March on Washington
Michigan people to mobilize for March on Washington June 18th in D.C.
May 23, 2022From Michigan alone, hundreds will attend the Poor People’s Campaign Moral March on Washington
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March on Washington’s powerful lessons for the environmental movement
September 4, 2013Like the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, the environmental movement has both moral and practical aspects. It needs a strategy that unites both inside and outside struggles and goals.
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Taking the long view on fight for freedom
September 4, 2013As one of 250,000 who attended the 1963 "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," I had to come to Washington, Aug. 24, to be a part of the 50th anniversary march.
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Obama: Realizing King’s dream means jobs, decent wages for all
August 29, 2013WASHINGTON---Speaking to a cheering crowd at the Lincoln Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, President Barack Obama warned that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "dream" remains unrealized as...
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Today in labor history: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
August 28, 2013On August 28, 1963, Maryland police reported, "By 8 a.m., 100 buses an hour were streaming through the Baltimore Harbor Tunne" heading for Washington, D.C.
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