the March on Washington

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/the_March_on_Washington
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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:event
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Montgomery_Bus_Boycott
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Malcolm_X
gptkbp:attendees 250,000 people
gptkbp:date August 28, 1963
gptkbp:historical_impact increased awareness of racial inequality
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the March on Washington
gptkbp:inspired subsequent civil rights demonstrations
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in 50th anniversary in 2013
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:media_coverage extensive
gptkbp:notable_performers gptkb:Dr._Maya_Angelou
gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Daisy_Bates
gptkb:Dr._Paul_Robeson
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:W._E._B._Du_Bois
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Cesar_Chavez
gptkb:Rev._C._T._Vivian
gptkb:Coretta_Scott_King
gptkb:Rev._Martin_Luther_King_Sr.
gptkb:Rev._Jesse_Jackson
gptkb:Walter_Reuther
gptkb:Dr._A._Leon_Higginbotham_Jr.
gptkb:Dr._Adolph_Reed_Jr.
gptkb:Dr._Alice_Walker
gptkb:Dr._Angela_Y._Davis
gptkb:Dr._Audre_Lorde
gptkb:Dr._Benjamin_Mays
gptkb:Dr._Charles_H._Houston
gptkb:Dr._Dorothy_Height
gptkb:Dr._E._Franklin_Frazier
gptkb:Dr._Earl_Lewis
gptkb:Dr._Gerald_Horne
gptkb:Dr._Ibram_X._Kendi
gptkb:Dr._James_Weldon_Johnson
gptkb:Dr._Kenneth_B._Clark
gptkb:Dr._Kimberlé_Crenshaw
gptkb:Dr._Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Dr._Mary_Mc_Leod_Bethune
gptkb:Dr._Michelle_Alexander
gptkb:Dr._Nikole_Hannah-Jones
gptkb:Dr._Patricia_Hill_Collins
gptkb:Dr._Ralph_Bunche
gptkb:Dr._Richard_A._Longworth
gptkb:Dr._Richard_Wright
gptkb:Dr._Robin_D._G._Kelley
gptkb:Dr._Ta-Nehisi_Coates
gptkb:Dr._Toni_Morrison
gptkb:Dr._William_H._Hastie
gptkb:Dr._William_Julius_Wilson
gptkb:Dr._Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkb:Dr._bell_hooks
gptkb:Rabbi_Joachim_Prinz
Dr. Robert Smith.
gptkbp:notable_quote gptkb:I_Have_a_Dream
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkbp:outcome gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:purpose civil rights advocacy
gptkbp:related_show gptkb:Mahalia_Jackson
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkbp:significance landmark event in the American civil rights movement
gptkbp:theme jobs and freedom