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Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
Part of the Civil Rights Movement
DateMay 17, 1957 (1957-05-17)
Location
Washington, D.C. at the Lincoln Memorial
Caused by
  • Third anniversary of ruling Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
  • Massive resistance by proponents of racial segregation in education
Resulted in
  • Speech "Give Us the Ballot" delivered by Martin Luther King Jr.
Parties
  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
  • Member of Congress
Lead figures

SCLC members

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

NAACP members

  • Roy Wilkins

Organizers

  • A. Philip Randolph
  • Bayard Rustin
  • Ella Baker

Congressman

  • Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

The Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, or Prayer Pilgrimage to Washington, was a 1957 demonstration in Washington, D.C., an early event in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. It was the occasion for Martin Luther King Jr.'s Give Us the Ballot speech.

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