About 250,000 people attended the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963.
The demonstration took place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and demanded civil-rights legislation, voting rights, decent housing, employment, and fair wages. It became one of the largest political demonstrations in United States history at that time.
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The event was organized by a coalition that included the NAACP, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the National Urban League, CORE, SNCC, and labor organizations.
Attendance estimates are usually given as approximately 250,000 rather than as an exact headcount. The march helped build public support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.