March on Washington

NBC Chicago’s Marion Brooks takes a look back at the picketing of the Chicago Sun-Times following the 1963 March on Washington due to an opinion piece that was critical of the march.

President Joe Biden is calling for action to end the type of “hate-fueled violence” that authorities say motivated a white man to fatally shoot three Black people at a Florida store over the weekend.

A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the nation’s first major Black labor union, was slated to give the keynote speech at the March on Washington in 1963, but “in his infinite wisdom,” Randolph passed the baton to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose “I Have a Dream” speech continues to inspire people today. NBC 5’s Marion...

The 60th anniversary of the March on Washington was commemorated on Sunday as details are unfolding following a racially-motivated attack at a Jacksonville grocery store, leaving three Black people dead, NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

A gathering led by religious leaders was held in Chicago on Sunday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

Thousands have gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in the nation’s capital to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic ‘I have a dream’ speech helped set the tone for the March on Washington and generations to come. News4’s Shawn Yancy spoke with Martin Luther King III about whether his father’s dream has been realized.

The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is still considered one of the greatest and most consequential racial justice demonstrations in U.S. history.

Thousands of people will gather on the National Mall on the anniversary of the March on Washington. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

Sixty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his resounding call for racial harmony that set off decades of push and pull toward progress. The historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom remains a marker by which progress is measured. But that progress — namely civil and voting rights legislation passed in the mid-1960s — teeters precariously...