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> [It was August 28th, 1963, and the greatest civil rights coalition in modern history had descended upon Washington. Hundreds of thousands of protesters trekked through the heat, stretching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvette-clarke/it-was-august-28th-1963-and-the-greatest-civil-rights-coalition-in/)

[Yvette Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvette-clarke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/yvette-clarke-34314_august_it-was-august-28th-1963-and-the-greatest_2224444.jpg)

> [I was honored to have an opportunity to speak on August 28th, 1963.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/i-was-honored-to-have-an-opportunity-to-speak-on-august-28th-1963/)

[John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/)

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