aug 28, 1963 - March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
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250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. aiming to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation. There were many speakers icluding Martin Luther King who performed his “I Have A Dream” speech.
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African American Civil Rights
1865 - 1992
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