Money needed for this event was raised through the sale of 25-cent buttons depicting white and black hands in a handshake.
Money needed for this event was raised through the sale of 25-cent buttons depicting white and black hands in a handshake. James Farmer of CORE argued at this event that he would fight until "dogs stop biting us in the south and rats stop biting us in the north." First called for by A. Philip Randolph and organized by Bayard Rustin, its full title includes the words "for Jobs and Freedom." This event culminated in an oration in which the speaker hopes for a "nation where [his children] will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." FTP, name this protest that included Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
Money needed for this event was raised through the sale of 25-cent buttons depicting white and black hands in a handshake.
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom