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What Was the Goal of MLK’s March on Washington?

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In August 1963 Martin Luther King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, but what brought the civil rights activists to Washington? Charles Euchner explores.

Charles Euchner
Charles Euchner
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Charles Euchner

Charles Euchner

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