On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered in the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march was the brainchild of longtime civil rights activist and labor ...

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The event is most famous for the "I Have a Dream" speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. from the steps ...

executed perfectly to put together a remarkable package for the 60 th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Planning had begun months earlier with conversations among Jack ...

March for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C. Photos of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom show a sea of people flooding the National Mall and enjoying the festive mood. More than ...

Demonstrators staged in squares around Washington ahead of the march, pounding drums and yelling chants under a slate-gray sky and in a chilly wind. They held signs with slogans including ...

Tens of thousands of people are expected in Washington ahead of Inauguration ... “We are having a march in order to continue to fight for our freedom, our families, our futures, and to also ...

As chair of SNCC he coordinated voter registration and community activities of Freedom Summer in Mississippi. Deeply involved in the planning of the 1963 March on Washington, Lewis at age 23 was ...

Thousands of anti-abortion activists are coming to Washington Friday for the annual March for Life, seeking to build momentum ...