aug 18, 1963 - August 28, 1963 - Approximately
250,000 people take part in The March
on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Martin Luther King gives his
“I Have A Dream” speech as the closing address
in front of the Lincoln Memorial, stating,
“I have a dream that one day this nation
will rise up and live out the true meaning
of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be
self-evident: that all men are created equal.’”