{"exhibit":{"title":"Who protested on the Mall before the famous 1963 March on Washington?","description":"<p>Martin Luther King gave his famous \u201cI Have a Dream\" speech during one of the most widely-known protests on the Mall, the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Before 1963, the Mall was the site for protesters representing diverse political, religious, and social points of view, including suffragists, the Ku Klux Klan, rabbis, and those fighting against the expansion of the Mall. By using the Mall to protest, they broadened the meaning and purpose of the Mall to be a place where active citizens engaged in public conversations about issues important to them.<\/p>","credits":"","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"early-protests","added":"2013-02-26 09:28:01","modified":"2017-01-18 22:18:43","owner_id":6,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":null,"id":12},"item":{"item_type_id":8,"collection_id":null,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2013-01-24 13:49:34","modified":"2015-10-05 11:10:43","owner_id":5,"id":208}}