28 авг 1963 г. - Washington March

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The conflict in Birmingham and elsewhere in the South compelled the Kennedy administration to take action. It proposed a civil rights bill that would make segregation in public places and employment discrimination illegal. Southern members of Congress were staunchly opposed to the bill. In response, civil rights leaders organised a massive march on Washington, D.C. On August 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands of Americans marched to the nation's capital in support of civil rights. The peaceful march culminated in a rally at which civil rights leaders, and was where  Martin Luther King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

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