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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:event
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Poor_People's_Campaign
gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkb:March_on_Washington
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Community_Center
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:NAACP
gptkb:I_Have_a_Dream
gptkb:I_Have_a_Dream_speech
gptkb:The_National_Mall
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gptkbp:affiliated_with
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gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkb:National_Urban_League
gptkb:NAACP
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkb:Congress_of_Racial_Equality
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gptkbp:attendees
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250,000 people
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gptkbp:date
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August 28, 1963
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gptkbp:historical_context
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gptkb:political_movement
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
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gptkbp:impact
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gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
inspired future protests
increased awareness of racial inequality
promoted economic justice
encouraged voter registration
fostered unity among civil rights organizations
mobilized activists
strengthened the labor movement
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gptkbp:is_organized_by
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gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
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gptkbp:key_figures
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gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Andrew_Young
gptkb:James_Buchanan
gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkb:Ted_Cruz
gptkb:Colonel_James_A._Garfield
gptkb:Daisy_Bates
gptkb:Henry_Nixon
gptkb:Marco_Rubio
gptkb:Maya_Angelou
gptkb:Nikki_Giovanni
gptkb:Nikki_Haley
gptkb:President_Barack_Obama
gptkb:Toni_Morrison
gptkb:Tulsi_Gabbard
gptkb:William_H._H._Mc_Kinley
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Alice_Walker
gptkb:Angela_Y._Davis
gptkb:Benjamin_Harrison
gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkb:Bobby_Seale
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:George_W._Bush
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:James_Baldwin
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Oprah_Winfrey
gptkb:Rand_Paul
gptkb:Stacey_Abrams
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Ella_Baker
gptkb:James_Monroe
gptkb:John_Tyler
gptkb:President_Woodrow_Wilson
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Andrew_Jackson
gptkb:Angela_Davis
gptkb:Bernie_Sanders
gptkb:Chester_A._Arthur
gptkb:Cory_Booker
gptkb:Donald_Trump
gptkb:Franklin_Pierce
gptkb:Grover_Cleveland
gptkb:Joe_Biden
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Michelle_Obama
gptkb:Richard_Wright
gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkb:Tim_Scott
gptkb:William_H._Harrison
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:James_Farmer
gptkb:Kamala_Harris
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkb:Mike_Pence
gptkb:Andrew_Yang
gptkb:Huey_P._Newton
gptkb:Warren_Harding
gptkb:Fannie_Lou_Hamer
gptkb:Assata_Shakur
gptkb:John_Edgar_Hoover
gptkb:Elizabeth_Warren
gptkb:Rutherford_B._Hayes
gptkb:Stokely_Carmichael
gptkb:Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez
gptkb:Ralph_Abernathy
gptkb:John_Quincy_Adams
gptkb:Dorothy_Height
gptkb:William_H._Taft
gptkb:Julian_Bond
gptkb:Coretta_Scott_King
gptkb:C._T._Vivian
gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
gptkb:Marian_Wright_Edelman
gptkb:James_Polk_Jr.
gptkb:Whitney_Young
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gptkbp:legacy
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inspiration for future protests
commemorated annually
influenced future generations
symbol of the struggle for equality
remains a reference point for activism
inspired the Black Lives Matter movement
inspired the March for Our Lives 2018
inspired the Women's March on Washington 2017
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gptkbp:legislation
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gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
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gptkbp:media_coverage
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extensive
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gptkbp:notable_performers
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gptkb:Josephine_Baker
gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Daisy_Bates
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:C._T._Vivian
gptkb:Walter_Reuther
gptkb:Rabbi_Joachim_Prinz
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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gptkb:I_Have_a_Dream
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gptkbp:organizer
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gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
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gptkbp:purpose
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advocate for civil and economic rights
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gptkbp:significance
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landmark event in the Civil Rights Movement
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gptkbp:theme
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jobs and freedom
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