1963
Washington, D.C., DC · On map
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 1965[5].
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