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March on Washington, 1963
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/March_on_Washington%2C_1963
GPTKB entity
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Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instance_of
gptkb:event
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:U._S._3rd_Infantry_Division
gptkbp:attendees
250,000 people
gptkbp:date
August 28, 1963
gptkbp:demands
jobs and freedom
gptkbp:government_type
increased civil rights legislation
gptkbp:historical_context
gptkb:political_movement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
March on Washington, 1963
gptkbp:impact
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:legacy
inspiration for future protests
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:media_coverage
extensive
gptkbp:notable_members
gptkb:Hubert_Humphrey
gptkb:Andrew_Young
gptkb:Johnnie_Carr
gptkb:Daisy_Bates
gptkb:Richard_Hatcher
gptkb:Henry_Nixon
gptkb:President_Barack_Obama
gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkb:Bobby_Seale
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Robert_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Ella_Baker
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Angela_Davis
gptkb:Cesar_Chavez
gptkb:Jesse_Jackson
gptkb:Joe_Biden
gptkb:Louis_Farrakhan
gptkb:James_Farmer
gptkb:Fannie_Lou_Hamer
gptkb:Adlai_Stevenson_III
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkb:Stokely_Carmichael
gptkb:Dorothy_Height
gptkb:Julian_Bond
gptkb:Coretta_Scott_King
gptkb:C._T._Vivian
gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
gptkb:David_Dinkins
gptkb:George_Mc_Govern
gptkb:Walter_Reuther
gptkb:Marian_Wright_Edelman
gptkb:Eugene_Mc_Carthy
gptkb:Al_Raby
gptkbp:notable_quote
gptkb:I_Have_a_Dream
gptkbp:organizer
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkbp:purpose
advocate for civil rights
gptkbp:related_show
gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkbp:significance
symbol of the civil rights movement
gptkbp:type
peaceful protest