Executive Council Statement
Support for the Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the March on Washington
… and denied education and are economically depressed, the fight of white workers for a decent life will fail.” In order to change the social and economic paradigm all Americans were called on to join the movement to demand the passage of … that would guarantee to all: Decent housing; Access to all public accommodations; Adequate and integrated education; The right to vote; To prevent compromise or filibuster against such legislation; To demand a federal massive works and training program to put all unemployed workers, black and white, back to work; and To demand a national minimum wage, to include all workers, of not less than $2 an hour. Today, 50 years since the …