https://reuther.wayne.edu/taxonomy/term/1215 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7781 <p>Unidentified African American women, holding signs and wearing hats that show UAW Support for Civil Rights, stand in front of the White House during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7781#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:40:37 -0400 eclemens 7781 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7782 <p>Demonstrators queue along the service roadway of the National Mall to board chartered busses that will take them home following the conclusion of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7782#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:45:38 -0400 eclemens 7782 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7783 <p>Demonstrators queue along the service roadway of the National Mall to board chartered busses that will take them home following the conclusion of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7783#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:45:38 -0400 eclemens 7783 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7784 <p>Young African American civil rights demonstrators sing and clap during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. At rear a sign that reads “We Demand an End to Bias Now!” is in view.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7784#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:40:38 -0400 eclemens 7784 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7785 <p>A sea of civil rights demonstrators make their way through the National Mall during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. </p> <p>Dozens of different signs are in view that demand new civil rights legislation and equality in schools and wages. </p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7785#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:40:38 -0400 eclemens 7785 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7786 <p>Civil rights demonstrators make their way through the National Mall during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. </p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7786#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:40:38 -0400 eclemens 7786 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7787 <p>Civil rights demonstrators make their way through the National Mall during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. </p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7787#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:41:44 -0400 eclemens 7787 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7788 <p>Civil rights demonstrators gather on the National Mall prior to the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Signs that read “UAW Says: Be One with God --Speak Out for Freedom,” and UAW Says: Nothing can Withstand our March to Freedom in our Native Land’ are in view.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7788#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:42:43 -0400 eclemens 7788 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7789 <p>Robert Kennedy, U.S. Attorney General, addresses a crowd of civil rights demonstrators through a megaphone during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7789#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:42:43 -0400 eclemens 7789 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7790 <p>Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Walter Reuther and Rabbi Joachim Prinz, share a laugh during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7790#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:42:43 -0400 eclemens 7790 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7791 <p>Walter Reuther addresses an estimated audience of 200,000 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7791#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:42:43 -0400 eclemens 7791 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7792 <p>Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. prepares to address an estimated audience of 200,000 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Holding onto Dr. King’s arm is UAW president Walter Reuther.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7792#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:42:43 -0400 eclemens 7792 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7793 <p>Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. prepares to address an estimated audience of 200,000 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7793#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:42:43 -0400 eclemens 7793 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7794 <p>Civil rights demonstrators sit at the foot of the Washington Monument during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. </p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7794#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:42:43 -0400 eclemens 7794 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7795 <p>“Freedom Walkers,” who traveled over 200 mile on foot from New York City to join the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, pause to pose for a photograph.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7795#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:42:43 -0400 eclemens 7795 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7796 <p>An aerial view of the National Mall and its surrounds during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7796#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:42:43 -0400 eclemens 7796 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7797 <p>Civil rights demonstrators participating in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom hold signs that read “We demand an FEPC Law Now!,” Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Danville, VA,” We March for First Class Citizenship Now!” and “We March Together -- Catholic -- Jews -- Protestant -- For Dignity and Brotherhood of All Men Under One God Now!”</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7797#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:43:30 -0400 eclemens 7797 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7798 <p>Members of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) join the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7798#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:44:10 -0400 eclemens 7798 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7799 <p>Members of the UAW Citizenship Council carry a banner with a quote from Walter Reuther that reads “There is No Halfway House on the Road to Freedom.” This banner was also used two months prior in Detroit’s “March to Freedom” civil rights march.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7799#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:44:10 -0400 eclemens 7799 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7800 <p>A large pile of pickets used during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom frame a view of the Washington Monument. It is unclear if these signs are waiting to be distributed to demonstrators or if are waiting to be disposed of following the conclusion of the march.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7800#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:44:10 -0400 eclemens 7800 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7801 <p>An unidentified African American woman stands behind a barricade and holds a picket sign the during March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7801#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:44:10 -0400 eclemens 7801 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7802 <p>An estimated crowd of 200,000 braves the heat as they wait for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to deliver his address from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall.</p> <p>Note: Michigan Governor G. Mennen WIlliam sits in the third row, left of center.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7802#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:44:11 -0400 eclemens 7802 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7803 <p>Burt Lancaster, Harry Belafonte and Charleston Heston pose for a photograph at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7803#comments African Americans Belafonte, Harry, 1927- Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:44:11 -0400 eclemens 7803 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7804 <p>Leaders of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom meet with Senator Everett Dirksen (R- IL) at the Capitol Building. </p> <p>Left to right: Whitney Young, National Urban League; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Roy Wilkins, NAACP; Walter REuther, UAW; Senator Everett Dirksen; John Lewis, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7804#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) Urban Affairs Young, Whitney M. Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:44:11 -0400 eclemens 7804 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7805 <p>The leaders of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom pose for a photograph at the Lincoln Memorial.</p> <p>Standing, left to right: Matthew Ahman, executive director of the National Catholic Conference of Interracial Justice; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress; John Lewis, chairman of Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, vice-chairman of the Commission on Religion and Race of the National Council of Churches; Floyd McKissick, author of the Durham Plan; Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers; Roy Wilkins, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)</p> <p>Seated, left to right: Whitney M. Young, executive director of the Urban League; James Farmer, national director of the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE); A. Philip Randolph, president of the Negro American Labor Council; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7805#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) Urban Affairs Young, Whitney M. Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:44:11 -0400 eclemens 7805 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7806 <p>Pickets, discarded newspapers and other garbage litter the grounds of the National Mall at the conclusion of the the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. </p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7806#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:44:11 -0400 eclemens 7806 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7807 <p>An unidentified African American family stands before the statue of Abraham Lincoln atop the Lincoln Memorial.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7807#comments African Americans Civil rights Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970 Equality &amp; Civil Rights Activism in America Urban Affairs Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:46:12 -0400 eclemens 7807 at https://reuther.wayne.edu