“We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.”
The civil rights leader and union president was a key organizer for the 1963 "March on Washington" (see Labor History below); organized by black labor activists who called not only for an end to prejudice, but also for a federal jobs program, equality at work, and increasing the minimum wage. Martin Luther King delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech at the 1963 march, which was a factor in the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
The civil rights leader and union president was a key organizer for the 1963 "March on Washington" (see Labor History below); organized by black labor activists who called not only for an end to prejudice, but also for a federal jobs program, equality at work, and increasing the minimum wage. Martin Luther King delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech at the 1963 march, which was a factor in the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.