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Smithsonian NMAAHC

@NMAAHC

#OnThisDay in 1963, 250K people made the journey to The #MarchOnWashington for Jobs and Freedom.

Today we recount their stories. #APeoplesJourney

↳ nmaahc.si.edu/march-on-washi…

The #MarchOnWashington sought to pressure Congress to pass civil rights legislation. Many public officials feared that the march would result in violence and proposed a bill in Congress to prevent it. nmaahc.si.edu/march-on-washi…

Every region of the country was present—people of all different races and creeds converged over 50 yrs ago today: bit.ly/2wCwUip

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Aysha H Khoury MD MPH FACP (I-sha Koo-ree)

@ayshakhoury

My pastoral counselor reminded me that “people don’t know the weight of their own stories”. So here is part of mine. On August 28, I had the most profound moment in my career as an educator. It was the 57th anniversary of the #MarchonWashington and #EmmetTill ‘s death. 1

I was asked by my Institution to incorporate the topics of bias and racial health disparities in my fundamentals of medicine class. I made the decision to show up fully as a Black woman in medicine. We had a candid discussion on racism in society, acknowledging what the day 2

Represented and how that shows up in medicine: under and conversely over representation, poor health outcomes (Black maternal health, extrajudicial murder by police) and ultimately 3

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Dana R Fisher

@Fisher_DanaR

Yesterday, working with a team of 15 researchers, we collected data from the participants at the #MarchOnWashington. In the end, we collected data from 277 participants who were randomly sampled in the crowd a #thread 🧵 (photo by @stsumej )

@mayaaking

Lots of people (and the media) have been focusing their attention on calls to #DefundThePolice. Here's a new piece by @mayaaking at @politico: politico.com/news/2020/08/2…

@SociologistRay

However, our data on the #MarchonWashington show that participants were much more concerned about race-based health disparities (like #COVID) and race-based poverty than about police reforms (though they also got a good deal of attention). @SociologistRay

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Sasha Loftis

@SashaLoftis

@8NewsNow

“All power to the people!”

Tonight’s commitment March is starting at the MLK Jr. statue in #NorthLasVegas.

The group here is standing in solidarity with the #MarchonWashington. @8NewsNow #8NN

@8NewsNow

Those gathering tonight have signs, shirts and chants ready.

They say their goal is to spread the message of social justice here locally, as others do the same on a national scale. @8NewsNow #8NN

@8NewsNow

Tonight’s event officially kicks off with a portion of the Black National Anthem. The group then followed this with a prayer.

@8NewsNow #8NN

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Seth Abramson

@SethAbramson

#SayTheirNames / #MarchOnWashington

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#SayTheirNames / #MarchOnWashington

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Bob Woodson

@BobWoodson

The original #MarchOnWashington was held to end segregation.What will be the intended goal of today's march?If the speakers follow the lead of those at #DNC2020, every problem facing Black America will be attributed to institutional & systemic racism. 1/4 tinyurl.com/y2ud36fb

There will be silence about the horrendous violence that is sweeping our cities. Not a single speaker will be able to identify the steps to be taken to end racism & how it would improve the condition of those living in these killing fields. 2/

The message that will come from the stage to low-income Blacks is: "You are exempt from any personal responsibility for being agents of your own uplift. You must wait for white Americans to accede to the demands of the elites to be freed of your self-destruction." 3/

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NBA

@NBA

On this day in 1963, 260,000 people descended on the Lincoln Memorial for the #MarchOnWashington.

57 years later, we honor this history and continue in the pursuit for equality and racial justice.

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Jemar Tisby

@JemarTisby

It happens all the time, especially among certain Christians. Whenever Black people organize for uplift someone raises the specter of “Communism.” Happened with the #MarchonWashington, too.

The FBI and J. Edgar Hoover hounded the Civil Rights movement and its leaders to try to find or fabricate evidence of Communist infiltration. Under pressure from Hoover, investigators made MLK into either a Communist puppet or leader.

On August 30, 1963 the head of the Domestic Intelligence Division, William Sullivan, called the “I Have a Dream” speech “demagogic” & wanted to “mark” King as “the most dangerous Negro of the future in this Nation from the standpoint of communism, the Negro and national security”

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Eleições EUA 🇺🇸

@EleicoesEUA

Milhares de americanos devem participar, hoje, da Marcha em Washington, um evento em homenagem à marcha feita há 57 anos pelo fim da segregação racial contra a população negra do país. Na época, o movimento foi liderado por Martin Luther King Jr. #MarchOnWashington

Participantes estão tendo suas temperaturas medidas e estão colocando pulseiras dizendo que passaram pelo controle de entrada.

Além disso, álcool em gel está sendo disponibilizado aos manifestantes. #MarchOnWashington

Mais cedo, essa era a fila para entrar na manifestação:

#MarchOnWashington

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Bloomberg QuickTake

@QuickTake

"Been here since day one and we still have not received the same rights and privileges."

Thousands are gathering at the Lincoln Memorial for the #MarchOnWashington, 57 years after MLK Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” address from the same spot

@business

"I feel like it's very hypocritical to say, 'In God we trust,' when America don't love us."

Crowds gather in Washington for the #MarchonWashington to protest #policebrutality and racial inequality

Follow @business for real-time U.S. protests news: trib.al/z7WXxD6

"I always said that Black people alone can't end racism."

Meet the demonstrator who participated in the 1963 March on Washington as a 10-year-old and joined activists gathered today at the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the historic civil rights event #MarchOnWashington2020

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Jemar Tisby

@JemarTisby

#OnThisDay: August 28, 1963- at least 200,000 people participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Their platform included voter protections and job training for the unemployed.
#MarchOnWashington

At the march, MLK gave his “I have a Dream” speech and spoke of the “fierce urgency of now.” Over half a century later and we must still respond to issues of racial injustice with a sense of urgency.

Organizers told John Lewis to tone down his rhetoric. He wanted to say..."We will march through the South, through the heart of Dixie, the way Sherman did. We shall pursue our own ‘scorched earth’ policy and burn Jim Crow to the ground — nonviolently."

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AJ+

@ajplus

Activists are gathering at the Lincoln Memorial for the 2020 #MarchOnWashington — the same place where MLK delivered his iconic address 57 years ago.

Dubbed the "Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" march, it is expected to draw tens of thousands protesting racism and police brutality.

U.S. police have killed at least 751 people in 2020.

In DC, Black mothers, children and families who lost loved ones to police violence are among thousands attending today's #MarchOnWashington:

Black people make up 13% of the U.S. population but 28% of all U.S. police killings in 2020.

According to Mapping Police Violence:
▪️ Police kill unarmed Black people 4X more often than unarmed white people in major police jurisdictions
▪️ In 99% of cases, no charges are brought

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philip lewis

@Phil_Lewis_

Good morning from Washington, DC!

Today marks the 57th anniversary of the #MarchonWashington where Martin Luther King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.

There are a LOT of people here

Here’s a taste of the line to get into the area.

The line stretches much farther down. They’re doing temperature checks at the entry point

They’re doing temperature checks at the entry point but there are a lot of people here. Not sure how long they keep this up

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Michael Quander WUSA9

@MikeQReports

@wusa9

MARCH ON WASHINGTON 2020: This thread has everything you need to know about the #CommitmentMarch in DC today.

We have team coverage on @wusa9 throughout the morning and afternoon. #GetUpDC #MarchOnWashington2020 @NationalAction

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@wusa9

AT 5:00am:

-Public allowed to enter National Mall Reflecting Pool area.

-Entry points at 17th & Constitution or 17th & Independence

-Each person must get a neon green wristband and a ticket

-Must get temperature checked, wear face mask, and gloves @wusa9 #GetUpDC

@wusa9

The NAN will host a pre-show program between 7:00am-11:00am at the Lincoln Memorial.

Main program will be between 11:00-1:00pm. Speakers will include families of Jacob Blake, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner and more @wusa9 #GetUpDC #CommitmentMarch #MarchOnWashington

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National Geographic

@NatGeo

March On Washington: 1963 to Today (THREAD)

In 1963, civil rights organizations, labor unions, and religious groups marched to protest segregation, inequality, and economic injustice. Many of the issues that motivated the marchers still resonate today on.natgeo.com/2YJgtxU

Follow along as we commemorate the historic event and share updates from storytellers in the field in Washington, D.C.

In 1963, James Blair documented the civil rights march on the National Mall—in color, unlike most civil rights photography on.natgeo.com/2YJgtxU

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Meyer Memorial Trust

@meyermt

Today, July 4th, recognizes a day of rebellion in 1776 when 13 colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence, declaring autonomy, freedom and self-determination from, what some would call, the tyrannical rule of Great Britain. archives.gov/founding-docs/… (1/8)

This day of independence was spurred by a series of major acts of defiance to British rule over the now American colonists. (2/8)

Other acts of rebellion and defiance, like the 1773 Boston Tea Party protest, when American colonists who were fed up with Britain for “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of imported British tea into the Boston harbor. (3/8) history.com/topics/america…

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