Dbq March On Washington

The March on Washington, an enormous protest march occurring in August of 1963. 250000 people congregated near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., aiming to get others to take heed of the injustices African-Americans faced. To support the civil rights of all Americans, demonstrators at the march made their way from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, ending with Martin Luther King Jr’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech. Although the United States has gone through a Civil War, ending slavery, people of color still found injustices in their day to day lives. They were banned from public schools, could not eat at the same restaurants, and were forced to use separate bathrooms. These ideas of “separate but equal” were what pushed a movement, demanding laws to protect civil rights. The purpose behind the March on Washington was to make demands around issues of equal access. Those of color wanted to be treated fairly in issues such as public facilities, education, housing, and access to jobs. Originally, in 1941, A. Philip Randolf planned a large march on …show more content…
It helped create a new understanding of racial injustice. Bringing together people from around the country, it brought experiences from far corners of the United States to share their run-in with discrimination and racism. By bringing activists from all over the United States together, each telling their own story of discrimination in various aspects, it became difficult for politicians to mark segregation as a southern problem. The experiences and clear state-sponsored racism that people were able to articulate, and the hundreds of thousands of people that converged on Washington D.C., eager to make their voice heard, eager to make a change, helped make the March on Washington