72K views · 1.2K reactions | The March on Washington was a massive protest march that occurred in August 1963, when some 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The event aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation. It was also the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr.’s now-iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. | HISTORY | Facebook

On this day in history 1963, 250,000 people gathered in Washington D.C. for The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. | HISTORY