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196328 August 1963 · National Mall

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Marchers filling the sides of the Reflecting Pool in Washington during the 28 August 1963 march
Archival image: Unknown author. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

About 250,000 people marched for jobs and freedom to the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his 'I Have a Dream' speech. Organised by A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin, it was one of the largest political rallies in US history to that date and built support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Sites

  1. Site 1: Lincoln Memorial stepsEngraved marker on the step where King stood.Map ↗
  2. Site 2: Martin Luther King Jr. MemorialGranite statue of King beside the Tidal Basin.Map ↗

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