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March on Washington Aims to Push Civil Rights Bill
The event organized by Bayard Rustin draws 100000 participants to Washington in August to press Congress for civil rights passage, school integration by year end, an end to job discrimination, and a job training program. Martin Luther King Jr delivers a transformative I Have a Dream speech to a crowd of thousands, spanning black and white Americans alike.
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Amenca
Congress
Kennedy
Philp Randolph
Washington, DC
Bayard Ruson
Washington
Grassy Mall
Parnapants
Lincoln Memoral
Washington Monument
Capitol
Freedom
Chicago
Ohio
Roy Wilkins
Congress of the United States
Lincoln Memorial
Martin Luther King Jr
Hns
Alabama