Martin Luther King's march on Washington, D.C...
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August 29, 1963
THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, August 29, 1963
* Martin Luther King, Jr. & his "I have a dream..." march on Washington, D.C.
* Civil Rights rally at the Lincoln Monument
The front page has a two line head reading: "Backers Believe March On Capital Successful". This was the very famous march on Washington, D.C. led by civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. At the bottom of the front page is a photo captioned: "Washington March--Leaders of the March on Washington hold hands as they march along Constitution Avenue in Washington." Martin Luther King, Jr. can be identified at the front of the crowd.
This was the march in which King gave his very famous "I have a dream..." speech (not printed here).
Complete in 6 pages, very nice condition.
wikipedia notes: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech advocating racial harmony at the Lincoln Memorial during the march.
The march was organized by a group of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations, under the theme "jobs, and freedom." Estimates of the number of participants varied from 200,000 (police) to over 300,000 (leaders of the march). About 80% of the marchers were African American and the rest were white and other ethnic groups.
The march is widely credited as helping to pass the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the National Voting Rights Act (1965).
* Martin Luther King, Jr. & his "I have a dream..." march on Washington, D.C.
* Civil Rights rally at the Lincoln Monument
The front page has a two line head reading: "Backers Believe March On Capital Successful". This was the very famous march on Washington, D.C. led by civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. At the bottom of the front page is a photo captioned: "Washington March--Leaders of the March on Washington hold hands as they march along Constitution Avenue in Washington." Martin Luther King, Jr. can be identified at the front of the crowd.
This was the march in which King gave his very famous "I have a dream..." speech (not printed here).
Complete in 6 pages, very nice condition.
wikipedia notes: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech advocating racial harmony at the Lincoln Memorial during the march.
The march was organized by a group of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations, under the theme "jobs, and freedom." Estimates of the number of participants varied from 200,000 (police) to over 300,000 (leaders of the march). About 80% of the marchers were African American and the rest were white and other ethnic groups.
The march is widely credited as helping to pass the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the National Voting Rights Act (1965).
Category: The 20th Century
