An important effect of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was that

The 1963 March on Washington drew national attention to the civil rights movement, and television coverage brought its size and message to viewers across the country. This helped raise public awareness of the struggle for equality. The march is more closely associated with momentum toward the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than with passage of the Voting Rights Act, which came in 1965.

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