The "Freedom Now" March advances from Rosewood Park in the all-Black East Austin neighborhood westward to East Twelfth Street towards the state capitol, directed and escorted by police. The Democratic Coalition endorsed the demonstration the same day as the March on Washington, August 28th, 1963. One thousand demonstrators joined the civil rights march across Austin in 102-degree heat, chanting, "Tell John Connally, we shall not be moved." Among the demographical backgrounds of the march contained the fifth fraction of white, a handful of Mexican Americans, and several hundred Austin teenagers organized by Bonner to join the veteran activists from across the state. | Creator: Austin American-Statesman | Date: August 28th, 1963. | Source: Austin American-Statesman Photographic Morgue (AR.2014.039), Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, Texas, Image AS-63-42093-10a. Blue Texas: The Making of a Multiracial Democratic Coalition in the Civil Rights Era, Max Krochmal (2016).Download Original File
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Austin American-Statesman Photographic Morgue (AR.2014.039), Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, Texas, Image AS-63-42093-10a. Blue Texas: The Making of a Multiracial Democratic Coalition in the Civil Rights Era, Max Krochmal (2016).
