On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered in the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march was the brainchild of longtime civil rights activist and labor ...

The group marched down from the E. Boone Watson Center, down Washington Avenue, all the way to the Forum. This march was also a way for people to protest and make their voices heard about certain ...

building the base of a grassroots movement that became known as the Women's March. The Washington rally alone attracted over 500,000 marchers, and millions more participated in local marches ...

The building was purchased by the IU Foundation on March 14, according to property records. What is IU doing with the Washington, D.C., building? A rendering of the lobby for IU's newly acquired ...

It is set to open mid-March. The building is one of the first three ... and bar is slated to become a 73-room hotel, the Washington Business Journal reported. The property at 1337 Connecticut ...

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In 1963, a quarter of a million people marched on Washington to highlight racial injustice and to put pressure on Congress to pass Kennedy’s Civil Rights Bill. The march was made up of both ...