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Economic Goals and the Civil Rights Movement
2013-08-19T15:15:15-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/b10/20130819154018001_hd.jpgRepresentative Keith Ellison (D-IL) delivered the keynote speech at an event which included panels on race, economic inequality, and the goals of the 1963 March on Washington.The August 28, 1963, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom called for economic as well as civil rights for African Americans. “The Unfinished March” was a day-long forum held at the AFL-CIO headquarters by the Economic Policy Institute to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the march and the release of the first in a series of reports outlining the steps needed for the nation to fully achieve each of the goals of the march.
Representative Keith Ellison (D-IL) delivered the keynote speech at an event which included panels on race, economic inequality, and the goals of the… read more
Economic Goals and the Civil Rights Movement Representative Keith Ellison (D-IL) delivered the keynote speech at an event which included panels on race, economic inequality, and the goals of the 1963 March on Washington.
The August 28, 1963, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom called for economic as well as civil rights for African Americans. “The Unfinished March” was a day-long forum held at the AFL-CIO headquarters by the Economic Policy Institute to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the march and the release of the first in a series of reports outlining the steps needed for the nation to fully achieve each of the goals of the march. close
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- Algernon Austin Director Economic Policy Institute->Race, Ethnicity and the Economy Program
- Arlene Holt Baker Executive Vice President AFL-CIO
- Angela Glover Blackwell Founder, President and CEO PolicyLink
- Roger A. Clay Jr. President (Former) Insight Center for Community Economic Development
- Christian Dorsey Director Economic Policy Institute->External and Government Affairs
- Keith Ellison U.S. Representative [D] Minnesota
- Lisa Hasegawa Executive Director National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development
- Clarence E. Lang Associate Professor
- Mark Levinson Chief Economist Service Employees International Union
- Mark Hugo Lopez Associate Director (Former) Pew Research Hispanic Center
- Kica Matos Director Center for Community Change->Immigrant Rights & Racial Justice
- Jacqueline "Jackie" Johnson Pata Executive Director National Congress of American Indians
- Maya M. Rockeymoore President and CEO Center for Global Policy Solutions
- William Spriggs Chief Economist AFL-CIO
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