[New York Times] 4. It saved the civil rights movement Focusing on the March on Washington's "tangible accomplishments" misses "the most important consequence of the march," says Michael Wenger at ...

The March on Washington inspired more than 250,000 people to head to our nation’s capital – and demand racial ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

Protesters represented progressive views on causes, including immigration, climate change and abortion rights. The march was ...

The March on Washington (1963 ... In his closing words, the president invoked a rallying cry of the civil rights movement. An SCLC staffer watching the speech with Reverend Martin Luther King ...

His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard Rustin has long ...

Although his name is not easily recognized beyond Chester County, West Chester native Bayard Rustin is one of the Black ...

Marchers carry signs during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 28, 1963. During the march, the Rev. Dr. Martin ...

The end point will be the Washington Monument. March organizers would like you ... an African-American civil rights activist and former executive director of the National Action Network; Linda ...

This column was adapted from the forthcoming “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement ... with a united push. The Washington Post accepts opinion ...

Nearly eight years since its historic first march, the Women’s March is returning to the nation's capital just before ...

It’s a disquieting contrast for some civil rights advocates who wish to fulfill King’s dream of non-violent social revolution ...