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The MOWM was the model for the 1963 March on Washington, where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous âI Have a Dream Speech,â and the militant Black-only politics of the MOWM foreshadowed the Black Power movement of the late 1960s.
Here are 10 basic facts about the March and the events that led to the Speech. 1. The official event was called the âMarch on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.â On June 11, 1963, President John F. Kennedy made a nationally televised address calling for a drive for more civil rights.