Rev. Al Sharpton And National Action Network Partner With King Family For March On Washington 2026: Defend The Vote

Rev. Al Sharpton And National Action Network Partner With King Family For March On Washington 2026: Defend The Vote

On August 28, 1963, 250,000 people, from domestic workers and grandmothers to prominent civil rights leaders including A. Philip Randolph and Dr. Dorothy Height, gathered in Washington, D.C., for what would become a revolutionary event. The peaceful protest, now known as The March on Washington, saw those advocates marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial—a distance of about 1 mile. More than six decades later, the event is …