On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered in the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march was the brainchild of longtime civil rights activist and labor ...

executed perfectly to put together a remarkable package for the 60 th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Planning had begun months earlier with conversations among Jack ...

March for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C. Photos of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom show a sea of people flooding the National Mall and enjoying the festive mood. More than ...

Veterans are planning on marching on Washington DC and all 50 state capitals this weekend to protest the Trump Administration ...

As chair of SNCC he coordinated voter registration and community activities of Freedom Summer in Mississippi. Deeply involved in the planning of the 1963 March on Washington, Lewis at age 23 was ...

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