{"id":6048,"date":"2013-08-30T15:46:16","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T19:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/?p=6048"},"modified":"2013-08-30T15:46:16","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T19:46:16","slug":"the-march-on-washington-for-jobs-and-freedom-1963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/the-march-on-washington-for-jobs-and-freedom-1963\/","title":{"rendered":"The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 1963"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cover\"<\/a>In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of The March on Washington we want to call attention to our copy of <\/span>Speeches by the Leaders: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom<\/em>. This publication was printed by the NAACP in 1963 and contains the text of many of the speeches delivered at this event. The speakers included in this booklet are: A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, James Farmer, Rev. Eugene Carson Blake, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, Whitney M. Young, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Mathew Ahmann, John Lewis, and Walter Reuther.<\/span><\/p>\n

Along with the text of the speeches this program includes an opening two page introduction titled: \u00a0Statement by the heads of the ten organizations calling for discipline in connection with the Washington March of August 28, 1963<\/em>. This statement is followed by the ten names of the speakers.\u00a0\"What<\/a>One of the statements for the Washington March is that “it will be orderly, but not subservient. It will be proud, but not arrogant. It will be non-violent, but not timid. It will be unified in purposes and behavior, not splintered into groups and individual competitors. It will be outspoken, but not raucous.”<\/p>\n

The final page in the booklet is called\u00a0What We Demand<\/em>\u00a0and lists ten numbered demands followed by a commitment pledge with a place for signature and address at the bottom. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 reflected the demands of the march.<\/p>\n

We invite you to visit Special Collections to read the text of the speeches that were given on that special day fifty years ago.<\/p>\n

Jim Bricker
\nSenior Library Technician<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of The March on Washington we want to call attention to our copy of Speeches by the Leaders: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. This publication was printed by the NAACP in…<\/span><\/p>\n

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