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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C.
Part of March on Washington.
08/28/1963
A crowd of African Americans and whites on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial; two men in foreground read a newspaper with the headline: "they're Pouring In From All Over."
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- Series
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- Title
Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C.
- Series Description
Educational Radio Network coverage of the 8/28/1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom featured an estimated 250,000 peaceful demonstrators walking from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial to hear a political call to arms for economic equality and civil rights for African Americans. Credited with being the final impetus to the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the event famously ended with Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech. Series release date: 8/28/1963
- Asset Type
Photograph
- Media Type
Image
- Subjects
- Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963
- African Americans--Civil rights
- Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
- African Americans--Civil rights--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970
- Washington (D.C.)
- Locations
- Washington, DC
- Genres
- Event Coverage
- Topics
- Social Issues
- Race and Ethnicity
- Rights Summary
In perpetuity ; Public Domain Rights Holder: Library of Congress
- Citation
- Chicago: “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C.,” 08/28/1963, GBH Archives, accessed April 16, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/I_B044EE156A984853B340540A3E252252.
- MLA: “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C..” 08/28/1963. GBH Archives. Web. April 16, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/I_B044EE156A984853B340540A3E252252>.
- APA: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C.. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/I_B044EE156A984853B340540A3E252252