1957 March for Equality: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox civil conflict

| title = March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

| partof = the [[Civil Rights Movement]]

| image = IhaveadreamMarines.jpg

| place = [[Washington, D.C.]]

| date = {{start date and age|1963|08|28}}

| caption = View from the [[Lincoln Memorial]] toward the [[Washington Monument]]

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| coordinates = {{coord|38.8893|-77.0501|region:US-DC_type:event|display=inline,title}}

| causes =

*[[Centennial]] signing of the [[Emancipation Proclamation]]

*Success of [[Birmingham campaign]]

*Mass movements and demonstrations throughout the [[United States]]

| result =

*200,000 to 300,000 people participate

*Speech "[[I Have a Dream]]" delivered by [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]

*Catalyst to pass [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] and the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]]

| concessions =

| sidebox = {{CRM in Washington D.C.}}