page_title: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
section_title: Anniversary marches
hierarchical_section_title: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom / Effects and legacy / Anniversary marches
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo taken at the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
context_page_description: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as the March on Washington or The Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. At the march, Martin Luther King Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech in which he called for an end to racism.
  The march was organized by A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin, who built an alliance of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations that came together under the banner of "jobs and freedom." Estimates of the number of participants varied from 200,000 to 300,000, but the most widely cited estimate is 250,000 people. Observers estimated that 75–80% of the marchers were black. The march was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history. Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, was the most integral and significant white organizer of the march.
context_section_description: The 1963 March also spurred anniversary marches that occur every five years, with the 20th and 25th being some of the most well known.  The 25th Anniversary theme was "We Still have a Dream ... Jobs*Peace*Freedom."
  At the 50th anniversary march in 2013, President Barack Obama conferred a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom on Bayard Rustin and 15 others.
caption: 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
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