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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
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
"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.
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What time is Kamala Harris' speech today? Vice President Kamala Harris' rally in Washington D.C. is scheduled to run from 3-7 p.m. MT/ 4-6 p.m. CT. Where to watch and stream the event
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.
On Tuesday at 6 p.m., there was a prayer walk in D.C. to honor the life of a 3-year-old who lost her life to gun violence. Ty’ah Settles was shot and killed Friday night.