On August 28, 1963, Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous, “I have a Dream” Speech at the March on Washington. This pivotal moment in history not only helped bring the Civil Rights Movement even more to the forefront, it also pressured Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act, which they did the following year, on July 2, 1964.
"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity." — Martin Luther King, Jr.