The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom brought roughly 250,000 people to the National Mall on August 28, 1963, to press for federal civil rights and economic legislation. Organized by a coalition of civil rights, labor and religious groups, the march is remembered above all for Martin Luther King Jr.'s address from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and its scale and discipline helped build the political pressure that produced the Civil Rights Act of 1964 the following year.
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Attended and was recognized in the program's Tribute to Women segment; not one of its organizers.
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Principal organizer; delivered the keynote I Have a Dream address.
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