Civil rights leaders announce new March on Washington to defend voting rights on anniversary of Dr. King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 06: The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at a memorial service for area wildfire victims at First AME Church on February 6, 2025 in Pasadena, California. At least 29 people were killed and more than 12,000 structures, many of them homes and businesses, were destroyed in the Eaton and Palisades Fires. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King say the Aug. 28 march is a response to recent rollbacks of voting rights protections.

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Civil rights leaders are returning to the nation’s capital this summer, announcing plans for a new March on Washington aimed at defending voting rights more than six decades after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic “I Have a Dream” speech.

According to Associated Press reports, the “March on Washington 2026: Defend the Vote” will take place Aug. 28, the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The coalition is being led by Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network alongside Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King and a broad alliance of civil rights, labor and faith organizations. Organizers say the march is intended to rally public support for voting rights after a series of legal setbacks that have weakened federal protections against racial discrimination in elections.

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