March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom [publicity flyer]
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom [publicity flyer]
Description
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on 28 August 1963. An estimated 250,000 people attended the massive, peaceful rally, while many more watched the dramatic events live on television.
This flyer reads:
"An Appeal to You from
Mathew Ahmann
Eugene Carson Blake
James Farmer
Martin Luther King, Jr.
John Lewis
Isaiah Minkoff
A. Philip Randolph
Walter Reuther
Roy Wilkins
Whitney Young
to MARCH on WASHINGTON
Wednesday August 28, 1963
America faces a crisis ...
Millions of Negroes are denied freedom ...
Millions of citizens, black and white, are unemployed ...
We demand:
-- Meaningful Civil Rights Laws
-- Massive Federal Works Program
-- Full and Fair Employment
-- Decent Housing
-- The Right to Vote
-- Adequate Integrated Education
In your community, groups are mobilizing for the March. You can get information on how to go to Washington by calling civil rights organizations, religious organizations, trade unions, fraternal organizations and youth groups.
National Office --
MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM
170 West 130 Street
New York 27
FI 8-1900
Cleveland Robinson, Chairman, Administrative Committee
Bayard Rustin, Deputy Director
This flyer reads:
"An Appeal to You from
Mathew Ahmann
Eugene Carson Blake
James Farmer
Martin Luther King, Jr.
John Lewis
Isaiah Minkoff
A. Philip Randolph
Walter Reuther
Roy Wilkins
Whitney Young
to MARCH on WASHINGTON
Wednesday August 28, 1963
America faces a crisis ...
Millions of Negroes are denied freedom ...
Millions of citizens, black and white, are unemployed ...
We demand:
-- Meaningful Civil Rights Laws
-- Massive Federal Works Program
-- Full and Fair Employment
-- Decent Housing
-- The Right to Vote
-- Adequate Integrated Education
In your community, groups are mobilizing for the March. You can get information on how to go to Washington by calling civil rights organizations, religious organizations, trade unions, fraternal organizations and youth groups.
National Office --
MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM
170 West 130 Street
New York 27
FI 8-1900
Cleveland Robinson, Chairman, Administrative Committee
Bayard Rustin, Deputy Director
Source
March on Washington 1963, Special Collections, William Smith Morton Library, Union Presbyterian Seminary
Date
1963
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Union Presbyterian Seminary Library
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Learn more:
Hansan, John E., March on Washington, D.C. for Jobs and Freedom August 28, 1963, Social Welfare History Project
The March (1963) [film], Social Welfare History Project
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom [tri-fold publicity flyer], Social Welfare History Image Portal
Hansan, John E., March on Washington, D.C. for Jobs and Freedom August 28, 1963, Social Welfare History Project
The March (1963) [film], Social Welfare History Project
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom [tri-fold publicity flyer], Social Welfare History Image Portal
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“March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom [publicity flyer],” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed April 20, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/248.