89K views · 2.5K reactions | On #ThisDayinHistory, 55 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr speaks to about 250,000 people attending the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The demonstrators came together from all walks of life to appeal for an end to racial segregation and discrimination. | HISTORY | Facebook

On August 28th, 1963, approximately 250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. for one of the most important protests in human history. The purpose of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as the March on Washington or The Great March on Washington, was to draw attention to the continuing challenges and inequalities faced by Black Americans and to advocate for their civil rights. Organized by A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin, the march is credited with helping to pass the