Tag: march_on_washington
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Historic August 28th Dates Mark Key Civil Rights and Suffrage Protests
On August 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands marched in Washington, D.C., for civil rights. Decades earlier, on the same date in 1917, suffragists were arrested picketing the White House, advocating for women's right to vote.
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