Wikipedia:POTD column/August 28, 2006

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1963 March on Washington

Crowds surrounding the Reflecting Pool, during the August 28, 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. An estimated 200,000 to 500,000 people participated in the march, which featured Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech. It was a major factor leading to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The march was also condemned by the Nation of Islam and Malcolm X, who termed it the "farce on Washington".

Photo credit: Warren K. Leffler/Moondigger
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