@Deglassco
My parents were “Ann Arbor Hippies” having their 1st child @ 22 & 23.
They could not afford to attend & the logistics…impossible.
They helped organize (they were poor, living in HUD housing)…
& donated what they could.

Yrs later they marched in the “Great March”!
(2nd #MarchOnWashington for Lesbian & Gay Rts.
It was a large political rally that took place in DC, on Oct 11, 1987.
Its success, size, scope, & historical importance is why it’s #thegreatmarch

History.com Editors - March on Washington:

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washington

#MarchOnWashington #JobsAndFreedom #Protest #Discrimination #CivilRightsMarch #CivilRights #Randolph #MLK #IHaveADream

Experience the 1963 March on Washington sixty years later by hearing the speeches of the day here:

https://pastdaily.com/2023/08/27/august-28-1963-march-on-washington-civil-rights-movment-in-the-60s/

Also Jean Shepherd's New York radio show recounting his eyewitness experiences immediately after the March:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zEe9qmStkI

#MarchOnWashington #CivilRights #MLK #1960s

If interested in today's #MarchOnWashington -- live coverage: https://www.youtube.com/live/YMrNWv2hCos?si=18rjpg0VnDdS31g5

“Music was the glue of the movement & shaped identity”

Powerful look back on the #music that accompanied the #CivilRights #MarchOnWashington 60 years ago, with MLK biographer historian @ClayborneCarson & musicologist Tammy Kernodle
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/26/1196170868/looking-back-on-the-music-that-accompanied-the-march-on-washington-60-years-ago

March on Washington: 60 Years | ADL

On August 26, 2023, we march for #civilrights and against #hate. This is not a commemoration of Dr. King's historic march of 60 years ago... IT IS A CONTINUATION.

Register now to march with us and the King Family in the nation's capital.

https://www.adl.org/march-washington-60-years

#mlk #activism #marchonwashington