" I have a dream

THE MARCH that my four

OF children will one
WASHINGTON day live in a FACTS AND
SIGNIFICANCE
nation where they
On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000
will not be judge
demonstrators gathered in front of the
MLK'S " I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH
Lincoln Memorial in the nation's capital.
by the color of
The " I have a dream " speech was calling for
This event was aiming at drawing attention
to continuing challenges and inequalities
their skin but by equality and freedom, and it became one of
the most defining moments of the civil right
faced by African Americans.
the content of history and one of the most iconic speech in
the history.
It was also where Martin Luther King Jr.' s
ionic speech " I have a dream" came from their character."
THE CIVIL RIGHT ACTS
The march greatly influence national opinion
and resulted in the Civil Right Act of 1964,
guaranteeing equal voting rights, outlawing
discrimination in public places, and
encouraging school desegregation.