1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Roughly 250,000 people joined <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/273">The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom</a>, one of the largest civil rights demonstrations in US history. Marching for social and economic equality, the crowd stretched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/90">Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr</a>. delivered his <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/35">"I Have A Dream Speech"</a> on its steps. The march influenced Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Voting Rights Act (1965). National Archives at College Park. <a href="http://research.archives.gov/description/542045">View original</a>. 08/28/1963 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1950-1979">1950-1979</a>