The Root

PBS to Air 'March on Washington' Doc

On Monday, PBS announced that a documentary marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington would air Aug. 27, on the eve of the historic date when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have ...
KCRW

50 years later, remembering the March on Washington

Through the years, when I tell people that I covered the 1963 civil rights march on Washington, they often ask, “Did you know?” They mean: Did I know I was present at the making of history? Did I know ...
Afro

Marching forward: Commemorating the March on Washington on Wall Street

Dr. Benjamin Chavis, president and CEO of National Newspaper Publishers Association, will help lead churches and the Black Press in a march on Wall Street Aug 28. Demonstrators will use the march to ...
WWNO

A new play explores the story behind the March on Washington

On a hot summer day a little over six decades ago, a quarter of a million people gathered peacefully in Washington, D.C. to demand laws to advance civil rights, protect voting rights and stop ...
WTVD

'Time to celebrate the past': NC churches commemorate 1963 March on Washington

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Messages Sunday from the pulpits of churches across America included mentions of the 1963 March on Washington. "It is time to celebrate the past, but we cannot rest on our ...
Black Enterprise

Historic Atlanta Church Honors 62nd Anniversary of March On Washington And MLK Speech

Big Bethel A.M.E. church in Atlanta hosted its Social Justice Sunday to celebrate the March on Washington's 62nd anniversary. A historic church in Atlanta spent Sunday Service honoring the 62nd ...