March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom_(1963)
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gptkbp:instanceOf protest
civil rights demonstration
gptkbp:commemorated_by annual marches and events
gptkbp:date August 28, 1963
gptkbp:estimated_attendance over 250,000
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:legacy major milestone in the Civil Rights Movement
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:mainVenue gptkb:Lincoln_Memorial
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive national and international
gptkbp:notable_speech gptkb:I_Have_a_Dream
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:Bob_Dylan
gptkb:Daisy_Bates
gptkb:Floyd_McKissick
gptkb:James_Farmer
gptkb:Joan_Baez
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Josephine_Baker
gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson
gptkb:Marian_Anderson
gptkb:Matthew_Ahmann
gptkb:Odetta
gptkb:Peter,_Paul_and_Mary
gptkb:Rabbi_Joachim_Prinz
gptkb:Roy_Wilkins
gptkb:Walter_Reuther
gptkb:Whitney_Young
Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson
gptkbp:notableSpeaker gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:Congress_of_Racial_Equality
gptkb:James_Farmer
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People
gptkb:National_Urban_League
gptkb:Roy_Wilkins
gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkb:Whitney_Young
gptkb:Brotherhood_of_Sleeping_Car_Porters
gptkbp:purpose advocate for civil and economic rights of African Americans
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Birmingham_campaign
gptkb:Poor_People's_Campaign
gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
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:slogan Jobs and Freedom
gptkbp:televisionShow Yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_women's_rights_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6