50th Anniversary March on Washington
  • 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington

    On August 27th hundreds of citizens attended the 2013 Conference on Civil Rights: Marching Forward By Looking Back. The following morning, on August 28, 2013, thousands of citizens, from across this country, converged upon our nation’s capital to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington.
    This site provides opportunities for people to share remembrances of and pictures from both marches. Additionally, visitors to this site can get updates on a variety of ongoing civil rights initiatives intended to make Dr. King’s dream a reality.

    Thank you for your support!

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Marching Forward: Retracing the Steps

AUGUST 28 MARCH INFO

A National Dialogue

January 15, 2015

MLK National Dialouge

“63 MINUTES OF PEACE” – THE FASTEST GROWING GRASSROOTS CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE NATION

  • 07/19/2013
  • Van White
  • · Featured · News

 JOIN THE MOVEMENT TO CHANGE OUR NATION

63minutesminDo you know why these community leaders from North Carolina, Virginia, and Florida ( with the black wristbands ) are smiling? They’ve joined the fastest growing grassroots civil rights movement in our nation – “63 Minutes of Peace”.  For 63 minutes (starting at 3:00 pm on August 28, 2013) people from across this country are committing themselves to doing something positive, peaceful, and productive in their communities.

63minutesdebraWe picked August 28th because that was the day that the March on Washington took place.  We choose 63 minutes because that was the year of the great March on Washington. We decided on a start time of 3:00 pm because that was the time that Martin Luther King Jr. began delivering the speech that changed the world.

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So… at 3:00 pm, on August 28, 2013, you too can begin to change the world.  Take 63 minutes of that day to mentor a young person; cut an elderly person’s lawn; read to your child; fill out a job or college application; study for an upcoming school exam; volunteer to help someone learn how to read; participate in a voter registration effort; or just do something, beginning at 3:00 pm on August  28, 2013, that is peaceful, positive, and productive.  At 4:03 pm, whatever it is that  you’ve done during those 63 minutes, you may find that, like Dr. King, you’ve begun changing your neighborhood, your country,  or maybe even the world.

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Most say that it took Dr. King about 17 minutes, from beginning to end, to finish his speech on August 28, 1963.  Imagine what you can accomplish in 63 minutes on August 28, 2013.  Peace!

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  • tygr500

    I am interesting in attending the march from Los Angeles is there a delegation coming from LA?

  • theurbanblogger

    There will be 4, maybe 6 coming in our group [delegation] from the West Adams community. Feel free to FB us and we will provide more details.

  • SMRamos

    On August 25, 2013 there will be a Women’s Equality Day celebration and call for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment in Albuquerque NM. Once our Constitution recognizes, in writing, that women and men are entitled to equal rights and equal justice under the law, we will take a giant step toward Peace at home and abroad. Thank you for organizing this effort to let everyone know that Peace begins with a thought and small acts of kindness.
    @NMWEday facebook.com/NmWomensEqualityDay

  • Monica

    I LOVE THIS CONCEPT!! Instead of idle minds…imaginative minds for peace

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  • Nina Parker

    great concept. I am in Washington,d.c. but working so I’ll watch from internet. http://www.whitehouse.gov

    • VanWhite

      Couldnt get the type of national support it needed to have the impact I had envisioned. As a consequence, I focused on the August 27th conference on civil rights and the August 28th March on Washington. Some good ideas came out of those events and would be willing to share those with you or orhers the White House.

  • VanWhite

    Thanks. Would love to discuss the concept with you or other rep from White Zhouse

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