The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a major civil rights demonstration in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963, drawing about 250,000 people to demand civil and economic rights for African Americans. Built from decades of organizing by A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin and supported by a broad coalition of civil rights, labor, and religious groups, it joined calls for racial justice with demands for jobs and economic equality. Centered on the Lincoln Memorial, the gathering featured music, speeches by leading movement figures, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” address, and it helped build momentum for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Washington, District of Columbia · USA