It was a call for economic and racial equality, a call to action that brought more than 200,000 people to the national mall in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963, exactly 60 years ago.
It’s a day best remembered for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's historical "I Have a Dream" speech.
"Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy," Dr. King, a Civil Rights Leader, said during his speech.
Among the hundreds of thousands who attended the march, were two young activists, Courtland Cox, then 22, and Edward Flanagan, then 20, who were filled with hope.
Cox, 82, was a 22-year-old working for the civil rights organization, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) at the time.
