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This was the reason the "March on Washington" was painted

March on Washington

On August 28, 1963, Alma and her friend Madame Evanti (Lillian Evans Tibbs) took part with 250,000 other marchers, for the great "Civil Rights" March on Washington. The march was co-ordinated by Martin Luther King, Baynard [[Bayard]] Rustin, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, John Lewis and James Farmer.

A number of churches in the city took part in the march, among them St. Luke's Episcopal church, located at the corner of 15th and Church Streets N.W., and St. Stephens Incarnation Church (another Episcopal church) located at 16th and Newton Sts. N.W. On the morning of the march, these two churches met at the corner of 16th and Church Streets, [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] Alma and Lillian marched with them, down 16th Street to the Washington Monument grounds where they locked arms with, Josephine Baker, who flew in from Paris that morning, Lena Horne, actors from Hollywood as Paul Newman and others who believed in equality and justice and human rights for all, marched with the 250,000 folks, to hear speeches by A. Philip Randolph, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, and the most memorable speech not only of the year, but of the century "I Have a Dream," which still rings in the minds of the nation by Martin Luther King.

This march for humanity, inspired