March on Washington Handbill
date: label: Date made
content: 1963
label: associated date
content: 1963 08 28
name: label: speaker
content: King, Jr., Martin Luther
label: organizer
content: Randolph, A. Philip
label: coordinator
content: Rustin, Bayard
label: speaker
content: Lewis, John
label: speaker
content: Farmer, James
label: speaker
content: Reuther, Walter
label: organizer
content: Fauntroy, Walter
label: related organization
content: Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
notes: label: Description
content: The March on Washington, August 28, 1963, was the largest civil rights demonstration the nation had ever witnessed. One hundred years after the Emancipation Proclamation, 250,000 Americans of all races gathered to petition the government to pass meaningful civil rights legislation and enforce existing laws establishing racial equality. The March for Jobs and Freedom was conceived by A. Philip Randolph, leader of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, coordinated by Bayard Rustin, and supported by almost all the major civil rights organizations and many labor unions and religious organizations. Its speakers included Randolph, John Lewis, James Farmer, Walter Reuther, and Martin Luther King Jr., whose "I Have a Dream" speech invoked the hopes of all Americans seeking racial justice.
label: Description
content: This handbill was donated in 1964 by Rev. Walter Fauntroy, a principle organizer and chairman of the Washington, D.C., coordinating committee. It is one of many items in the Museum's civil rights collection that helps document and preserve this pivotal event in American history.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: associated place
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: African American
label: Subject
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: related event
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection
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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.251855.04a
label: catalog number
content: 251855.04a
label: accession number
content: 251855
objectType: label: Object Name
content: handbill
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 13.97 cm