During a month-long trip to India in 1959, he had the opportunity to meet family members and followers of Gandhi, the man he described in his autobiography as "the guiding light of our technique of nonviolent social change.... Later that year, Martin Luther King Jr. worked with a number of civil rights and religious groups to organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a peaceful political rally designed to shed light on the injustices African Americans continued to face across the country. Held on August 28 and attended by some 200,000 to 300,000 participants, the event is w...

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This was one of the most famous forms of non-violent protest led by Martin Luther King and took place on 28 August 1963. This peaceful political rally made specific demands at Jobs and Freedom and was designed to shed light on the injustices African Americans continued to face across the country. ...

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On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for the political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Organized by a number of civil rights and religious groups, the event was designed to shed light on the political and social challenges African Americans continued to face across the country. ...

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Following demonstrations in many areas resulted in a march on August 28, 1963, that had lured more than 250,000 protesters to Washington, D. ... "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. ...

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