3. It sparked the career of the NFL's first black quarterback Among those watching the March on Washington on their TV sets was James Harris, a high school football star in Monroe, La. When King ...

On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered in the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march was the brainchild of longtime civil rights activist and labor ...

WASHINGTON — Plans are underway for a massive demonstration following President-elect Donald Trump's win at the polls last week. Dubbed "The People's March on Washington," the rally is scheduled ...

Thousands are gathered in Washington DC to commemorate the 1963 civil rights March on Washington and in protest of police violence. The families of black Americans shot or killed by police will ...

In 1963, a quarter of a million people marched on Washington to highlight racial injustice and to put pressure on Congress to pass Kennedy’s Civil Rights Bill. The march was made up of both ...

An oral history of the March on Washington: http://j.mp/1feuQK3 John Lewis, Eleanor Holmes Norton and others relive the pivotal moment of the Civil Rights Movement ...

Deeply involved in the planning of the 1963 March on Washington, Lewis at age 23 was one of the day's keynote speakers, delivering an address that was carefully calibrated by his colleagues to ...

Getty Images The 2020 March fell on the 57th anniversary of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington, an iconic event in American history, credited with spurring the passage of the Civil Rights ...

Finally, six of the most prominent black leaders gathered in New York City on July 2 to plan a civil rights march on Washington. From left: John Lewis, chairman Student Non-Violence Coordinating ...

Thousands of people have joined the Women's March in Washington DC as a feminist show of strength and to drive support ...