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The Big Six—Martin Luther King Jr., James Farmer, John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young—were the leaders of six prominent civil rights organizations who were instrumental in the organization of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, at the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. [1 ...
The Washington, D.C., police forces were mobilized to full capacity for the march, including reserve officers and deputized firefighters. A total of 5,900 police officers were on duty. [ 61 ] The government mustered 2,000 men from the National Guard , and brought in 3,000 outside soldiers to join the 1,000 already stationed in the area. [ 62 ]
Thousands of people are expected to gather in the nation's capital Saturday to mark the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic march.
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Thousands of people of all ages and backgrounds descended upon the Lincoln Memorial today, not only to celebrate the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, but also to bring ...
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 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.
January 19 – Women's March on Washington (and many other local marches) [73] February 16 – Take Back the Vote, march on Washington before Congress introduces the new Voting Rights Act. [74] March 14 – Kids at Washington Liberty, Yorktown, and other schools near D.C, marched against gun violence. Kids wore orange and held big signs to protest.