Civil Rights Dbq Analysis

On August 28th 1963 a turning point in the Civil rights movement. This is where Martin Luther King's famous speech “ I have a dream” was read. The organizers had an essential job of keeping the March on Washington orderly due to the fact that other races joined them, chaos was expected, and MLK wanted peace. As racial tension between whites and African Americans were still high seeing other races join in on the march pulled the two races closer together, and joined together to fight for equality among race. As it says in document 2, A report from the Washington Post reported that “Mostly black but about a third white”. A third white might not seem like a big deal but, this was a turning point for the two races. This would be a time were the two races came together, instead of fighting, they worked with each other. If the whites …show more content…
Also, if there is it could hurt their Civil rights movement” If your leaders and the people you look up to for your rights ( Roy Wilkins and MLK) say for you not to turn violent, or it could hurt your movement ,chances are you don't want to hurt your own movement so you won't turn violent, so it makes it important that you listen to them and be orderly so you have a better chance at getting people to support your Civil rights movement.

With the March On Washington being a possible huge turning point in the Civil rights Movement, it was essential for the marchers to keep orderly. This is due to the fact that many were coming, whites and blacks, and if you are orderly whites will stay and help support you, many, including elected officials, were hoping you would turn violent, and if you didn't and keep orderly it would make you look good, and you have been asked by the leaders and they said that if you start a riot you could be putting your movement into