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| location = Chita, Baykalia
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| type = [[wikipedia: Demonstration (protest)]]
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12,000+ protestors across Salovia
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{{Infobox civil conflict
| title = March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
| title = March for Equality and Representation
| partof = the [[Civil Rights Movement]]
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| image = IhaveadreamMarines.jpg
| image = equalityChita.jpg
| place = [[Washington, D.C.]]
| place = [[Chita]], [[Salovia]] (Now [[Baykalia]])
| date = {{start date and age|1963|08|28}}
| date = {{start date and age|1957|06|19}}
| caption = View from the [[Lincoln Memorial]] toward the [[Washington Monument]]
| caption = Protestor holds an anti- sign
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*[[Centennial]] signing of the [[Emancipation Proclamation]]
*[[Annexation of Baykalia]] during the [[Era of Unrest]]
*Overrepresentation of Baykalians in Salovian govenrnment
*Success of [[Birmingham campaign]]
*Police brutality towards non-Baykalians within Baykalia
*Mass movements and demonstrations throughout the [[United States]]
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*200,000 to 300,000 people participate
*90,000 to 180,000 people participate
*Catalyst for future protests including the 1966 [[Nats'ichi and Shagonar Riots]]
*Speech "[[I Have a Dream]]" delivered by [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]
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*Catalyst to pass [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] and the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]]
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[[File:equalityChita.jpg|thumbnail|right|Protester holds an anti-Baykalia sign]]


The '''March for Equality''' ('''MFE''') was a demonstration in support of an overall increase in political, social, and racial equality in the representation within the governmental offices of [[Salovia]]. It took place in what is now Chita, [[Baykalia]] on June 19, 1957, and well over 12,000 people participated in the march.
The '''March for Equality''' ('''MFE''') was a demonstration in support of an overall increase in political, social, and racial equality in the representation within the governmental offices of [[Salovia]]. It took place in what is now Chita, [[Baykalia]] on June 19, 1957, and well over 12,000 people participated in the march.