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Facts

Also Known As March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Date August 28, 1963
Location United States • Washington, D.C.
Context American civil rights movement

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Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I Have A Dream" speech at a podium surrounded by microphones and supporters during the 1963 civil rights rally in Washington, D.C.
Participants in the March on Washington, D.C., in August 1963.
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White House meeting of civil rights leaders in 1963
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Timeline

George E.C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James Nabrit, Jr. smile together in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building.
Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 1954
Rosa Parks sitting on a bus
Montgomery bus boycott
December 5, 1955 - December 20, 1956
Where the Greensboro sit-in happened
sit-in movement
1960 - 1961
Where the Greensboro sit-in happened
Greensboro sit-in
February 1, 1960 - July 1960
Blue and white pinback button reading Freedom Ride CORE.
Freedom Rides
May 4, 1961 - September 1961
March on Washington
March on Washington
August 28, 1963
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the 1964 Civil Rights Act at a desk in the White House, surrounded by Martin Luther King, Jr. and a group of witnesses.
Civil Rights Act
1964
Selma March
Selma March
March 21, 1965 - March 25, 1965
At night in Los Angeles, police officers in helmets and leather jackets search several young Black men who are lined up against storefronts with their hands on the wall.
Watts Riots of 1965
August 11, 1965 - August 16, 1965
Mildred and Richard Loving
Loving v. Virginia
June 12, 1967
Poor People's Campaign
Poor People’s Campaign
June 19, 1968

Key People

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth stands in a suit outside the heavily damaged remains of his house after a bombing, with collapsed roof and debris behind him, Montgomery, Alabama.
Fred Shuttlesworth
American minister and civil rights activist
John Lewis
John Lewis
American civil rights leader and politician
Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin
American civil rights activist
A. Philip Randolph
A. Philip Randolph
American trade unionist and civil rights leader
Whitney Young
Whitney Young
American civil rights leader
Roy Wilkins
Roy Wilkins
American civil rights leader

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