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Detroit Walk to Freedom 1963
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Detroit_Walk_to_Freedom_1963
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
civil rights march
gptkbp:date
1963-06-23
gptkbp:featuredSpeech
Martin Luther King Jr.'s early 'I Have a Dream' speech
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Detroit Walk to Freedom 1963
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Detroit,_Michigan
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
national attention
gptkbp:notableParticipant
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkb:Walter_Reuther
gptkbp:organizedBy
gptkb:Detroit_Council_for_Human_Rights
gptkb:Reverend_C._L._Franklin
gptkb:Reverend_Clarence_L._Franklin
gptkbp:participants
over 125,000
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom
gptkbp:purpose
protest racial discrimination
demand jobs and freedom
gptkbp:relatedEvent
gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:route
gptkb:Woodward_Avenue,_Detroit
gptkbp:significance
largest civil rights demonstration in the United States up to that time
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Detroit_Council_for_Human_Rights
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7