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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.
Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom: First large demonstration of the Civil Rights Movement in Washington, on 3rd anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. Martin Luther King Jr. demands "Give Us the Ballot" 1958 October 25 Youth March for Integrated Schools (1958)
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as simply the March on Washington or the Great March on Washington, [1] [2] was held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. [3] The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans .
On a hot summer day in 1963, more than 200,000 demonstrators calling for civil rights joined Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
"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.
Mar. 28—Nearly two decades ago, Lori Berkes-Nelson's mother had an open leg wound that would not heal. Doctors were beginning to talk about amputation. Then, seemingly all of a sudden, Adele ...
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.
In 1987, about eight years after he came to the United States from Poland, Marek Predki and six other people decided to bring a Polish tradition to their new country by embarking on a pilgrimage ...