U.S. President Barack Obama will make remarks later this month at the ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the march best remembered for Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech, said the White House on Wednesday.
Obama, the first African-American President of the United States, will deliver remarks on Aug. 28 at the ceremony on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial located on the National Mall in Washington D.C. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
On Aug. 28, 1963, U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech to over 250,000 supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the march, calling for an end to racism against African Americans in the country.
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