This weekend, tens of thousands of people gathered in Washington D.C. to mark the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. On August 28, 1963, an estimated 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in the nation's capital, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I have a dream" speech.
Jesse Holland is an assistant professor and the associate director of the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs. He is an award-winning journalist and the author of the first novel featuring comics’ most popular black superhero, The Black Panther. Holland is a former Race & Ethnicity writer for The Associated Press, having been recognized as one of the few reporters to be credentialed to cover all three branches of the American government during his career: the White House, the Supreme Court and Congress. He now shares his love of journalism and writing through public speaking and teaching. He is also host of the Saturday edition of C-SPAN Washington Journal and was co-host of BBC World Service Radio’s A Home For Black History, the 2016 audio documentary about the conception, construction and opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Holland is available to share his thoughts and reflection on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington and its impact as well as speak from a media point of view about the news coverage of the March and what’s to be learned about covering demonstrations.
If would like to speak with Prof. Holland, please contact GW Senior Media Relations Specialist Cate Douglass at [email protected].
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