Second official March on Washington newsletter providing detailed organizing instructions for participants, including final transportation schedules, uniform guidelines, health and safety protocols, and key messages of demands for jobs and freedom.
Issued on the eve of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, this bulletin reflects last-minute logistical coordination for over 250,000 participants in a massive nonviolent demonstration aimed at pressuring Congress to enact comprehensive civil rights and economic justice legislation. It illustrates the unprecedented scale of overnight grassroots mobilization and the meticulous planning by Bayard Rustin’s organizing team to ensure safety, unity, and discipline among diverse contingents converging on the nation’s capital.
Downloadable PDF.
“Mobilization Bulletin: March on Washington #2,” August 28, 1963, Civil Rights Movement Archive. Available at: https://www.crmvet.org/docs/mownews2.pdf
