March on Washington 2023 Archives

Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network president and CEO, speaks during the worship service at Howard University on Aug. 27. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Community, Faith, Hamil R. Harris, March on Washington 2023, Religion

Sharpton Reminds Howard Students to Continue to Fight for Equity

by Hamil R. HarrisAugust 30, 2023August 30, 2023

One day after the 60th-anniversary demonstration commemorating the March on Washington on Aug. 26, the Rev. Al Sharpton took to Howard University’s Rankin Chapel to preach the Sunday service sermon.

D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4) speaks at the Lincoln Memorial during the 60th-anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington on Aug. 26. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Community, Hamil R. Harris, March on Washington 2023

D.C.-Area Residents Embrace March on Washington 60th Anniversary

by Hamil R. HarrisAugust 30, 2023August 30, 2023

Andrea Waters King speaks at the Lincoln Memorial during the 60th-anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington with her husband Martin Luther King III and daughter Yolanda Renee King at her side on Aug. 26. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

March on Washington 2023

Warrior Women and the Legacy of the March on Washington

by Lindiwe VilakaziAugust 30, 2023November 30, 2023

Columnists, Faith, Lyndia Grant, March on Washington 2023, Religion

THE RELIGION CORNER: America, America!

by Lyndia GrantAugust 30, 2023August 30, 2023

People attend the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington in downtown Washington, D.C., on Aug. 26, 2023. (Mark Mahoney/Special to The Washington Informer)

Marc Morial, March on Washington 2023, Op-Ed, Opinion

MORIAL: 60th Anniversary of MOW Celebrates Racial Unity, Collective Resistance to Extremism

by WI Web EditorAugust 30, 2023August 30, 2023

Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where he delivered his famous, "I Have a Dream," speech during the Aug. 28, 1963, march on Washington, D.C.

March on Washington 2023, Marian Wright Edelman, Op-Ed, Opinion

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Remembering the March on Washington

by WI Web EditorAugust 30, 2023August 30, 2023

Rev. Lennox Yearwood, president and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, speaks at the Lincoln Memorial for the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Climate, Environment, March on Washington 2023

‘Racial Justice is Climate Justice’: Hip Hop Caucus CEO Emphasizes Environmental Justice at March on Washington

by Kayla BenjaminAugust 28, 2023July 3, 2024

Sister Nia X, president of the National Action Network’s D.C. metropolitan region chapter, counted among a bevy of speakers who graced the podium during the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington awards program on the evening of Aug. 25 at St. Luke Catholic Church in Southeast D.C. (Photo courtesy of Harold Goodridge)

Black Experience, Black History, March on Washington 2023

March on Washington Commemoration Brings Preservation of History into Greater Focus

by Sam P.K. CollinsAugust 28, 2023August 28, 2023

From left: Yolanda Renee King, Andrea Waters King, Martin Luther King Jr. III, Rev. Al Sharpton, an unidentified marcher, Robert Smith, and Sacha Baron Cohen on the front line during the 60th-anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington at Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 26, 2023. (Shedrick Pelt @sdotpdotmedia/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, Black History, March on Washington 2023, National, Stacy M. Brown

March on Washington 60th Anniversary Emphasizes Continued Civil Rights Struggle

by Stacy M. BrownAugust 26, 2023August 30, 2023

March on Washington 2023, Op-Ed, Opinion

ATKINS: Building Democracy 60 Years After the March on Washington

by WI Web EditorAugust 24, 2023August 24, 2023