March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a landmark 1963 civil rights demonstration in Washington, D.C., best known as the setting for Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and its pivotal role in advancing racial equality and economic justice in the United States.

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instanceOf civil rights demonstration
historical event
political rally
protest march
alsoKnownAs 1963 March on Washington
March on Washington
characteristic interracial
mass demonstration
nonviolent
commemoratedOn anniversaries of August 28
country United States
date 1963-08-28
demand comprehensive civil rights legislation
decent housing
desegregation of schools
fair employment practices
federal works program for the unemployed
minimum wage increase
right to vote
estimatedAttendance 250000
hasParticipant James Farmer
John Lewis
Mahalia Jackson
Marian Anderson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Philip Randolph
linked to: A. Philip Randolph

Rabbi Joachim Prinz
Roy Wilkins
Walter Reuther
Whitney Young
hasSpeech I Have a Dream
influenced subsequent civil rights demonstrations in the United States
location Lincoln Memorial
National Mall
Washington, D.C.
mediaCoverageBy television networks in the United States
notableFor Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech
influence on passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964
influence on passage of Voting Rights Act of 1965
organizedBy A. Philip Randolph
American Jewish Congress
Bayard Rustin
Congress of Racial Equality
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom organizing committee
NAACP
National Urban League
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
United Auto Workers
partOf Civil rights movement
purpose civil rights
economic justice
jobs for African Americans
racial equality
recognizedAs turning point in the American civil rights movement
slogan Jobs and Freedom
year 1963

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