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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.
A pastor and a police officer joined in prayer during a protest in Washington on June 22 after sharing a lengthy conversation about the history of policing and civil rights in the United States ...
Warren K. Leffler's photograph of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the National Mall. Beginning with the murder of Emmett Till in 1955, photography and photographers played an important role in advancing the civil rights movement by documenting the public and private acts of racial discrimination against African Americans and the nonviolent response of the movement.
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
Supporters gather outside Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19, 2025, ahead of a rally for President-elect Trump on the eve of his inauguration to a second term.
Wyatt Tee Walker (August 16, 1928 – January 23, 2018) was an African-American pastor, national civil rights leader, theologian, and cultural historian. He was a chief of staff for Martin Luther King Jr., and in 1958 became an early board member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).