NAACP and SCLC Center the March on Civil Rightsīy the late 1950s, Dr. The FEPC dissolved just five years later, causing Randolph to revive his plans. The march was stalled, however, after negotiations between Roosevelt and Randolph prompted the establishment of the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC) and an executive order banning discrimination in defense industries. Phillip Randolph first conceptualized a "march for jobs" in protest of the racial discrimination against African Americans from jobs created by WWII and the New Deal programs created by President Franklin D. You can read the full speech and watch a short film, below. King's celebrated speech, "I Have a Dream," was carried live by television stations across the country. Stemming from a rapidly growing tide of grassroots support and outrage over the nation's racial inequities, the rally drew over 260,000 people from across the nation.Ĭelebrated as one of the greatest - if not the greatest - speech of the 20th century, Dr. Phillip Randolph and Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the NAACP, the March on Washington evolved into a collaborative effort amongst major civil rights groups and icons of the day. Originally conceived by renowned labor leader A. delivered the exalted "I Have a Dream" speech. More than 3,000 members of the press covered this historic march, where Rev. On August 28, 1963, more than a quarter million people participated in the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, gathering near the Lincoln Memorial. The 1963 March on Washington A Quarter Million People and a Dream
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