Civil Rights March on Washington, 1963

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Civil_Rights_March_on_Washington,_1963
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf protest
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom
gptkbp:canBe gptkb:aircraft
District of Columbia police
gptkbp:date August 28, 1963
gptkbp:estimatedAttendance over 250,000
gptkbp:feature musical performances
religious leader
civil rights leaders
labor leaders
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Civil Rights March on Washington, 1963
gptkbp:influenced subsequent civil rights protests
gptkbp:influencedBy Gandhian nonviolence
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:mainEvent Lincoln Memorial rally
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive national and international
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Eugene_Carson_Blake
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:Bob_Dylan
gptkb:Charlton_Heston
gptkb:Daisy_Bates
gptkb:Floyd_McKissick
gptkb:Harry_Belafonte
gptkb:Jackie_Robinson
gptkb:James_Baldwin
gptkb:Joan_Baez
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Josephine_Baker
gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson
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:Sidney_Poitier
gptkb:Walter_Reuther
gptkb:Gloria_Richardson
gptkbp:notableSpeaker gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:I_Have_a_Dream
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson
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:peaceful yes
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Birmingham_campaign
gptkbp:purpose advocate for civil and economic rights of African Americans
gptkbp:requires civil rights legislation
equal employment opportunities
minimum wage increase
protection against police brutality
public works jobs
school desegregation
self-government for Washington, D.C.
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:American_civil_rights_movement
gptkbp:televisionShow yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bob_Adelman
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