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What happened at a massive civil rights demonstration in the nation's capital in august 1963?

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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom happened on August 28, 1963. Its purpose was to promote economic and civil rights for African Americans. It was then that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous speech “I Have A Dream”.

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