A Harlem apartment building was once the national headquarters for the March on Washington, and where the majority of the planning and organizing took place.
Along W 130th Street near Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard, the quiet row of brownstones still looks similar to Spring 1963, when it offered a backdrop for the movement towards action for all Americans. Inside 170 W 130th Street, Bayard Rustin led the effort to organize the March on Washington, galvanized by a community that shared a care for others.
"The planning was 90 days, so a phenomenal amount of work occurred in this building," Bradley said,"and it is an unassuming building, and it was unassuming then."Nearby Friendship Baptist Church, whose pastor led the NYC SCLC chapter, donated the space in its annex, which had previously been a community center named for Sojourner Truth dating back to 1910, where Jacob Lawrence learned art as a little boy.
In 2018, Save Harlem Now! won landmark status for the entire block for its significance, which is still home to the New Amsterdam Musical Association, the nation's oldest Black union for musicians.
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