A march and rally marking the 50th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther
King Jr.'s March on Washington starts at 9 a.m. Wednesday on Capitol
Hill, beginning a day of events recalling the historic 1963 civil-rights
demonstration.
The march along a 1.6-mile route downtown will pass several buildings
with significance for the civil-rights era, including the Justice
Department, U.S. Courthouse, Department of Labor and Washington
Monument. The procession, to be led by a restored 1960s-era bus like
that used by civil-rights activists the Freedom Riders, is expected to
draw upward of 100,000 participants. The original march, which demanded
jobs and equal rights for blacks, drew about 250,000. More
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