The Women's March on Washington is expected to draw hundreds of thousands. — -- The day after Donald Trump takes the presidential oath of office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, hundreds of ...
The American lexicon was once filled with dozens, hundreds of charmingly quaint phrases that have now gone the way of the dodo. A particular favorite was, “There was enough food to feed Coxey’s army.” ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - August 28, 1963, is when the March on Washington took place. Decades later, the community reflects on how that demonstration was a crucial part of United States history.
How the 1963 March on Washington, featuring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic "I have a dream" speech, was organized.
Chess Jakobs' new play "The American Five" tells the story of how Martin Luther King Jr. and his closest allies planned the ...
Black organizers reflect on march's legacy in present day. Sixty years ago, thousands gathered on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to advocate for the civil and economic rights of Black people.
Big Bethel A.M.E. church in Atlanta hosted its Social Justice Sunday to celebrate the March on Washington's 62nd anniversary. A historic church in Atlanta spent Sunday Service honoring the 62nd ...
Aug. 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1922, a New York City realty company paid $100 for the first radio commercial, on station WEAF. In 1941, Nazi German, Hungarian and Ukrainian police ...
Jacob Coxey’s ‘Army of the Commonwealth in Christ’ — shortened by the press to ‘Coxey’s Army’ — heads out of camp during its 1894 march from Massillon, Ohio, near Cleveland, to the U.S. Capitol in ...
On a hot summer day a little over six decades ago, a quarter of a million people gathered peacefully in Washington, D.C. to demand laws to advance civil rights, protect voting rights and stop ...