The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963, with the purpose of making demands for civil rights legislation and the elimination of racial segregation in public schools and jobs.

Concepts

civil rights

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Additional Tags

racial segregation, american historama: march on washington, kennedy administration, john f. kennedy administration (1960 to 1963)

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