You can read the full speech and watch a short film, below. King's celebrated speech, "I Have a Dream," was carried live by television stations across the country. Stemming from a rapidly growing tide of grassroots support and outrage over the nation's racial inequities, the rally drew over 260,000 people from across the nation.Ĭelebrated as one of the greatest - if not the greatest - speech of the 20th century, Dr. Phillip Randolph and Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the NAACP, the March on Washington evolved into a collaborative effort amongst major civil rights groups and icons of the day. Originally conceived by renowned labor leader A. delivered the exalted "I Have a Dream" speech. More than 3,000 members of the press covered this historic march, where Rev.
On August 28, 1963, more than a quarter million people participated in the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, gathering near the Lincoln Memorial.
The 1963 March on Washington A Quarter Million People and a Dream
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