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1963 March on Washington
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/1963_March_on_Washington
GPTKB entity
Statements (77)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
protest
gptkbp:commemoratedBy
annual celebrations
50th anniversary march in 2013
gptkbp:date
1963-08-28
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
1963 March on Washington
gptkbp:influenced
subsequent civil rights protests
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:activist
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
extensive
gptkbp:notableParticipant
gptkb:Eugene_Carson_Blake
gptkb:John_Forman
gptkb:Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Rabbi_Maurice_Eisendrath
gptkb:Rabbi_Uri_Miller
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:Bob_Dylan
gptkb:Charlton_Heston
gptkb:Daisy_Bates
gptkb:Diahann_Carroll
gptkb:Floyd_McKissick
gptkb:Harry_Belafonte
gptkb:Jackie_Robinson
gptkb:James_Baldwin
gptkb:James_Farmer
gptkb:Joan_Baez
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Josephine_Baker
gptkb:Marian_Anderson
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Matthew_Ahmann
gptkb:Odetta
gptkb:Paul_Newman
gptkb:Peter,_Paul_and_Mary
gptkb:Rabbi_Joachim_Prinz
gptkb:Roy_Wilkins
gptkb:Sammy_Davis_Jr.
gptkb:Sidney_Poitier
gptkb:Walter_Reuther
gptkb:Whitney_Young
gptkb:Marlon_Brando
gptkb:Dorothy_Height
gptkb:Gloria_Richardson
gptkbp:notableSpeaker
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:I_Have_a_Dream
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:officialName
gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom
gptkbp:organizedBy
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:CORE
gptkb:NAACP
gptkb:National_Urban_League
gptkb:SCLC
gptkb:SNCC
gptkb:National_Council_of_Negro_Women
gptkbp:participants
over 200,000
gptkbp:peaceful
yes
gptkbp:policePresence
large
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Prayer_Pilgrimage_for_Freedom
gptkbp:purpose
civil rights
economic justice
gptkbp:requires
minimum wage increase
right to vote
adequate and integrated education
comprehensive civil rights legislation
decent housing
federal works program
full and fair employment
self-government for Washington, D.C.
gptkbp:resultedIn
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:slogan
Jobs and Freedom
gptkbp:televisionShow
yes
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Lincoln_Memorial
gptkbp:bfsLayer
4