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The People's March on Washington organizers expected the march to attract 50,000 attendees, [38] [39] significantly lower than the attendance of the 2017 Women's March. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] [ 40 ] Washington's Metropolitan Police expected a crowd of around 25,000.
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 march was condemned by Malcolm X, spokesperson for the Nation of Islam, who termed it the "farce on Washington". [45] March organizers disagreed about the purpose of the march. The NAACP and Urban League saw it as a gesture of support for the civil rights bill that had been introduced by the Kennedy Administration.
March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. When: Oct. 11, 1987. ... Organizers said around 300,000 people attended and at the time called it the largest gay rights march.
An archive of photos from the 1963 March on Washington, which took place on the National Mall on August 28, 1963.
“They wanted to keep on marching, they wanted to march from Birmingham to Washington,” he said. At March on Washington's 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights
Bayard Rustin (/ ˈ b aɪ. ər d / BY-ərd; March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an American political activist, a prominent leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. Rustin was the principal organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. [1]
Protesters representing a variety of rights groups attend the "People's March on Washington" on January 18, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Activists were rallying in opposition to the incoming Trump ...