In the summer of 1963, Suzanne Chandler was 16 and had been looking for a part-time job in the nation’s capital, where she grew up as a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish.
Martin Luther King
Catholics Shared In MLK’s Vision: Iconic Civil Rights March, Speech Took Place 60 Years Ago
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom — a political demonstration that took place 60 years ago in the U.S. capital to protest racial discrimination and show support for major civil rights legislation pending in Congress — had a definite Catholic presence.