It was the size of the crowd. Thousands marched to the Lincoln Memorial where they called for more freedom and more job opportunities. These were denied to many African Americans due to the system of segregation. Many prominent speakers lent their voices to the march including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The event was huge and widely televised, with the amount of people attending being around 250,000 people who were in support of the movement and witnessed King's "I have a dream" speech.
