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Anniversaries in American history that fall on August 28.

1963 · Events / Protests & Movements
March on Washington
250,000 gather at Lincoln Memorial; King delivers "I Have a Dream"
Civil Rights Movement
1963 · Documents / Speeches
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington, August 28, 1963
I Have a Dream
1963 · Events / Protests & Movements
March on Washington
The August 1963 demonstration where 250,000 Americans demanded civil rights — and heard a dream
March on Washington