
The March On Washington...50 Years Later
On Saturday, August 24, thousands of people are expected to converge in Washington, D.C to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, the landmark 1963 Civil Rights event that served as a call for then President John F. Kennedy to push legislation that would grant all Americans the right to vote and ban discrimination in public accommodations. It was during the march in the nation’s capital that the event’s leader, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delive