More on the March On WashingtonFriday, Aug. 22, 6:30 p.m.
A panel of activists who organized and participated in the original March On Washington will discuss their hopes and expectations in 1963 and assess the challenges of the continuing struggle for justice in 2003. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place at the National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.
Among the panelists will be field organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and members of the SNCC Freedom Singers; Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.), a former SNCC chairman and one of six organizers of the historic 1963 march; the Honorable Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy, who was director of the Washington Bureau of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the DC coordinator for the original march; and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who was a SNCC field organizer and a member of the 1963 March on Washington staff in New York City.
Friday, Aug. 22, 8 p.m.
Mae Harris, Charles Nesblett and Bernice Johnson Reagon of the SNCC Freedom Singers will perform and lead a "community sing" at the National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.
Friday, Aug. 22, 8 p.m.
Attend a free screening of "Brother Outsider – The Life of Bayard Rustin" with special guests and a post-screening discussion. A pre-screening reception with a cash bar starts at 6 p.m. The film will be shown at the Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW.
Saturday, Aug. 23, 9 a.m.
DC Democracy groups will be out in force for the march. Join up with them and help distribute fliers that show how the District's fight for democracy is an unfinished part of the Civil Rights struggle. And don't forget to sign their petition seeking to free DC's budget from congressional control. The groups will start out from the African-American Civil War Memorial (at the U Street/Cardozo Metro at 10th and U Streets NW,) on Saturday at 10 a.m. Look for the Free DC caps and banner.
