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[[File:Big Six.jpeg|right|250px|thumb|The "Big Six" Civil Rights Leaders (l to r) [[John Lewis]], Whitney Young Jr., A. Philip Randolph, [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], James Farmer Jr., and Roy Wilkins.<ref>https://www.thoughtco.com/men-of-the-civil-rights-movement-45371</ref>]]  

[[File:Big Six.jpeg|right|250px|thumb|The "Big Six" Civil Rights Leaders (l to r) [[John Lewis]], Whitney Young Jr., A. Philip Randolph, [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], James Farmer Jr., and Roy Wilkins.<ref>https://www.thoughtco.com/men-of-the-civil-rights-movement-45371</ref>]]  

[[Malcolm X]] described the events leading up to the 1963 March on Washington and Dr. King's ''I Have a Dream'' speech:

[[Malcolm X]] described the events leading up to the 1963 March on Washington and Dr. King's ''I Have a Dream'' speech:

{{quotebox|It was the [[grassroots|grass roots]] out there in the street. It scared the white man to death, scared the white power structure in Washington, D.C. to death. I was there. When they found that this black steamroller was going to come down on the capital, they called in [Roy] Wilkins, they called in [A. Philip] Randolph, they called in these national Negro leaders that you respect and told them, ‘Call it off.’ [President] Kennedy said, ‘Look, you all are letting this thing go too far.’ And Old Tom said, ‘Boss, I can’t stop it, because I didn’t start it.’ I’m telling you what they said. They said, ‘I’m not even in it, much less at the head of it.’ They said, ‘These Negroes are doing things on their own. They’re running ahead of us.’ And that old shrewd fox, he said, ‘If you all aren’t in it, I’ll put you in it. I’ll put you at the head of it. I’ll endorse it. I’ll welcome it. I’ll help it. I’ll join it.’…

{{quotebox-float|It was the [[grassroots|grass roots]] out there in the street. It scared the white man to death, scared the white power structure in Washington, D.C. to death. I was there. When they found that this black steamroller was going to come down on the capital, they called in [Roy] Wilkins, they called in [A. Philip] Randolph, they called in these national Negro leaders that you respect and told them, ‘Call it off.’ [President] Kennedy said, ‘Look, you all are letting this thing go too far.’ And Old Tom said, ‘Boss, I can’t stop it, because I didn’t start it.’ I’m telling you what they said. They said, ‘I’m not even in it, much less at the head of it.’ They said, ‘These Negroes are doing things on their own. They’re running ahead of us.’ And that old shrewd fox, he said, ‘If you all aren’t in it, I’ll put you in it. I’ll put you at the head of it. I’ll endorse it. I’ll welcome it. I’ll help it. I’ll join it.’…

Once they formed (the Council for United Civil Rights Leadership) with the white man over it, he promised them and gave them $800,000 to split up among the Big Six; and told them that after the march was over they’d give them $700,000 more. A million and a half dollars—split up between leaders that you have been following, going to jail for, crying crocodile tears for. And they’re nothing but Frank James and Jesse James and the what-do-you-call-’em brothers.

Once they formed (the Council for United Civil Rights Leadership) with the white man over it, he promised them and gave them $800,000 to split up among the Big Six; and told them that after the march was over they’d give them $700,000 more. A million and a half dollars—split up between leaders that you have been following, going to jail for, crying crocodile tears for. And they’re nothing but Frank James and Jesse James and the what-do-you-call-’em brothers.