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Martin Luther King, Jr. (center), with other civil rights supporters lock arms on as they lead the way along Constitution Avenue during the March on Washington, Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963.
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March on Washington Martin Luther King, Jr. (center), with other leaders and supporters of the American civil rights movement at the March on Washington, August 28, 1963.

March on Washington

United States history [1963]
Also known as: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
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March on Washington, political demonstration held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963, that was attended by an estimated 250,000 people to protest racial discrimination and to show support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress. The March on Washington was the result of collaboration among the “Big Six” of the civil rights movement: James Farmer, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young, all leaders...

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