Remembering the March on Washington
Remembering the March on Washington
Photograph of the Civil Rights March on Washington, [cropped], August 28, 1963, National Archives Identifier 542044
Sixty-two years ago on August 28, 1963, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his speech that is popularly known as the “I Have a Dream” speech to civil rights marchers gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom featured civil rights leaders, along with tens of thousands of marchers from around the country who gathered to press the United States government for equality.