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Events on Wednesday 28 August 1963 2
1963Bob Dylan sings at the March on WashingtonCivil rightsPerforms on the day of Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech.
1963March on Washington for Jobs and FreedomMass civil rights demonstration in the US capitalSome 250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. to demand civil and economic rights for Black Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from the Lincoln Memorial steps. The march built pressure that helped secure passage of the Civil Rights Act the following year.