August 28 in American History
More than 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. There, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered "I Have a Dream" — grounding the case for civil rights directly in the Declaration and the Constitution, the country's own promises turned into a demand.
In 1963: the March on Washington. More than 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
More than 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. There, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered "I Have a Dream" — grounding the case for civil rights directly in the Declaration and the Constitution, the country's own promises turned into a demand.
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