While walking on the grass of Washington, D.C.’s National Mall on Aug. 28, 1963, then-31-year-old Civil Rights leader Andrew Young’s main goal was to ensure that peace remained instilled among marchers and other personnel in attendance.
The March on Washington that day 60 years ago was a Civil Rights march that brought hundreds of thousands of Americans to the nation’s capitol to protest racism and advocate for the economic and voting rights of African Americans. It was revolutionary for its time.
For event coordinators in attendance like Young, the march created a feeling of unity and anticipation, but also a fear of violence or the harassment of marchers.
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