(360) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "Walk to Freedom," Detroit, 1963

Posted June 8th, 2011 by eclemens

African Americans
Cavanagh, Jerome P.
Civil rights
Cleage, Albert B.
Demonstrations -- Michigan -- Detroit
Equality & Civil Rights Activism in America
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970
Urban Affairs

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads an estimated crowd of 125,000 civil rights activists down Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit during the historic "Walk to Freedom." Rev. C.L. Franklin, Walter Reuther, Rev. Albert Cleage and Mayor Jerome Cavanagh are all in view.