50th anniversary of 'March on Washington' Aug. 28

The 50th anniversary of the “March on Washington” will take place Aug. 28 in Washington, D.C.

Marchers will begin assembling at 8 a.m. at 600 New Jersey Ave., according to the event’s website. The Civil Rights Museum on Wheels and citizens who were at the original 1963 March on Washington will lead.

The 1963 march attracted more than 200,000 people and culminated in Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech that called for racial equality and justice.

See 50thanniversarymarchonwashington.com.