March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech.

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. At the march, several popular singers of the time, including Mahalia Jackson and Marian Anderson, performed and many of the movement's leaders gave speeches.

The most notable speech came from the final speaker, Martin Luther King Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, as he delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech in which he called for an end to legalized racism and racial segregation.

Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. from Lincoln (cropped)
Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. from Lincoln (cropped) (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. (Leaders of the march posing in front of the statue of Abraham Lincoln... - NARA - 542063 (cropped)
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. (Leaders of the march posing in front of the statue of Abraham Lincoln... - NARA - 542063 (cropped) (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. (Leaders marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial) - NARA - 542010
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. (Leaders marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial) - NARA - 542010 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Joachim Prinz 1963
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Joachim Prinz 1963 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Watch: The March (1963, restored)

From the US National Archives channel.

Sources and further reading: Wikipedia — March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream, Jacobin (magazine) (CC BY-SA). Images: Wikimedia Commons.