As the fight for civil rights progressed, marches were being organized, speeches were being made, and everyone begins to take notice of this one thing. Which was racial equality. It’s hard to understand how these men who believed so strongly in racial equality could also oppress against black women. Women who helped put these marches and speeches together was not allowed to speak out as a public figure. For example, at the March on Washington women were not allowed to speak. Only men activist spoke, like Dr, Martin Luther King Jr. According to Glasrud and Pitre, “despite the lack of public recognition, African American women set the stage for that moment – and for decades to follow – by their notable part in the eradication of the white-dominated,
