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08/28/2023
Thousands Gather in Washington, D.C. 60 Years After King's 'Dream' Speech
This year's rally took place at the Lincoln Memorial
On August 26, 2023, thousands of Americans commemorated the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, a pivotal event in the 1960s U.S. civil rights movement at which Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his galvanizing "I Have a Dream" speech.
The 1963 march brought more than 250,000 people to the nation's capital to push for an end to discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Many credit the show of strength with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
This year's rally took place at the Lincoln Memorial, the backdrop to King's impassioned call for equality, as many speakers warned that much work was yet to be done.
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