Crowds gather for March on Washington 50th anniversary


About 50 U.S. communities or organizations have said they will ring bells. The  Swiss city of Lutry and Tokyo are also taking part, said Atlanta’s King Center,  one of the event’s organizers.
Other organizers include the National  Action Network of civil rights leader Al Sharpton, the Southern Christian  Leadership Conference and the National Council of Churches. The ceremony follows  an interfaith service at Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, organizers  said.
Obama’s address will wrap up more than a week of Washington events  around the anniversary. They included a march on Saturday that drew thousands of  people urging action on jobs, voting rights and gun violence.
King, a  black clergyman and advocate of non-violence, was among six organizers of the  1963 “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,” where he made his  address.
King’s speech is credited with helping spur passage of sweeping  civil rights laws. A white prison escapee assassinated the Nobel Peace Prize  winner in 1968.
(Editing by Scott Malone, Leslie Adler and Andre  Grenon)
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