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The 20 pages that link to March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, each with the reason it gives.

• Civil Rights Act of 1964Related: The demonstration amplified pressure for the legislation Kennedy had proposed.

• Washington, D.C.Broader topic: The capital’s public spaces became a national stage for demands for racial equality.

• Harry BelafonteRelated: Belafonte helped organize and finance the march, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.

• Bayard RustinBroader topic: Rustin served as deputy director and chief organizer, coordinating the march’s logistics and coalition.

• Josephine BakerBroader topic: Baker addressed the crowd, appearing in her French military uniform.

• A. Philip RandolphBroader topic: Randolph’s decades-long campaign culminated in this march, which he helped organize.

• Southern Christian Leadership ConferenceRelated: The conference and King helped lead the march, extending its coalition-building beyond the South.

• Walter ReutherBroader topic: Reuther helped organize and finance the march, joining its call for jobs as well as freedom.

• National MallBroader topic: The march made the Mall a defining site of the modern civil rights movement.

• Occupy Wall StreetCompared with: Its explicit demands and established leadership structure contrast with Occupy’s intentionally open-ended platform.

• Birmingham campaignRelated: The Birmingham crisis helped build urgency for the national demonstration and its demands.

• Charlton HestonBroader topic: Heston attended the march as a supporter of civil-rights legislation.

• Lincoln MemorialRelated: The Lincoln Memorial served as the gathering point for the march’s concluding program.

• Poor People's CampaignCompared with: It was a major precedent, but the 1968 campaign aimed to sustain pressure through an extended encampment.

• ProtestBroader topic: It shows how a mass demonstration can focus national attention on a movement's demands.

• George Floyd protestsCompared with: It offers a landmark comparison for the scale and civil-rights demands of mass demonstrations.

• Mahalia JacksonRelated: Jackson sang before Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.

• Lena HorneBroader topic: Horne took part in the march, linking her public career to a landmark movement event.

• Sammy Davis Jr.Broader topic: Davis attended the march, joining a major public demonstration for civil and economic rights.

• Ruby DeeBroader topic: Dee and Davis helped organize the march and took part in its public program.