1963: the defining year of the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King in Washington DC. On 28 August, in the shadow of Lincoln's monument, Martin Luther King announced to the March on Washington during his famous I have a dream speech that 1963 is not an end, but a beginning. For legal segregation, it would turn out to be the beginning of the end.
Leukemia is most treatable and curable if caught in the earliest stages of the disease. Untreated and/or advanced leukemia results in a proliferation of abnormal white blood cells that spread throughout the blood stream.eukemia is most treatable and curable if caught in the earliest stages of the disease. Untreated and/or advanced leukemia results in a proliferation of abnormal white blood cells that spread throughout the blood stream.
1 Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) occurs more commonly in adults than in children, and more commonly in men than women. 2  It is treated with chemotherapy. 3  The five-year survival rate is 40%, except for APL (Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia), which has a survival rate greater than 90%. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common type of leukemia in young children. 2  It also affects adults, especially those 65 and older. 3  Standard treatments involve chemotherapy and radiotherapy. 4  The survival rates vary by age: 85% in children and 50% in adults.