On This Day - What happened 28 August 1963 AD - Historydraft

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Washington D.C., U.S.
Wednesday Aug 28, 1963
Martin Luther King
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Washington D.C., U.S.
Wednesday Aug 28, 1963
King, representing the SCLC, was among the leaders of the "Big Six" civil rights organizations who were instrumental in the organization of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which took place on August 28, 1963.

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Washington D.C., U.S.
Wednesday Aug 28, 1963
W. E. B. Du Bois
March on Washington
Washington D.C., U.S.
Wednesday Aug 28, 1963
At the March on Washington, speaker Roy Wilkins asked the hundreds of thousands of marchers to honor Du Bois with a moment of silence.

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