"The principle of nonviolent direct action is the strategy by which oppressed people can achieve change. We do not believe in the perpetual second-class citizenship of American Negroes. The world cannot be free until colonialism, segregation, and exploitation are ended. Through study, struggle, and discipline our movement will pull down the walls." — Bayard Rustin, 1957
The 1963 march helped shape passage of the
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 banning public accommodation segregation
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Fair Housing Act of 1968
Explanation
The march galvanized public support for the bill that became the 1964 Civil Rights Act under President Johnson.