August 28th 1963: March on Washington On this day in 1963, 50 years ago today, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place. The march was a key moment of the Civil Rights Movement and a triumph for the nonviolence philosophy which underpinned the movement. The March is best remembered for Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.August 28th 1963: March on Washington On this day in 1963, 50 years ago today, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place. The march was a key moment of the Civil Rights Movement and a triumph for the nonviolence philosophy which underpinned the movement. The March is best remembered for Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.
August 28th 1963: March on Washington On this day in 1963, 50 years ago today, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place. The march was a key moment of the Civil Rights Movement and a triumph for the nonviolence philosophy which underpinned the movement. The March is best remembered for Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.