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Civil rights 2013: a cautionary tale from Alabama

August 23, 2013 By Scott Douglas

In July of 1963, I was preparing for my senior year at Nashville's Pearl High School. For me, news about the civil rights movement became an unsettling blend of darkest tragedies and heady victories.

1963 March on Washington transformed my town

August 23, 2013 By Bob Tripp

This is the story of one direct outcome of the 1963 March on Washington, to which I went as a member of the Huntington Township Committee on Human Relations in Suffolk County, Long Island.

Three generations march on Washington

August 23, 2013 By Elena Mora

I'm very proud that my father and uncle, Joe and Dennis Mora, were both at the 1963 March on Washington, one of many demonstrations and activities they participated in during the civil rights heyday.

Three days on bus, then dancing at March on Washington

August 23, 2013 By Nancy Schimmel

I was a 28 year-old peace activist in San Francisco in 1963 when I got a call from Women for Peace asking if I'd like to go to the March on Washington as one of their...

Today in labor history: March on Washington and MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech

August 28, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. joined by civil rights and labor unions organized the historic March on Washington. The march was officially called the "March for Jobs and Freedom." Dr. King delivered...