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Civil Rights March on Washington
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Civil_Rights_March_on_Washington
GPTKB entity
Statements (43)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
protest
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom
gptkbp:date
August 28, 1963
gptkbp:estimatedAttendance
over 250,000
gptkbp:featuresSong
gptkb:We_Shall_Overcome
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Civil Rights March on Washington
gptkbp:influenced
subsequent civil rights movements
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:notableParticipant
gptkb:Bob_Dylan
gptkb:James_Farmer
gptkb:Joan_Baez
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson
gptkb:Rabbi_Joachim_Prinz
gptkb:Roy_Wilkins
gptkb:Walter_Reuther
gptkb:Whitney_Young
gptkbp:notableSpeaker
gptkb:I_Have_a_Dream
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:organizedBy
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:Congress_of_Racial_Equality
gptkb:NAACP
gptkb:National_Urban_League
gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkbp:purpose
advocate for civil and economic rights of African Americans
gptkbp:requires
freedom
jobs
adequate and integrated education
decent housing
right to unionize
meaningful civil rights legislation
protection of the right to vote
fair employment practices
end to racial segregation in public schools
gptkbp:resultedIn
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:route
from Washington Monument to Lincoln Memorial
gptkbp:symbol
gptkb:Lincoln_Memorial
gptkbp:televisionShow
yes
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:United_States_(until_1975)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7