--- description: Learn more about the civil rights era through these videos from TIME title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f6519785be90499/698a1c3d656a3f551bbdb8ed/March-Through-Time_image.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # March Through TIME Fifty-eight years ago 250,000 people converged on the National Mall for a March on Washington. It became not just the largest political demonstration at that point in American history, but also the beginning of a new era, defined by the phrase “I have a dream". Learn more about that day and the civil rights era through these videos from TIME. ## *  [The March on Washington: John Lewis's Speech](/collections/march-through-time/7370072/the-march-on-washington-john-lewis-s-speech/) byTIME Staff *  [What King Said](/collections/march-through-time/7370075/what-king-said/) byTIME Staff *  [The March on Washington: The Movement Begins](/collections/march-through-time/7370078/the-march-on-washington-the-movement-begins/) byTIME Staff *  [The March on Washington: Nan Orrock](/collections/march-through-time/7370081/the-march-on-washington-nan-orrock/) byTIME Staff *  [The March on Washington: Hank Thomas](/collections/march-through-time/7370084/the-march-on-washington-hank-thomas/) byTIME Staff *  [The March on Washington: John Lewis](/collections/march-through-time/7370087/the-march-on-washington-john-lewis/) byTIME Staff *  [The March on Washington: Bob Zellner](/collections/march-through-time/7370090/the-march-on-washington-bob-zellner/) byTIME Staff *  [The Highest Stakes](/collections/march-through-time/7370093/the-highest-stakes/) byTIME Staff *  [One Dream](/collections/march-through-time/7370096/one-dream/) byTIME Staff *  [A Lasting Legacy](/collections/march-through-time/7370099/a-lasting-legacy/) byTIME Staff *  [The Spirit of the Day](/collections/march-through-time/7370102/the-spirit-of-the-day/) byTIME Staff TIME Studios Present March Through TIME in Fortnite ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/march-through-time/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/march-through-time/"},"headline":"March Through TIME","description":"Fifty-eight years ago 250,000 people converged on the National Mall for a March on Washington. It became not just the largest political demonstration at that point in American history, but also the beginning of a new era, defined by the phrase “I have a dream\". Learn more about that day and the civil rights era through these videos from TIME.","url":"https://time.com/collections/march-through-time/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:07:58.413Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:07:58.121Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":11,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f6519785be90499/698a1c3d656a3f551bbdb8ed/March-Through-Time_image.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/march-through-time/","name":"March Through TIME"}}]}] ```