March on Washington
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In 1963, over 250,000 civil rights activists gathered in Washington D.C. to promote their cause and push for civil rights legislation. During the march, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave what is arguably his most famous speech: “I Have a Dream.” The March on Washington led to the passage of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 (Forbade discrimination on the basis of sex and race in hiring, promoting, and firing. The Voting Rights Act of 1965) and The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Prohibited states from imposing any voting qualification on voting or deny the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color), and made King the most wellknown spokesperson of the Civil Rights Movement.