We're going big with a new Mother Jones Corruption Project, because we realized so many of today's stories come down to corruption: a system that is consistently manipulated by those with wealth and power. We aim to hire, build a team, and do time-intensive reporting to understand how we got here and how we might get out, publishing a major series of investigations in the summer of 2020. If you like how that sounds, please read the plan and join us with a tax-deductible donation so we can go all in.
Monika Bauerlein, CEO
"Corruption Isn’t Just Another Scandal. It’s the Rot Beneath All of Them": That's where we explain why Mother Jones is going big with a new Corruption Project. We aim to hire, build a team, and do time-intensive reporting to understand corruption as a pattern, not just isolated incidents. If you like how that sounds, help us go all in with a tax-deductible donation today.
Women played a crucial role in the March on Washington—behind the scenes, on stage at the Lincoln Memorial, and in the crowd. But it was 1963, civil rights groups were run by men, and the contributions of the women who risked life and limb alongside them went largely unrecognized. Women almost didn’t even make it into the official program—at the last minute, a “Tribute to Negro Women Fighters for Freedom” was added. Just one woman—Daisy Bates, who helped the Little Rock Nine integrate an Arkansas high school—spoke during the official program. She took the place of Medgar Evers’ widow Myrlie, who had missed her flight.
Fifty years later, let’s take a look at some of the women, from entertainer Lena Horne to unknown volunteers and protestors, who helped make the march historic.
More than 200,000 people descended on the National Mall for to hear speeches by civil rights leaders, clergyman, and others—including Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. (Steve Schapiro/Corbis)
Warren K. Leffler/Library of Congress
Actress Lena Horne. (Rowland Scherman/National Archives)
Rowland Scherman/National Archives
March organizers plot the route at their Harlem headquarters. Left to right: March chairman A. Philip Randolph; Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the NAACP; and Anna Arnold Hedgeman. (Bettmann/Corbis)
Marion S. Trikosko/Library of Congress
Rowland Scherman/National Archives
At the Lincoln Memorial (National Archives)
Rowland Scherman/National Archives
Roland Scherman/National Archives
Joan Baez performs at the podium. (Rowland Scherman/National Archives)
Rowland Scherman/National Archives
Heading toward the National Mall (Flip Schulke/Corbis)
ONE QUICK THING:
Did you see that Mother Jones is launching a new Corruption Project? Check it out, and if our plan makes sense to you, we hope you'll help us raise $500,000 and go all in.
ONE QUICK THING:
Did you see that Mother Jones is launching a new Corruption Project? Check it out, and if our plan makes sense to you, we hope you'll help us raise $500,000 and go all in.
THE MOTHER JONES CORRUPTION PROJECT
We're crowdfunding to hire and build a new beat focused on systemic corruption—investigating how democracy and the rule of law are being undermined by those with wealth and power. Read why we believe this is what the moment demands, and please help fund it with a tax-deductible donation today.
THE MOTHER JONES CORRUPTION PROJECT
We're crowdfunding to hire and build a new beat focused on systemic corruption—investigating how democracy is being undermined by those with wealth and power. Read more, and please help fund it with a tax-deductible donation today.
