Civil Rights Movement, 1954"Civil rights movement." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 19 Sep. 2016. http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/310706. Accessed 6 Oct. 2016.
The movement reached its climax on Aug. 28, 1963, in the March on Washington, a massive demonstration in Washington, D.C., to protest racial discrimination and to demonstrate support for civil rights laws then being considered in Congress.