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MARCH ON WASHINGTON
FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM

AUGUST 28, 1963
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LINCOLN MEMORIAL PROGRAM

1. The National Anthem Led by Marian Andenon.
2. Invocation The Very Rev . Patrick O ' Boyle, Archbishop oj
Washington.
3. Opening Remarks A. Philip Randolph , DirectfJf March. on Washington
for Jobs and Freedom.
4 . Remarks Dr. Eugene Carson Bla ke, Staled Clerk, United
Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A.; Vice Chairman,
Commission on Race Relations of the National Council
of Chu,e/us of Christ in America.
S. Tribute to Negro Women
Fighters for Freedom Mrs. Medgar Evers
Daisy Bates
Diane Nash Bevel
Mrs. Medgar Evers
Mrs. H erbert Lee
Rosa Parks
Gloria Richardson
6. Remarks J ohn Lewis, National Chairman. Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Ccmmiltu.
7. Remarks Walter Reuther, Prtsidtnl, Uniud Awomobil" Aero
space and Agricultural Implement Wokers of America,
AFL-CI Oi Chairman, Industrial Union Department,
AFL-C/O.
8. Remarks J a mes Fa rmer, .National Director, Congress of Racial
Equaliry.
9. Selection Eva Jessye Clwir
10. Prayer Rabbi Uri Miller, Pusident Synagogu.e Cou.ncil of
America.
II. Remarks Whitney M. Young. Jr., Execu.tiue Director, Nalitmnl
Urban Ltag"'.
12. Remarks Mathew Ahmann, ExecutilJe Director, .National Cath-
o/i~ Conference for Interra~ial Jwti~e.
13. Remarks R oy W ilkins, Executiue Secretory, National Association

Jor the Advancement 0/ G.lortd PtOfJlt.
14. Selection Miss Mahalia J ackson
15. Remarks R abbi Joachim Prinz, President American. Jewith
Congress.
16. Remarks The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President,
Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
17. The Pledge A P hilip Randolph
18. Benediction Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, President, Morehouse College.
"WE SHALL OVERCOME"

Statement by the heads of the ten organi~ations calling for discipline in
connection with the Washington March rif August 28, 1963:
"The Washington March of August 28th is more than just a demon-

stration.
" Il was conceived as an outpouring of the deep feeling of millions of
white and colored American citize ns that the time has come for the
government of the United States of America, and particularly for the
Congress of that government, to grant and guarantee complete equality
in citizenship to the Negro minority of our population.
"As such , the Washington March is a living petition - in the flesh-of
the scores of thousands of citizens of both races who will be present from
all parts of OUf country.
" It wiII be orderly, but not subservient. It will be proud, but not
arrogant. It will be non-violent, but not timid. It will be unified in pur-
poses and behavior, not splintered into groups and individual competitors.
It will be outspoken, but not raucous.
" It will have the dignity befitting a demonstration in behalf of the
human rights of twenty millions of people, with the eye and the judgment
of the world focused upon Washington , D.C. , on August 28, 1963.
" In a neighborhood dispute there may be stunts, rough words and even
hot insults ; but when a whole people speaks to its government, the dia-
logue and the action must be on a level reflecting the worth of that peo-
ple and the responsibility of that government.
"We, the und~rsigned , who see the Washington March as wrapping up
the dreams, hopes, ambitions, tears, and prayers of millions who have
lived for this day, call upon the members, followers and wellwishers of our
several organizations to make the March a disciplined and purposeful
demonstration.
"We call upon them all, black and white, to resist provocations to dis-
order and to violence.
" We ask them to remember that evil persons are determined to smear
this March and to discredit the cause of equality by deliberate efforts to
stir disorder.
" We call for .self-discipline, so that no one in our own ranks, however
enthusiastic, shall be the spark for disorder.
"We call for resistance to the efforts of those who, while not enemies of
the March as such, might seek to use it to advance causes not dedicated
primarily to civil rights or to the welfare of our country.
HWe ask each and everyone in attendance in Washington or in spiri-
tual attendance back home to place the Cause above all else.
"Do not permit a few irresponsible people to hang a new problem
around our necks as we return home. Let's do what we came to do-
place the national human rights problem squarely on the doorstep of the
national Congress and of the Federal Government.
" Let's win at Washington."
SIGNED:
Mathew Ahmann, Executive Di- James Farmer, National Director of

rector of the National Catholic Con- th e Congress oj Racial Equality.
ference Jor Interracial Justice. Reverend Martin Luther King,
Reverend Eugene Carson Blake, J r., President oj the Southern Chris-
Vice-Chairman of lhe Commission on tian L eadership ConJerence.
Race Relations of the National Coun- John Lewis, Chairman of the Student
cil of Churches of Christ in America Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Rabbi Joachim Prinz, President of I ndustrial Union Department, A FL-
the A meriean Jewish Congress. CI D.
A. Phil ip R a n do lph , Presiderrt of Roy Wilki ns, Executive Secretary of
the N egTa A merican Labor COla/cil. the National Association Jor the A d-
Walter Reuther, President of the "ancement of Colored People.
United A ulomobilt, Aerospace and Whitney M . Yo u ng, J r. , Executive
Agricultural Implement Workers oj Director oj the National Urban
America, AFL-CIO, and Chairman, League.
In addition, the March has been endorsed by major religious,Jratemal, labor and
civil rights organi{ations. A full/isl, too long to include here, will be published.
WHAT WE DEMAND*
1 . Comprehensive and effective civil rights le gislation f, om the
pre sent Congress-without compromise or filibu ster-to guar'Jntee all
Americans
access to all public accommodations
decent housing
adequate and integrated education
the right to vote
2 . Withholding of Federal funds from all programs in which dis-
crimination e xists.
3. Desegregation of all school di stricts in 1963.
4 . Enforcement of the fourteenth Amendment- reducing Congres-
sional representation of states where citizens are disfranchised .
5 . A new Executive Order banning discrim ination in all hou sing sup-
ported by federal funds .
6 . Autho ri ty for the Attorney General to institute injunctive suits
when any constitutional right is violated.
7 . A massive federal program to tra in and place all unemployed
workers-Negro and white-on meaningful and dignified jobs at decent
wages.
8 . A national minimum wage act that will give all Ameri cans a de-
cent standard of living . (Government surve ys show that anything le ss
than $2 .00 on hour foils to do this.)
9 . A broadened Fair Labor Standards Act to include all areas of
employment which are presently excluded .
10. A fede ral Fair Employment Practices Act barring di scrimination
by federal, state, and municipal governments, and by employers, con-
tractors, employment agencies, and trade unions .
Support of the March doe s not nece ssarily indicate e ndorse me nt of every demand listed.
Some org a nizations have not hod on opportunity to toke on officia l position on all of the
demonds odvocated here.
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MARCH ON WASHINGTON

FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM

LINCOLN MEMORIAL PROGRAM

13. Remarks R oy W ilkins, Executiue Secretory, National Association

"WE SHALL OVERCOME"

"The Washington March of August 28th is more than just a demon-

Mathew Ahmann, Executive Di- James Farmer, National Director of

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