What was the primary subject of both the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and I Have a Dream?
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the March on Washington, or The Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. The purpose of the march was to advocate for civil and economic rights for African Americans. At the march, Martin Luther King Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech in which he called for an end to racism.
Karen Washington Karen Washington is a political activist and community organizer fighting for food justice. She grew up in New York City, attended Hunter College and received her masters in occupational biomechanics and ergonomics from New York University in 1981. Washington completed an immersive farmer training program at UC Santa Cruz in 2006. Along with her food justice work, Washington is a practicing physical therapist. In 1988, after years of tending a garden in her backyard, Karen Washington founded the Garden of Happiness in the Bronx. A decade later this garden teamed up with other community gardens in New York City to launch a farmers market. In the late 1990s Mayor Giuliani attempted to sell many community garden properties at auctions. Using various tactics such as protests, civil disobedience, and diplomatic negotiations, Washington and other community activists succeeded in saving the plots for continued use as community gardens. Washington returned to New York after completing the training program at UC Santa Cruz and founded Farm School NYC and Black Urban Growers.