Protests That Changed America: The March on Washington

June 10, 2020 by Neely Tucker

The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was one of the most significant protests in American history, bringing more than 250,000 marchers from across the nation to state an unforgettable claim for racial and economic equality. With its written-in-lightning keystone moment — Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech — it helped galvanize a generation to fight for an end to nearly a century of Jim Crow segregation. Read more and see photos HERE.