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	King Encyclopedia
		The march, which demonstrated to the entire nation the gap between the tenets of American democracy and the everyday experience of fl Americans, was successful in pressuring the Kennedy administration to commit to passing federal civil rights legislation.
		In addition, the March on Washington faced condemnation by Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam.
		Malcolm X referred to it as the "farce on Washington," and any member of the Nation who attended the march was subject to a ninety-day suspension from the organization.
	www.stanford.edu /group/King/about_king/encyclopedia/march_washington.html (589 words)

	March on Washington
		The March on Washington represented a coalition of several civil rights organizations, all of which generally had different approaches and different agendas.
		On the other hand, the march was also condemned by some civil rights activists who felt it presented an inaccurate, sanitized pageant of racial harmony; Malcolm X called it the "Farce on Washington," and members of the Nation of Islam who attended the march faced a temporary suspension.
		The march was extensively covered by the media, with live international television coverage.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/marchonwashington.html (738 words)

	MMOW: About the March
		The Millennium March on Washington for Equality, scheduled for April 30th, will be the fourth national march for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights, and promises to be one of the largest and most powerful civil rights demonstrations in recent history.
		The purpose of the Millennium March on Washington for Equality is to energize and galvanize the GLBT and supportive communities to work for equality at all levels, strengthen the overall movement for equal rights and empower and inspire voters for the 2000 elections.
		To ensure that the Millennium March on Washington is beneficial long after the actual day of the March, organizers have made commitments to ensure that the Millennium March supports state and local organizations, people of color organizations and gay and lesbian centers across the country.
	www.planetout.com /mmow/about (267 words)

	NPR : The March on Washington
		The Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington is remembered for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legendary 'I Have a Dream Speech' and the unexpectedly large crowd that was on hand to listen.
		The March on Washington, with the sheer size of its crowd and the powerful words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., was considered the historical tipping point in the struggle for civil rights.
		The March on Washington was the biggest political demonstration ever staged in the United States, and a day that would quickly become part of the national narrative.
	www.npr.org /news/specials/march40th/index.html (1166 words)

	March on Washington
		The 1963 March on Washington attracted an estimated 250,000 people for a peaceful demonstration to promote Civil Rights and economic equality for African Americans.
		But the March on Washington in 1963 was more complex than the iconic images most Americans remember it for.
		The march was initiated by A. Philip Randolph, international president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, president of the Negro American Labor Council, and vice president of the AFL-CIO; and sponsored by five of the largest civil rights organizations in the United States.
	www.core-online.org /History/washington_march.htm (631 words)

	Civil Rights Movement Essays
		March on Washington, 1963, massive public demonstration that articulated the goals of the Civil Rights Movement.
		As the high point of the Civil Rights Movement, the march — and the integrationist, nonviolent, liberal form of protest it stood for — was followed by more radical, militant, and race-conscious approaches.
		As Rustin later said, credit for mobilizing the March on Washington could go to "Bull Connor, his police dogs, and his fire hoses." By June, King had agreed to cooperate with Randolph on the march.
	www.africanaonline.com /civil_rights_washington.htm (601 words)

	NPR : Behind the Scenes of the March on Washington
		Hear remarks at the event by March on Washington organizer A. Philip Randolph.
		He caught a bus down to the march from his parents' house in New Haven, Conn., and describes the ride and anxiety surrounding the march.
		An excerpt from 'The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.' on the March on Washington
	www.npr.org /news/specials/march40th/part1.html (1332 words)

	SNCC-Events: March on Washington
		While others seemed to be celebrating at the march, Lewis was angry and the speech he had prepared reflected it.
		While the members of the administration celebrated and cheered at the march, SNCC members felt the federal government was much quieter Deep South, where racism was barely tempered.
		Lewis was angry at the administration's policy of minimum interference and allowing the nation to focus attention away from the violence and crimes against human rights going on in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and the rest of the South.
	www.ibiblio.org /sncc/march.html (499 words)

	March On Washington
		They were marching for civil rights legislation that would end segregation and protect the voting rights of African Americans.
		The book, March On Washington, 1963: A Gathering To Be Heard written by Tricia Andryszewski, gives a full account of the Civil Rights Movement leading up to the march on Washington.
		He was reportedly the first to suggest the idea of a march on Washington in 1941.
	www.unc.edu /~flomo/marchonwashington.html (1971 words)

	March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963.
		The march was also condemned by the Nation of Islam and Malcolm X, who termed it the "farce on Washington".
		An earlier March on Washington had been proposed by Randolph, Rustin, and A.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom (257 words)

	40th Anniversary of the March on Washington
		A major difference compared to four decades ago is that this year's march did not have as singular a focus as the 1963 gathering when racial segregation and discrimination still were entrenched in American society, particularly in the South.
		The 1963 march was the brainchild of civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph, the legendary president of the International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first fl labor union in the United States.
		He had originally planned a march on Washington in 1941, but called it off because of President Franklin Roosevelt's pledge to ban racial discrimination in the defense industries, a promise Roosevelt kept.
	usinfo.state.gov /usa/civilrights/anniversary (1316 words)

	Online NewsHour & Local PBS Stations: Remembering the March on Washington -- August 2003
		The 40th Anniversary of the March on Washington
		Martin Luther King, Jr., the keynote speaker at the March on Washington, calls for the equal treatment and rights for all minorities in America.
		John Lewis, the 23-year-old chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, spoke at the March on Washington.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/local/march40 (528 words)

	March for Women's Lives - April 25, 2004
		The March for Women's Lives was an overwhelming success, thanks to the hard work and generosity of hundreds of thousands of supporters like you.
		But as powerful as the March was, it's not enough that we were heard in the streets of Washington D.C. on April 25.
		From the day he took office, George W. Bush has treated women's rights as a political bargaining tool, sacrificing women's lives and health to appease the radicals who put him in office.
	march.now.org (133 words)

	The March On Washington
		Not only was the March speeches and marching, but there was some entertainment.
		With their appearance came a loud ovation, and a steady chant, "Pass the bill-pass the bill-", referring to the President's civil rights legislation, which was yet to be passed by Congress.
		we will march through the South, through the heart of Dixie, the way Sherman did, leaving a scorched earth with our nonviolence." After being persuaded to downplay his speech by Martin Luther King Jr., and Randolph, his speech was rewritten by himself and fellow SNCC leaders James Forman and Courtland Cox.
	www.angelfire.com /pa/marchonwashington/march.html (741 words)

	WGBH \| 1963 March on Washington
		We look back at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which celebrated its 40th anniversary Aug. 28, 2003.
		By late afternoon, the march was nearing its end.
		For some who were there, memories of the March on Washington remain vivid.
	www.wgbh.org /article?item_id=1069413 (258 words)

	March on Washington
		The souvenir booklet for the March includes an article by Jim Kepner summarizing GLBT activism leading to the March and an article by Brandy Moore detailing the preparations for the March.
		The night before the March (October 13, 1979) Robin Tyler hosted the concert for the first March on Washington at the Sylvan Theatre near the Washington Monument.
		Noted Washington, DC photographer Patsy Lynch has generously lent Rainbow History a selection of her photographs from the 1979 March on Washington.
	www.rainbowhistory.org /mow79.htm (768 words)

	Neda Dispatch for KIDS!
		He was the lead organizer of what became one of the largest peaceful actions of the civil rights movement: the 1963 March on Washington.
		The March was a day of coming together for peace and equality.
		I was not part of the March on Washington.
	www.ustrek.org /odyssey/semester2/031401kids/031401nedamarchkids.html (488 words)

	NewsHour Extra: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom -- August 27, 2003
		The March on Washington: A NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and PBS Local Station Special Historical snapshots and personal reflections on the March on Washington.
		Thursday, August 28 marks the 40th anniversary of the March on Washington, an event led by Martin Luther King Jr.
		Called "The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," the event called the nation's attention to the injustice and inequalities that fl Americans faced because of the color of their skin.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/extra/features/july-dec03/march_8-27.html (935 words)

	Excerpt: The March on Washington, 1963 \| The Civil Rights Movement \| Abbeville Press
		The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom of 1963 was the largest political demonstration in U.S. history to that date and still one of the most vividly remembered.
		Randolph had organized the original March on Washington Movement, which was designed to pressure President Roosevelt to guarantee jobs for fl men and women in the wartime armament industries.
		The official memento of the march, sold for one dollar, was a portfolio of five red, white, blue, and fl collage-based prints that incorporated Life magazine photographs of dog and fire-hose attacks and other movement dramas; forty thousand were printed.
	www.abbeville.com /civilrights/washington.asp (3703 words)

	March in Washington
		I checked the PRN site for more info, and there is no coordinator for the state I live in, Colorado.
		Also, is there a form or petition somewhere that one can sign in support of the march for the people who will not be able to attend?
		Washington DC reply to Eric -- Monday, 24 November 2003, at 8:37 p.m.
	www.rxlist.com /rxboard/vicodin_arc2.pl?read=27719 (156 words)

	March on Washington
		The march on Washington, D.C. grew out of A. Phillip Randolph's old vision of a massive, orderly, dignified parade in favor of civil rights through the streets of the national capital.
		He enlarged the purpose of the march so that it embraced both economic opportunity and civil rights-Jobs and Freedom, the marchers' placards would read-and he coaxed virtually every civil rights leader and organization into participating.
		On August 28, 1963, nearly 250,000 people-fl and white, farmers and machinists, northerners and southerners- proceeded from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial.
	www.bayfrontnato.org /march_on_washington.html (209 words)

	March on Washington in 1941
		and Baynard Rustin began to organize a march to Washington to protest against discrimination in the defense industries.
		I suggest that ten thousand Negroes march on Washington, D. with the slogan: "We loyal Negro American citizens demand the right to work and fight for our country." No propaganda could be whipped up and spread to the effect that Negroes seek to hamper defense.
		The march has been called off because its main objective, namely the issuance of an Executive Order banishing discrimination in national defense, was secured.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAmarchW.htm (654 words)

	March on Washington
		Bayard Rustin was given overall control of the march and he managed to persuade the leaders of all the various civil rights groups to participate in the planned protest meeting at the Lincoln Memorial.
		This information was now passed on to white politicians in the Deep South who feared that a successful march on Washington would persuade President Lyndon B. Johnson to sponsor a proposed new civil rights act.
		The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on 28th August, 1963, was a great success.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAwashingtonM.htm (1737 words)

	CNN.com - US - Thousands march in Washington for gay rights - April 30, 2000
		WASHINGTON -- Thousands of demonstrators gathered on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday to march for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights.
		This was the first march on the Mall for gay rights since 1993.
		The executive director of the Millennium March said in an interview that a push for strong hate crime laws in every state is a top legislative priority for gays and lesbians.
	transcripts.cnn.com /2000/US/04/30/gay.march.03 (736 words)

	March on Washington
		This rolling mobilization will allow us to truly celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the "March on Washington" by committing to take the work started four decades ago to new heights, the way it was intended.
		A panel of activists who organized and participated in the historic March on Washington will discuss their hopes and expectations in 1963 and assess the challenges of the continuing struggle for justice in 2003.
		The Honorable Reverend Walter E. Fauntroy was director of the Washington Bureau of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Washington, D.C., Coordinator for the March on Washington.
	www.witherspoonsociety.org /03-may/march_on_washington.htm (825 words)

	Washington Bureau for ISP Advocacy - Current Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		WASHINGTON, DC - July 25, 2006 - Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today held a status conference to continue his review of the SBC/ATandT and Verizon/MCI mergers and whether entry of the consent decrees, settling the merger complaints, will serve the public interest.
		Noting the lack of materials and facts before him to support the allegations in the Department of Justice's complaints and the remedy proposed in the consent decrees, Judge Sullivan said he was not in a position to approve or reject the consent decrees at this time.
		The Washington Bureau for ISP Advocacy (WBIA) serves as a grassroots educational organization and an advocate on behalf of ISP's, CLEC's., technology innovators, suppliers, aggregators and consumers who recognize the need for choice and call for retaining the first tier of independent ISP connectivity to the Internet!
	www.gigabytemarch.com (1700 words)

	Pro-immigration forces to march on Washington - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A coalition of pro-immigration advocates will march on Washington next month to pressure the Senate into defeating pending House-approved legislation making illegal entry a criminal offense and calling for the construction of 700 miles of high-security fences on the U.S.-Mexico border.
		Led by the National Alliance for Human Rights (NAHR), the march was approved last week during a meeting in Riverside, Calif., of more than 500 immigration advocates who mapped out a strategy of "social justice and political empowerment" involving Hispanic groups from throughout the United States and Mexico.
		Navarro told The Washington Times that 2006 will be a year of "massive mobilizations, activism and political participation to countervail the heinous, racist and nativist crusade" of those who support the bill and the construction of "an Iron Curtain" along the U.S.-Mexico border.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20060219-105048-3039r.htm (558 words)

	Million Woman March
		The March for Women’s Lives, as it's called, may be the largest ever pro-choice rally in the U.S. The women’s groups organizing the march say that "threats [to women’s rights] have never been so systematic and coordinated, and the lives and health of women have never faced such peril."
		The march is sponsored by seven leading national women’s rights groups: The American Civil Liberties Union, Black Women's Health Imperative, Feminist Majority, NARAL Pro-Choice America, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, the National Organization for Women, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
		John Kerry is not among the march’s honorary co-sponsors.
	www.motherjones.com /news/dailymojo/2004/04/04_533.html (973 words)

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