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On August 28 1963, The march on Washington captured the attention of our nation. Whites and Blacks standing side by side called out to JFK and congress for equality in all aspects of society. Then expected number participants (10,000) was soon doubled as the cry for justice range through the crowd. This march began At the Washington Monument and ended with a moving cultural program at the Lincoln memorial where the greatest and well known Civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous speach "I Have a Dream" "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a //dream// today! I have a dream that one day, //d// //o// wn in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a //dream// today!"

These words moved Americans of all Races and ethnicities. The Civil Rights Movement was now in Full effect and only snowballed from there on out, Until African Americans were granted the right to vote and the yoke of predgudice hate was lightened, But it didn't stop there. Because of these passionate leaders and civil rights activist we now live in a country where Descrimmination because of race is not powerful enough to Stop a Man From becoming President.