March On Washington

The March on Washington was an interracial march by 250,000 blacks and whites on August 28, 1963 in Washington D.C., protesting job discrimination and segregation against African-Americans in the nation. It is also known as March for Freedom and Jobs.

The event began with a rally at the Washington Monument featuring several musicians and celebrities.. Participants then marched the mile-long Mall to the Lincoln Memorial. The three-hour program at the Lincoln Memorial included speeches from important religious and civil rights leaders, including one of the most famous speeches ever made, the " I have a Dream" speech, made by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They finished the day with march leaders meeting President John F. Kennedy at the White House.

This event was non-violent because the event was a march. There was no violence involved.

This event was definitely considered a success. It had been powerful, yet peaceful and orderly beyond anyone's expectations. It was, according to most historians, "the high tide of that phase of the Civil Rights Movement." Also the march was successful in pressuring the John F. Kennedy administration to initiate a strong federal civil rights bill in Congress.