day in 1963, more than a quarter-million people joined the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and witnessed Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. Now, through virtual reality, a new generation will be able to witness Dr. King deliver that speech firsthand and walk in the footsteps of those who marched that August day.

Reset sits down with the co-creators of VR exhibit called “The March,” ahead of its premiere at the DuSable Museum of African American History on Friday.

GUESTS: Mia Tramz, editorial director of immersive experiences at TIME

Alton Glass, co-founder of GRX Immersive Labs