Martin Luther King, Rabbi Joachim Prinz and the March on Washington

The 1963 March on Washington is known mainly for the I Have a Dream speech, but other speakers included Rabbi Joachim Prinz, a refugee from Germany who aided Holocaust survivors and later, aided the civil rights movement. Plus, a prayer by Rabbi Uri Miller, and Dr. Martin Luther King’s appeal for freedom for Soviet Jewry. Including rare audio.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, A. Philip Randolph and others visit the White House after the March on Washington 1963. Credit: Warren K. Leffler

Rabbi Uri Miller gives a prayer at the March on Washington, 1963.

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NOTES:

• Joachim Prinz was never silent - Jewish Standard

• The Problem of Silence: Rabbi Joachim Prinz Speech full text

• Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent documentary

• Joachim Prinz biography

• Blau Weiss Zionist organization

• Official Program for the March on Washington 1963

• Rabbi Uri Miller prayer full text

• The Jews Who Marched on Washington With Martin Luther King

• Dr. King, American Negro Leader, Attacks Soviet Policy on Jews - JTA, 1963

• Rev. Martin Luther King Lauds Role of Jews in Fight for Negro Rights - JTA, 1964

• Dr. Martin Luther King Urges Moscow to Change Policy on Jews - JTA, 1965

• Negro Marchers from Selma Wear ‘Yarmulkes’ in Deference to Rabbis - JTA, 1965

• MLK’s Address to American Jewish Committee - 1965