6/12/2023 0 Comments Allan h ryskind![]() ![]() By and large, however, papers and journalists with a variety of political stances expressed their approval of how the March was conducted: The New York Times editors declared that “Without violence, the march on Washington was the greatest assembly for redress of grievances in the capital’s history…”, while Vincent S. Unsurprisingly, the March on Washington caught a great deal of media attention, not all of it laudatory. ![]() Orderly, peaceful, and made up of Americans from all sorts of backgrounds, it was the largest march on Washington in history, and is credited with garnering international attention for the Civil Rights Movement. delivered speeches-the latter King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech-and where famous singers like Odetta sang inspirational songs. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom culminated in a rally held from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where civil rights leaders like A. ![]() to protest racial injustice in the United States. On August 28 th, 1963, over 200,000 people marched into Washington, D.C. ![]()
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