Program, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
date: label: date made
content: 1963
label: associated date
content: 1963 08 28
name: label: referenced
content: King, Jr., Martin Luther
label: referenced
content: Wilkins, Roy
label: referenced
content: Fauntroy, Walter
label: referenced
content: Lewis, John
notes: label: Description
content: August 28, 1963, was a day of speeches, songs, prayers, and protest on the National Mall. Organized by civil rights activists and supported by labor unions and religious organizations an estimated 250,000 people gathered together to petition for racial equality.
label: Description
content: This program lists the speakers and order of events at the Lincoln Memorial on that memorable day.
label: Description
content: Gift of Walter Fauntroy
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: associated place
content: United States: District of Columbia, National Mall, Lincoln Memorial
topic: label: general subject association
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Subject
content: African American
label: related event
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
label: related event
content: Emancipation Proclamation (2)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection
label: See more items in
content: Government, Politics, and Reform
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Reverend Walter Fauntroy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.251855.02a
label: catalog number
content: 251855.02a
label: accession number
content: 251855
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Program
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white, black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall, closed: 8 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 13.97 cm