On a sweltering August day in 1963, a quarter million Americans gathered in Washington, D.C. to demand jobs, voting rights, and an end to segregation. This is how it happened, and why it still matters ...

Fifty years after King’s historic march, the struggle for racial justice faces unprecedented challenges. Demonstrators hold signs during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963 They carried signs ...

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COLUMBIA — The Columbia radio station KFRU/1400 AM covered the March on Washington in 1963, using information from national newscasts and wire services. Eric Engberg, a 1963 MU graduate and former ...

Black American civil rights leader Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, where he gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - August 28, 1963, is when the March on Washington took place. Decades later, the community reflects on how that demonstration was a crucial part of United States history.

Du Bois’ death at the 1963 March on Washington marked a passing of the torch in civil rights. W.E.B. Du Bois died in 1963 on the eve of the March on Washington and just before Martin Luther King, Jr's ...

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