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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights demonstration → historical event → political rally → protest march →
alsoKnownAs	1963 March on Washington → March on Washington →
characteristic	interracial → mass demonstration → nonviolent →
commemoratedOn	anniversaries of August 28 →
country	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. → Philip Randolph → Rabbi Joachim Prinz → Roy Wilkins → Walter Reuther → Whitney Young →
hasSpeech	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	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 organizing committee → NAACP → National Urban League → Southern Christian Leadership Conference → Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → United Auto Workers →
partOf	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 →

Referenced by (30)

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