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The Great March on Washington
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Great_March_on_Washington
GPTKB entity
Statements (45)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
protest
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom
gptkbp:attendedBy
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:Bob_Dylan
gptkb:Joan_Baez
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson
gptkb:Marian_Anderson
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:category
gptkb:Civil_rights_movement
1963 in the United States
August 1963 events in the United States
Protest marches in Washington, D.C.
gptkbp:date
August 28, 1963
gptkbp:famousSpeech
gptkb:I_Have_a_Dream
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
The Great March on Washington
gptkbp:impact
inspired future protests
raised awareness for civil rights
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:notableEvent
peaceful demonstration
gptkbp:organizedBy
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:James_Farmer
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Roy_Wilkins
gptkb:Walter_Reuther
gptkb:Whitney_Young
gptkbp:participants
over 250,000
gptkbp:purpose
civil rights
economic equality
gptkbp:route
from Washington Monument to Lincoln Memorial
gptkbp:speechBy
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:supportedBy
gptkb:CORE
gptkb:NAACP
gptkb:National_Urban_League
gptkb:SCLC
gptkb:SNCC
gptkb:AFL–CIO
gptkbp:televisionShow
yes
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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