jones march

I Have A Dream March, 31 August 1963
In 1963 Claudia Jones and her Committee of Afro-Asian Caribbean Organisations organised a march in solidarity with Martin Luther King’s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Martin Luther King’s march had taken place in Washington on 28 August 1963 and had ended with Martin Luther King giving his ‘I have a dream’ speech at the Lincoln Memorial. Claudia Jones’ march took place in London, 3 days later. The march began at Ladbroke Grove tube station and headed down Ladbroke Grove towards Holland Park Avenue before ended at the U.S. Embassy in Grosvenor Square.