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/ “I Have a Dream Speech” on View for a Limited Time Commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington by experiencing MLK's iconic speech, Aug. 7–Sept. 18, in the “Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom” gallery. Learn More about “I Have a Dream Speech” on View for a Limited Time / Iconic Ebony Test Kitchen Finds a Home at Our Museum Built in 1972 as a prominent feature of the Johnson Publishing Co. building in Chicago, the Ebony Test Kitchen is where recipes were tested and prepared before they wer
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom sought to pressure Congress to pass civil rights legislation. Despite predictions of trouble, an interracial crowd of 250,000 gathered and listened to speakers without any violence.