March on Washington 50th Anniversary

‘Large and Dignified’ March on Washington

A story from the Times pub­lished Aug. 25, 1963, de­scribes the March as a “dra­mat­ic, su­per-Birm­ing­ham demon­stra­tion,” and a “spec­tac­u­lar sum­mer cli­max to the Negro re­volt of 1963.”

Published: Aug. 26, 2013
Sources: Los Angeles Times
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