The Civil Rights Movement: The March On Washington

The Story Behind Rosa Parks’ Arrest Rosa Parks was a highly respected woman from Montgomery Alabama who was involved her community. After her arrest on a public bus on December 1st 1955, all public transportation was boycotted by African American citizens. The bus boycott sparked the Civil Rights Movement which aimed to end racial inequality. Due to the unjust arrest of Rosa Parks, the Civil Rights Movement began. Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913.

The Washington March was on August 28, 1963, and more than a quarter of a million people participated. People participated in it because they wanted to have equal job opportunities. One person who had a significant impact in the Civil Rights Movement for African Americans. He was also there to deliver a speech. His name was Martin Luther King Jr.

Rosa Parks was an African American activist who is best known for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus during the height of racial oppression. Rosa Parks was born on February 4th, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, then later died October 24, 2005, in Detroit, Michigan. Rosa paved the way for desegregation in the United States and it was her bravery that led to nationwide efforts to end racial segregation. Her refusal to relinquish her seat on a public bus to a white man is recognized as the spark that ignited U. S civil rights. Rosa Parks stood up for what was right and demonstrates how to be brave when all odds are against you, seeing that there were many restrictions against African Americans.

The actual march advocated for equal pay for equal work and freedom from the segregation that went on at the time. Dr. King’s speech focused in on how he and his fellow African Americans were simply judged based on their outward appearance and not on who they were on the

The march was organized by “The Big Six” and many speeches where given. One of the impacts from the march was our Civil Rights where brought back into view. During this time in 1963 there was a lot of segregation happening mostly in the south of the United States. Segregation is the act of being set apart from something or someone.

Parks later on became more and more powerful and smart to covert her fame of her resistant, to inspire many people like her to stand for themselves. Rosa parks was best well known for her act of disobedience to when refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Parks became tremendously famous for her refusal making her a symbol of American civil rights and the mother of movement. At this time period it wasn’t appropriate for an African American person to refuse or stand upon a white person’s orders.

1963’s  March On Washington On August 28, 1963, people gathered for a rally held in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. This is known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which was a massive protest to demonstrate support for the civil rights movement. This was also a big event that aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after the emancipation proclamation in 1863.

I had a strong desire to change the lives of all African-Americans in my community and all over the world and that 's just what I did. I was determined to get people to realize that people shouldn’t be attached to a race that they are just part of the human race. The march, it was sunday morning the day Martin Luther King and I decided to meet on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Rosa Parks’ role in the Civil Rights Movement impacted the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King during the Civil Rights Era (heritage). Her actions led to thousands of protesters following Martin Luther King in the 1950s and 1960s (Remembering). During the civil right movement, Rosa lost her job and had many death threats against her (McCabe). African Americans would not ride the bus until after Rosa Parks’ case reached the U.S. Supreme Court and it was declared that seating on public transportation to be illegal. This ruling took place on December 20, 1956 (McCabe).

On August 28, 1963, in Washington D.C., the famous March on Washington took place. Over 200,000 people gathered to bring attention to all the social challenges African Americans faced. King’s “I Have A Dream” speech took place in the Lincoln monument, which was ironic because exactly a hundred years earlier, Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address and was trying to put an end to slavery. All things considered, the patient and peaceful attitude that the African Americans had throughout the movement are why the Civil Rights Act was passed in

The March on Washington was an event that took place in 1963, where many people fought for jobs, freedom, and equality. This event was a major part of the Civil Rights Movement, which lasted from 1954 to 1968. Many speeches were given on this day, including Martin Luther King Jr’s famous speech, “I Have a Dream,” and John Lewis’ speech, “Patience is a Dirty and Nasty Word”. Both of these speeches were written having the same goal in mind, to bring justice to all African Americans. Another well-known speech was given prior to the March on Washington, by Malcolm X titled, “What Does Mississippi Have to Do with Harlem?”

By 1963 many African Americans in the South were still denied jobs and their civil rights; the pace of desegregation was too slow (Stephenson, C., Mbansini, T., Frank, F., Pillay, F. & Hlongwane, J. 2013: 181). Philip Randolph, an associate of Martin Luther King, came up with the idea to conduct a march to the Lincoln Memorial on 28 August 1963. The march was called ‘The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom’ and it was organised by Randolph along with King and a few other civil rights leaders. The March received diverse support from religious leaders to entertainers to labour organisations and more; there were many Americans from various ethnic backgrounds. King explained his vision for a nation free from racial prejudice in his famous

Introduction The story of the Civil Rights Movements of African Americans in America is an important story that many people knew, especially because of the leadership Martin Luther King Jr. Black people in America, between 1945 and 1970 had to fight for rights because they had been segregated by white people, they didn’t have equal laws compared to white people. So they initiated the Civil Rights Movements to fight for getting equal civil rights.

The March that Changed the Nation I believe that our nation has finally come to understand what Martin Luther King Jr.s dream actually meant. However, because we understand this doesn’t mean we’ve all acted to make it become true. I believe that it’s hard for some people to forgive and adapt to the new ways of life. In Martin’s speech he says “One day all White and Black children will One day hold hands”.

Most African Americans didn’t have have jobs. Because they were African American, most of the white people thought they were unworthy, just because of their skin color. The Washington D.C. March was so big that, The Big Six organizers were watching. It was the largest demonstration ever taking history. There were 250,000 people.