March on Washington, 1963

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/March_on_Washington,_1963

GPTKB entity

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	protest
gptkbp:date	August 28, 1963
gptkbp:estimatedAttendance	250,000
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkbp:hashtag	#MarchOnWashington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	March on Washington, 1963
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:mainVenue	gptkb:Lincoln_Memorial
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:ABC gptkb:CBS gptkb:NBC
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Philip_Randolph gptkb:Bayard_Rustin gptkb:Bob_Dylan gptkb:CORE gptkb:James_Farmer gptkb:Joan_Baez gptkb:John_F._Kennedy gptkb:John_Lewis gptkb:Josephine_Baker gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson gptkb:Marian_Anderson gptkb:NAACP gptkb:National_Urban_League gptkb:Odetta gptkb:Peter,_Paul_and_Mary gptkb:Rabbi_Joachim_Prinz gptkb:Roy_Wilkins gptkb:SCLC gptkb:Walter_Reuther gptkb:Whitney_Young gptkb:National_Council_of_Churches gptkb:SNCC gptkb:Dorothy_Height gptkb:Mathew_Ahmann
gptkbp:notableSong	gptkb:Blowin'_in_the_Wind gptkb:Oh_Freedom gptkb:We_Shall_Overcome
gptkbp:notableSpeaker	gptkb:I_Have_a_Dream gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	16
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph gptkb:Bayard_Rustin gptkb:Bob_Dylan gptkb:CORE gptkb:James_Farmer gptkb:Joan_Baez gptkb:John_Lewis gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson gptkb:NAACP gptkb:National_Urban_League gptkb:Roy_Wilkins gptkb:SCLC gptkb:Walter_Reuther gptkb:Whitney_Young gptkb:National_Council_of_Churches gptkb:SNCC gptkb:Dorothy_Height gptkb:Mathew_Ahmann
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Albany_Movement
gptkbp:purpose	civil rights racial justice economic equality
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Birmingham_campaign gptkb:Montgomery_bus_boycott gptkb:Poor_People's_Campaign gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches gptkb:Freedom_Rides
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:The_Staple_Singers
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5