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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on August 28 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech...
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All about the March on Washington, August 28, 1963 ... The March on Washington ... The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. Attended by some 250,000 people, it was the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation's capital, and one of the first to have extensive...
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Most people learned about the march through their local civil rights and church groups. Vehicles known as "freedom buses" and "freedom trains" brought people from regions of the United States to this demonstration. ... WHAT WAS DEMANDED IN THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON (according to U.S. New & World Report- September 9, 1963)
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Located in Washington D.C., the protesters met to form the largest gathering of people to that date. For many years to follow, this event has affected the future. ... To learn about the March on Washington itself, click here ... March On Washington- 1963...
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In the early 1960s, as black unemployment rates were rising and as civil rights demonstrators around the country encountered police brutality, the idea for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom emerged. ... A. Philip Randolph’s Proposal for a March on Washington...
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The 1963 March on Washington marked an important day in American history. A day in which both blacks and whites marched together for civil rights and economic freedom. View photographs and read informative articles that explore the details behind the march. ... The March on Washington, 1963; In the early 1960s,
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Linda Brown and her Sister Walking to School, Topeka, Kansas, March 1953.Carl Iwaski.On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled on Oliver Brown et al. v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas and ended legal public-school segregation in the United States.
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Explore NPR News coverage of the 40th anniversary of The March on Washington, the historic civil rights march for jobs and freedom that featured the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous 'I Have a Dream' speech and stunned the world with its unprecedented turnout. ... ; The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., at the March on Washington,
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