The Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mathew Ahmann in a crowd. (NARA - 542015 - Restoration.jpg 28 August 1963) (National Archives) ...

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On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered in the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march was the brainchild of longtime civil rights activist and labor ...

On August 28, 1963, King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech to a crowd of more than 250,000 people in Washington. The event turned out to be a watershed moment in American history.

But when the 1963 March on Washington rolled around, Valentine’s mother didn’t want her to go. “But I was active in whatever was going on in the city, so she knew I had to go,” Valentine said.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. Dorothy Height looks on from the right.

AP Photo As we celebrate Martin Luther King's birth on January 20, we take a look back at the landmark march and his speech Aug. 28, 1963. An estimated 200,000 to 300,000 people from across the ...

The official name of the event was the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," but in May of 1963, A. Philip Randolph announced the event as "The October Emancipation March on Washington for ...

The first March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963 and became the embodiment of what a massive demonstration could look like.

Bayard Rustin was a civil rights leader who organized the 1963 March on Washington. Rustin was marginalized for his identity as a gay Black man, but continued to fight for equality.

Michael Eric Dyson and Owen Ullman talked about changes in America since the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and they responded to viewer phone calls and electronic communications. Mr.

Women were ubiquitous in the trenches of the civil-rights movement, but were nearly left off the official program of the historic 1963 March on Washington. It was not surprising at the time.