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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (a.k.a. the March on Washington or the Great March on Washington) was held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. [1] The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.
The March on Washington Movement (MOWM), 1941–1946, organized by activists A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin [1] was a tool designed to pressure the U.S. government into providing fair working opportunities for African Americans and desegregating the armed forces by threat of mass marches on Washington, D.C. during World War II.
The People's March, [2] [3] also known as the People's March on Washington, [4] was a political rally that took place on January 18, 2025, two days before the second inauguration of Donald Trump as the president of the United States.
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was 20 years in the making, according to the NAACP. It was a collective effort between the leaders of the six prominent civil rights groups who agreed ...
The March on Washington of 1963 is remembered most for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech — and thus as a crowning moment for the long-term civil rights activism of ...
“They wanted to keep on marching, they wanted to march from Birmingham to Washington,” he said. At March on Washington's 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights
It’s been 60 years since the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, but Fatima Cortez Todd says she still remembers the sense of unity she felt standing on the national mall that day.
The main protest was in Washington, D.C., and is known as the Women's March on Washington [22] with many other marches taking place worldwide. The Washington March was streamed live on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. [23] The Washington March drew over 470,000 people. [24]