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AFP PHOTOThe Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. waved to supporters on the Mall during the "March on Washington" on Aug. 28, 1963.
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AP/FileKing delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the rally.
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AP FileKing acknowledged the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial.
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AP FileDemonstrators gathered at the Washington Monument grounds, before marching to the Lincoln Memorial.
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AP FileKing (center left, with arms raised) marched along Constitution Avenue with other civil rights protesters.
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AP FileThe rally on the National Mall would become the defining civil rights gathering in the United States.
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PhotoQuest/Getty ImagesCivil Rights leaders posed in the Lincoln Memorial during the "March on Washington."
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Cecil Stoughton/White House/John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, BostonKing (third from left) and other civil rights leaders met with President John F. Kennedy at the White House.