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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.
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.
After the Washington, D.C. March, a recording of King's Cobo Hall speech was released by Detroit's Gordy Records as an LP entitled The Great March To Freedom. [24] The March on Washington Speech, known as "I Have a Dream Speech", has been shown to have had several versions, written at several different times. [25]
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.
March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. When: Oct. 11, 1987. Why: Around 200,000 people marched by the White House and rallied near the Capitol in Washington as a call for more federal ...
“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
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.
On the left is the crowd at the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963, while the on the right is the crowd at the "Stop the Steal" Rally on Jan. 6, 2021.