Today's civil rights activists came to Washington with concerns that include jobs, voting rights and gun violence.
They are marching to the Lincoln Memorial and a new monument, the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial.
The mother of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager shot dead in Florida last year, is among those due to speak.
Sabrina Fulton told the BBC many young African Americans had been left afraid by the acquittal of his killer, neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman.
She called for a law change in American states which allow the use of deadly force if a person feels seriously threatened.
Mr Zimmerman's acquittal sparked protests in more than 100 cities.
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