"I Have a Dream" — Martin Luther King Jr. delivered during the ‘March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,’ August 28, 1963. BIT.ly/3LTBotI — He called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. No doubt the most famous moment of the civil rights movement and among the most iconic speeches in American history. King was assassinated in a shooting five years later in Memphis, Tenn. — US National Archives #MLK #MLKDay #NationalHoliday #IHaveADreamSpeech | Joplin News Fi

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By age 25, John Lewis was a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement. He had taken part in sit-ins, Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, voter registration drives, and was the national chairman of SNCC. At age 23, he was the youngest speaker at the march and the most uncompromising in his demand for “freedom now.” He was asked to tone down his speech to avoid offending Congress and the president. Lewis was one of the original thirteen Congress of Racial Equity (CORE) Freedom Riders and helped lea

On August 28th, 1963, approximately 250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. for one of the most important protests in human history. The purpose of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as the March on Washington or The Great March on Washington, was to draw attention to the continuing challenges and inequalities faced by Black Americans and to advocate for their civil rights. Organized by A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin, the march is credited with helping to pass the