Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963.
Community leaders, students, advocates and others gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Friday, August 28, held in honor of the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which carried this year’s theme, “Defend the Vote.”
The 1963 March on Washington was organized to demand jobs, economic opportunity and civil rights for Black Americans during the hei…
