![]() ![]() The three major television networks at the time - ABC, CBS and NBC - had all promised to cover the event, so King knew the stakes were high. Philip Randolph had reached out to him and other prominent figures in the movement to organize the march followed by three hours of speeches. The Baptist minister, who was also the head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was known as a powerful orator, but the bulk of his audience had been within the African American community. He had already been a leader in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 and the Greensboro sit-in movement in 1960 and was known for his 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail, where he was taken after a peaceful demonstration. ![]() King wanted the speech to be 'like the Gettysburg Address'īefore he stepped up to the podium that day, King was already known on the national stage for his civil rights work. waves to participants at the March on Washington on AugPhoto: Bettman/Getty Images
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