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The Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, or Prayer Pilgrimage to Washington, was a 1957 demonstration in Washington, D.C., an early event in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. It was the occasion for Martin Luther King Jr. 's Give Us the Ballot speech.
September 16 – Juggalo March on Washington to protest the FBI gang label (see Juggalo gangs) September 16 – Mother of All Rallies at The National Mall in Washington, D.C. [60] September 18 – Restoring Freedom: March to protest the Family Court systems. [51] September 30 – March for Racial Justice; [61] [62] [63] March for Black Women
"Give Us the Ballot" is a 1957 speech by Martin Luther King Jr. advocating voting rights for African Americans in the United States.King delivered the speech at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom gathering at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on May 17.
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (commonly known as 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 .
March for Life (Washington, D.C.) March for Science; March for the Animals; March for the Equal Rights Amendment; March for Women's Lives (2004) March on Washington for Gaza; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation; 1971 May Day protests against the Vietnam War
May 17 – The Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom in Washington, D.C., at which Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "Give Us the Ballot" speech, is at the time the largest nonviolent demonstration for civil rights. September 2 – Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to block integration of Little Rock Central High School.
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 National Prayer Breakfast is a yearly event held in Washington, D.C., usually on the first Thursday in February. The founder of this event was Abraham Vereide . [ 1 ] The event—which is actually a series of meetings, luncheons, and dinners—has taken place since 1953 and has been held at least since the 1980s at the Washington Hilton on ...