Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom

Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
Part of the Civil Rights Movement
Date	May 17, 1957
Location	Washington, D.C. at the Lincoln Memorial
Caused by	Third anniversary of ruling Brown v. Board of Education (1954); Massive resistance by proponents of racial segregation in education;
Resulted in	Speech "Give Us the Ballot" delivered by Martin Luther King Jr.;
Parties
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP);	Member of Congress;
Lead figures
	SCLC members Martin Luther King Jr.; NAACP members Roy Wilkins; Organizers A. Philip Randolph; Bayard Rustin; Ella Baker; Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr.;

The Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, or Prayer Pilgrimage to Washington, was a 1957 demonstration in Washington, D.C., an early event in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. It was the occasion for Martin Luther King Jr.'s Give Us the Ballot speech.