Primary Sources: Civil Rights in America - Events: March on Washington (1963)

12 digital pages from the Kennedy Library related to the 1963 March.

Documents provided by the Civil RIghts Movement Veterans website.

Historical Documents from the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights FOIA Reading Room.

Address at March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
28 August 1963

"Preserving THE MARCH (1963) - The Motion Picture Preservation Lab preserved James Blue's monumental film, The March, in 2008. To mark the 50th anniversary of the The March for Jobs and Freedom we have completed a full digital restoration of the film. The original negatives assembled by James Blue were scanned and three months were spent restoring defects in the image and enhancing the audio track. "

"The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom featured an estimated 250,000 peaceful demonstrators walking from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial to hear a political call to arms for economic equality and civil rights for African Americans. Credited with being the final impetus to the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the event famously ended with Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I have a dream” speech."

ARC Identifier 49737 / Local Identifier 306.3394. Scenes from Civil Rights March in Washington, D.C., August 1963.

The Center for Legislative Archives provides access to selected documents as related to the March.

Photos and documents provided by the John F. Kennedy Library.

"This archival video comes from a series of moving images relating to the August 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington from the U.S. Information Agency. The video shows people walking on sidewalks and crowds gathering on the National Mall and singing We Shall Overcome. "

"Americans who marched on Washington 50 years ago under a blazing sun recall the day they were part of a turning point in history
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Provides videos of several oral histories related to the March on Washington.