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F E BRUA RY 21, 2020 ● VOL . 10 ● N O . 17 EDITION 5–6
At the March on Washington
in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr.
called for equality
for all Americans.
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COVE R HISTORY
For Black History Month, TIME for Kids looks back
at the 1963 March on Washington and Martin Luther
King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
On August 28, 1963, people from all over the country
poured into Washington, D.C. Many held signs: “We
March for Integrated Schools Now!” and “We Demand
Jobs for All Now!”
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom drew
about 250,000 people. They were calling on the United
States government to pass laws regarding equal labor, hous-
ing, and voting rights protection for all Americans. At the
Lincoln Memorial, they heard Martin Luther King Jr. give
one of the most important speeches in our nation’s history.
THE LIFE OF A LEADER
King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1929. He studied to
become a minister and moved to Montgomery, Alabama,
in the 1950s. At the time, segregation was still a fact of
life in many parts of the country, especially in the South.
King preached often about social justice.
In 1955, an African-American teenager named
Claudette Colvin was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama.
She had refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white
person. Rosa Parks was arrested soon after for a similar
act of protest. This led to a yearlong boycott of public
buses in Montgomery. It also led to a U.S. Supreme Court
decision that banned segregated seating on buses.
In April 1963, King was arrested at a protest and
jailed in Birmingham, Alabama. But it only motivated
him. Just a few months later, he joined other civil rights
leaders for the March on Washington. It was organized
by Bayard Rustin and A. Philip Randolph. Many leaders
spoke before King, whose speech lasted 18 minutes.
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise
What was it like to attend the March on Washington? TIME
magazine spoke with people who were there. They remember
ON THE HORIZON The 1963 March on Washington was one how King led the crowd in raising a voice for equality.
of the largest civil rights gatherings in U.S. history.
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Power Words
integrated adjective: including all
types of people
self-evident adjective: obvious;
needing no explanation
up, live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil
these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created Rights Act, banning discrimination.
equal,’” King famously said toward the end. “I have a Maxine Allen Johnson Wood had just graduated
dream that my four little children will one day live in from college when she took part in the March on
a nation where they will not be judged by the color of Washington. She says King’s dream is as important
their skin but by the content of their character.” today as it was then. “The image that he gave was [of]
“He was preaching from his heart,” says John Lewis. a future. And it wasn’t beyond our reality to think that
Lewis, who was a speaker at the March and a civil rights [it] could happen.”
activist, later became a U.S. congressman in Georgia. King’s words continue to inspire people around
the world. “Of all the gifts [he gave us], the greatest
THE DREAM LIVES ON has been the belief in society’s ability to change
The March on Washington showed Americans the and the power each of us has to effect that change,”
power of peaceful protest. Many more protests followed. Lewis says. —By Brian S. McGrath
VOICE OF FREEDOM Martin Luther
King Jr. gives the “I Have a Dream”
speech at the March on
Washington.
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“I’d never seen ROBINSON FOUNDATION “I resolved at that “ There was so
anything like it. “We were looking moment . . . I much hope,
I remember the for leadership, was going to so much opti-
electricity and he was be a part of mism after
in the air.” offering it.” changing the March on
the country.” Washington.”
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IN MY OPINION
In his speech at the March on Washington, in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. described his
dream for the nation and the urgency of taking action. TIME for Kids wanted to know:
What’s your dream? We asked young people to tell us what issues and causes they believe in.
Here are some of their many inspiring responses. Thank you for sharing your dreams.
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