Found Quote by Glenne Headly

I was shocked when I would read a newspaper from that time, and the Freedom March wasn't even mentioned.

— Glenne Headly

I hope March is a guide for today's activists. It took raw courage for young people to volunteer to go to Mississippi in the…

— Andrew Aydin

The 1957 crisis in Little Rock, brought about by the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, was a huge part of the march…

— Vic Snyder

Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a…

— Danny Glover

I was a child when the March on Washington led by Martin Luther King occurred, and I wanted to hear what was going on.…

— Andre Braugher

I had been involved in the March on Washington in 1963. I was with friends carrying a sign, 'Protestants, Jews and Catholics for Civil…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“They listened to a series of speeches by civil rights luminaries, capped off by a rousing, crowd-pleasing address by Martin Luther King. While the…

— Stephen M. Ward

It was August 28th, 1963, and the greatest civil rights coalition in modern history had descended upon Washington. Hundreds of thousands of protesters trekked…

— Yvette Clarke

The anniversary of the Montgomery boycott was being celebrated, and the handbill that was out, and all whatever literature that was circulated, didn't say…

— Ella Baker

Through protest - especially in the 1950s and '60s - we, as a people, touched greatness. Protest, not immigration, was our way into the…

— Shelby Steele

In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was about getting to know your culture, your history. I know all about my history.

— Afeni Shakur

The March on Washington was a defining moment in the history of this country and a great example of our nation truly living up…

— Martin Luther King III