What event is being described:250, 000 protesters came; Martin Luther King gave his I Have a Dream Speech; Led to the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

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What event is being described:250, 000 protesters came; Martin Luther King gave his “I Have a Dream Speech"; Led to the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

A	Albany Movement
B	March on Washington
C	March from Selma to Montgomery
D	Atlanta Race Riot

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -2020 March on Washington Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered this iconic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. See entire text of King’s speech below.

Detailed explanation-2: -"I Have a Dream” is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In the speech, King called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -On the evening of April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated. He was fatally shot while standing on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, where King had traveled to support a sanitation workers’ strike.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1963, civil rights leaders A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin began plans for a march on Washington to protest segregation, the lack of voting rights, and unemployment among African Americans.

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USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S