Listen to the women and men who marched to Washington for racial equality in 1963.
Published January 31, 2023As those who were there tell it, Aug. 28, 1963, was a hot, beautiful, sunny day when a quarter-million people made their way to Washington, D.C.
Some, like Rev. Walter Chalmers, were on their way to work when they saw the buses heading to the capitol and decided to go march instead. Others were inspired by Rosa Parks' activism and defiance in the face of inequality toThose who gathered under the hot sun for hours would become the eyes of history when the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ended with
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