1963

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963)

Washington, D.C., DC

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963)

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963)

On August 28, 1963, over 250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. for the March on Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic 'I Have a Dream' speech[2]. The event helped galvanize public support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of …

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