March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

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civil rights demonstration historical event political rally protest march

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a landmark 1963 civil rights demonstration in Washington, D.C., best known as the setting for Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and its pivotal role in advancing racial equality and economic justice in the United States.

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1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 8
March on Washington Movement 2
"I Been 'Buked and I Been Scorned" at the 1963 March on Washington 1
1963 March on Washington 1
March on Washington 1
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom organizing committee 1
threatened March on Washington Movement of 1941 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights demonstration ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political rally ⓘ
protest march ⓘ
alsoKnownAs March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
surface form: 1963 March on Washington

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
surface form: March on Washington
characteristic interracial ⓘ
mass demonstration ⓘ
nonviolent ⓘ
commemoratedOn anniversaries of August 28 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1963-08-28 ⓘ
demand comprehensive civil rights legislation ⓘ
decent housing ⓘ
desegregation of schools ⓘ
fair employment practices ⓘ
federal works program for the unemployed ⓘ
minimum wage increase ⓘ
right to vote ⓘ
estimatedAttendance 250000 ⓘ
hasParticipant James Farmer ⓘ
John Lewis ⓘ
Mahalia Jackson ⓘ
Marian Anderson ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
A. Philip Randolph ⓘ
surface form: Philip Randolph

Rabbi Joachim Prinz ⓘ
Roy Wilkins ⓘ
Walter Reuther ⓘ
Whitney Young ⓘ
hasSpeech "I Have a Dream" speech ⓘ
surface form: I Have a Dream
influenced subsequent civil rights demonstrations in the United States ⓘ
location Lincoln Memorial ⓘ
National Mall ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mediaCoverageBy television networks in the United States ⓘ
notableFor "I Have a Dream" speech ⓘ
surface form: Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech

influence on passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
influence on passage of Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
organizedBy A. Philip Randolph ⓘ
American Jewish Congress ⓘ
Bayard Rustin ⓘ
Congress of Racial Equality ⓘ
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom organizing committee

NAACP ⓘ
National Urban League ⓘ
Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
United Auto Workers ⓘ
partOf American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: Civil rights movement
purpose civil rights ⓘ
economic justice ⓘ
jobs for African Americans ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
recognizedAs turning point in the American civil rights movement ⓘ
slogan Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
year 1963 ⓘ

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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom → alsoKnownAs → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
this entity surface form: March on Washington
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom → alsoKnownAs → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1963 March on Washington
Southern Christian Leadership Conference → coOrganized → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. → depicts → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
Committee on Fair Employment Practice → establishedAsResponseTo → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
this entity surface form: threatened March on Washington Movement of 1941
"I Have a Dream" speech → event → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
Birmingham campaign → followedBy → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
A. Philip Randolph → founded → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
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National Civil Rights Museum → hasExhibitOn → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
American civil rights movement → hasPart → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
Lincoln Memorial → notableEvent → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
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Reflecting Pool → notableEvent → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
SCLC → notableEvent → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
Martin → notableWork → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
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A. Philip Randolph → organized → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom → organizedBy → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom organizing committee
John Lewis → participantIn → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
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Congress of Racial Equality → participatedIn → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Dorothy Cotton → participatedIn → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. → participatedIn → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
Ralph Abernathy → participatedIn → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
Roy Wilkins → participatedIn → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → participatedIn → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
Joan Baez → performedAt → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
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Mahalia Jackson → performedAt → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Mahalia Jackson → performedSongAt → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
this entity surface form: "I Been 'Buked and I Been Scorned" at the 1963 March on Washington
Executive Order 8802 → relatedTo → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
this entity surface form: March on Washington Movement
African-American history → relatedToEvent → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
Rabbi Joachim Prinz → spokeAt → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
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Josephine Baker → spokeAt → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
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