March On!™ Festival 2026   |  September 29 - October 6, 2026   |  Celebrating 250 Years of Democarcy: The Unfinished Story      

Celebrating the 2025 Festival

The 2025 March On! Festival has come to a close—and what a remarkable week it was. As journalist, anchor, and author Janet Langhart Cohen reflected, “Being with the March On! family was like being ‘home’…and I’ve sure missed ‘home.’”

2025 Shortlist for Filmmaker Competitions

The March On! Festival, the nation’s longest-running Civil Rights Film Festival, will feature leading figures in the fight for justice, including Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Joy Reid, Former Attorney General Eric Holder, Jonathan Capeheart, and others.

Happy Kwanzaa!

Today, we kick off the celebration of Kwanzaa — a holiday created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, an African-American scholar and activist. Rooted in the harvest traditions of African […]