Harlem’s Impact on the March on Washington

Commemorative plaque to be affixed to the front of 170th West 130th Street, National Headquarters for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Photo: Carey King

Publisher: NBC New York | Reporter: Marc Santia

60 years ago The March on Washington reshaped the landscape of the Civil Rights Movement and many people don’t know it started in Harlem. Marc Santia reports.

 
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