The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963
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Letter from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament to MLKCanon L. John Collins, a founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, invites Dr. King to speak at a rally in Trafalgar Square in London, England. The proposed rally will be based on the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and Collins would like to provide a direct link between the rally and the Washington March through the participation of both Bayard Rustin and Dr. King. |
Letter from Tom Cochran to MLKMr. Cochran highlights the need for more responsible leadership within the Civil Rights Movement and also more involvement from middle-class Americans. |
Letter from Virginia M. Burke & Phyllis M. Banks to MLKVirginia Burke and Phyllis Banks express their interest in distributing "The Negro Is Your Brother", better known as "Letter from Birmingham Jail", to Wisconsin leaders to inform them of the goals and aspirations of Dr. King and his following. Burke and Banks explain that while the document had appeared in multiple publications, they feel that it has yet to reach the wide audience it deserves. They ask Dr. King's permission to reprint and distribute the document if he holds the copyright. |
Letter to MLK from Joan DavesJoan Daves writes Dr. King concerning materials that she received from Harper & Row Publishers. |
Life Magazine: Why We Can't WaitThis excerpt, taken from Dr. King's book "Why We Can't Wait," appears in an issue of Life Magazine. King parallels the experience of handicapped people to the social handicap of the Negro. Comparing instances of governmental aid, he notes that there has been "countless other measures of compensatory treatment that the nation has accepted and approved as logical and moral." King continues the segment by referencing the stance of three American presidents that he has engaged conversation on the subject of civil rights. |
March on WashingtonIn this news release, Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the NAACP, addresses Congress to voice the people's concern in their quest for freedom, jobs and equal rights. He commends Republicans and Democrats in support of legislation to end discrimination. |
March on Washington Address by Eugene Carson BlakeRev Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Vice Chairman of the Commission on Religion and Race of the National Council of Churches, addresses the March on Washington. He states that if all the clergy and church members he represents and all of the Roman Catholics and Jews in America were marching for jobs and freedom for Negroes, the battle for civil rights would be won. Despite the pronouncements of the religious community, the churches and society are still segregated. “Late, late we come,” he says, and in a repentant and reconciling spirit. |
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom AgendaThis document is a strategic outline for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. |
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Event ProgramThis program outlines the events for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D. C. |
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Lincoln Memorial ProgramThis is the Lincoln Memorial program for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Notable leaders including Dr. King, Walter Reuther, and Whitney M. Young, Jr., will make remarks at the march. Also included is a list of demands, a joint statement from ten organizations and a map. |
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom News ReleaseThe National Urban League expresses it's gratitude for being apart of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Whitney Young expresses the importance of Americans continuing their fight for equality through the proper necessary legislation. |
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom PamphletThis pamphlet promotes the historic March on Washington of August 28, 1963. The pamphlet calls upon Congress to pass civil rights legislation and end the "twin evils of discrimination and economic deprivation" that plague the nation. |
March on Washington Lincoln Memorial ProgramThis document outlines the program held at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. |
March on Washington Transportation InformationThis is a form sent to each organization participating in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, requiring information regarding transportation arrangements. |
March to Washington Strategic PlanningThis document outlines key strategies concerning the upcoming March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. The one-day civil rights demonstration intends to bring national attention to the social and economic injustices afflicting millions of American citizens. |
Martin Luther King Does It AgainRalph C. Bailey, a marcher in the New York City demonstration against the War in Vietnam, describes the demonstration as an "impressive spectacle" of people of all ages and races. He praises Dr. King for combining revolution with nonviolence in hopes of a peaceful demonstration. |
Meet the Press Interview with Roy Wilkins and MLKThis document is a transcript of NBC’s “Meet the Press” televised press conference with Dr. King and Roy Wilkins. The program is moderated by Ned Brooks. Frank Van Der Linden, Robert MacNeil, Richard Wilson, and Lawrence Spivak are panelists. Some of the topics covered are the goals of the March on Washington, a concern about whether the Civil Rights Movement is pushing too hard, and past political affiliations of Bayard Rustin. |
Memo on Strategy of the Integration MovementAn anonymous writer pens a comprehensive strategy that focuses on achieving racial integration. Within the text of the document, the writer identifies various political, social and economical developments that are needed in order to end racially stemmed inequalities for African Americans. |
Memorandum Regarding The March On Washington For Jobs and FreedomIn this memorandum, Bayard Rustin provides various civil rights leaders with the agenda for their upcoming leadership meeting regarding the 1963 March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom. |
Message from James Farmer About March on Washington for Jobs and FreedomJames Farmer issues a message from the Donaldsonville Jail regarding the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. He regrets that he is unable to attend the event, but he supports the goals of the March. |
MLK Address - The Association of The Bar of the City of New YorkDr. King gives an address to the Association of The Bar of the City of New York at the Hilton Hotel in New York. He praises lawyers for using their knowledge to aid the Civil Rights Movement. He states that Negro lawyers bring wisdom and a determination to win to the courtroom. Dr. King also defines an unjust law as a law that is "out of harmony with moral law of the universe." |
MLK and the Alabama BoycottThis caricature of Dr. King depicts his trail from the March on Washington to his pursuing a boycott on the state of Alabama, following the Selma to Montgomery March. Gib Crockett of the Washington Star is the cartoonist for this drawing. |
MLK Discusses Plans for the 1963 March on WashingtonWhile in Detroit, Michigan, Dr. King discloses his intentions for the upcoming March on Washington. |
MLK in MemoriamFollowing Dr. King's assassination, this tribute highlights King's life and the impact he had on the world. It includes a reading from "The Negro American: A Documentary History," an audio recording of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream Speech" and his eulogy. test2 |
MLK Organizes Campaign for VotersDr. King announces a "nationwide bipartisan drive to get out the vote on election day." King's campaign charges religious leaders across the USA to help mobilize people to vote for the upcoming presidential election. |
MLK Postcard - American Negro Emancipation CentennialThe American Negro Emancipation Centennial issued this 1964 postcard containing Dr. King's brief biography. The postcard was designed to be used as a study guide in Negro history. |
Mobilizer: February 1967This February 1967 issue of the "Mobilizer: To End Mass Murder in Vietnam" focuses on James Bevel's direct action anti-war demonstrations. As National Director of the Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, Bevel outlines his strategy to launch a national movement involving community churches, students, labor groups, and others. The initiative is designed around a march to be held on April 15, 1967 in San Francisco and New York. |
More and FasterDr. King writes on the topic of "The Negro Goal: More and Faster." King highlights the black political and social climate in 1964 and discusses how the act of nonviolence gave blacks hope. |
My Dream: Peace - God's Business and Man'sThis document is a draft in progress of an article wrote for the Chicago Defender. Dr. King conveys his desire for war to be eliminated as an option to solve the nation's problems. He feels that full equality will never come to pass unless solutions involving violence are deemed to be methods of the past. |
NAIRO Supports March for FreedomThe National Association of Intergroup Relations Officials declares their support of the March for Freedom in Washington, D.C. NAIRO urges its members to support the march for the integration of over "20,000,000 Americans of minority identity." |