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 ...

More than 60 years after surviving the deadly bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, Sarah Collins Rudolph continues to ...

The March on Washington inspired more than 250,000 people to head to our nation’s capital – and demand racial equality.Barbara Lee was one of them. She was just ...

according to the Washington Post. The 1963 march drew more than 200,000 people. The roster’s Jewish speakers include rabbis, activists and representatives of Jewish organizations, including Jews ...

Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty The iconic "I Have a Dream" speech — delivered during the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28, 1963 — instantly comes to mind ...

Deeply involved in the planning of the 1963 March on Washington, Lewis at age 23 was one of the day's keynote speakers, delivering an address that was carefully calibrated by his colleagues to ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

But the March on Washington owes the most to labor unions ... President Obama will give a speech at the exact spot where King gave his in 1963. Click here for audio of the original.

In 1963, a quarter of a million people marched on Washington to highlight racial injustice and to put pressure on Congress to pass Kennedy’s Civil Rights Bill. The march was made up of both ...