# 3937h - 2005 37c To Form a More Perfect Union: March on Washington
37¢ 1963 March on Washington
To Form a More Perfect Union
City: Washington, DC
Printing Method: Lithographed
Color: Multicolored
March On Washington And Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have A Dream” Speech
Tensions ran high during the 1960s as segregation and violence against African Americans were spreading unchecked in the South. Civil rights demonstrations calling for equality swept the nation. The most famous was the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
When President John F. Kennedy proposed a civil rights bill in 1963, the march was developed to urge Congress to pass the legislation. The march was the idea of A. Philip Randolph, the president of the International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first black US labor union. The “Big Six” – civil rights leaders Randolph, Martin Luther King, Jr., James Farmer Jr., Whitney Young, Jr., Roy Wilkins, and John Lewis, organized the march. Among the stated goals of the day were: passing civil rights legislation, ending segregation in schools, protecting against police brutality, and increasing access to jobs.
37¢ 1963 March on Washington
To Form a More Perfect Union
City: Washington, DC
Printing Method: Lithographed
Color: Multicolored
March On Washington And Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have A Dream” Speech
Tensions ran high during the 1960s as segregation and violence against African Americans were spreading unchecked in the South. Civil rights demonstrations calling for equality swept the nation. The most famous was the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
When President John F. Kennedy proposed a civil rights bill in 1963, the march was developed to urge Congress to pass the legislation. The march was the idea of A. Philip Randolph, the president of the International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first black US labor union. The “Big Six” – civil rights leaders Randolph, Martin Luther King, Jr., James Farmer Jr., Whitney Young, Jr., Roy Wilkins, and John Lewis, organized the march. Among the stated goals of the day were: passing civil rights legislation, ending segregation in schools, protecting against police brutality, and increasing access to jobs.