The March on Washington was huge event that help America become what it is today. The march happened on august 28th ,1963. More than 200,000 people took part in this event at the nation’s capital. It was important because it changed the citizens view on how the country was running things,equal treatment to all by law,and it gave civil rights movements momentum to overcome the government. March on Washington changed the citizens view on the country by the amount of supporters the march had. The event was predicted to have around 100,000 people involved,but when the event happened there was way more than expected. The amount of whites that were involved had an effect as well. Many were showed in crowd mixed in with the blacks standing next
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Citizens would continue to protest peacefully with more supporters getting involved. The “I have a Dream” speech gave the march a suited title to sum up the reason why they are doing what they are doing. It gave people a picture of what they were losing. When the speech was done everybody had that same goal and the weren’t going to stop till they achieve that dream. The march would help Lyndon Johnson pass the civil rights act in 1964 and the voting rights act in 1965. The March on Washington also inspired and focused people "at a moment when anger and frustration threatened both the sense of hope and the courageous non-violence that had characterized the civil rights movement." Pushing people through the hardships that they been through for years of being treated unfairly. The March on Washington was the event that really changed the tide of the civil rights …show more content…
The march came in at an important time the civil rights movement wasn’t going to well. The march set things back on track and led to the movement having more supporters than it ever had. It grabbed the attention that was needed from the nation and the government. There was changed needed, and with the help of Lyndon Johnson that change was made a reality. The march was designed to shed light on the political and social challenges African Americans faced across the country. It did that and more with the speech of Martin Luther King at Lincoln memorial. The power of his words were able to change the view of the nation. Over 200,000 people attended the event some black some white but all was there for the same purpose, and that was equal rights to all races. The March on Washington was able to change the view the citizens had on the country, the equal treatment by law, and the push for every race to be seen as equals. All though it took time the dream that Martin Luther King spoke of in his speech at the memorial came
Citizens would continue to protest peacefully with more supporters getting involved. The “I have a Dream” speech gave the march a suited title to sum up the reason why they are doing what they are doing. It gave people a picture of what they were losing. When the speech was done everybody had that same goal and the weren’t going to stop till they achieve that dream. The march would help Lyndon Johnson pass the civil rights act in 1964 and the voting rights act in 1965. The March on Washington also inspired and focused people "at a moment when anger and frustration threatened both the sense of hope and the courageous non-violence that had characterized the civil rights movement." Pushing people through the hardships that they been through for years of being treated unfairly. The March on Washington was the event that really changed the tide of the civil rights …show more content…
The march came in at an important time the civil rights movement wasn’t going to well. The march set things back on track and led to the movement having more supporters than it ever had. It grabbed the attention that was needed from the nation and the government. There was changed needed, and with the help of Lyndon Johnson that change was made a reality. The march was designed to shed light on the political and social challenges African Americans faced across the country. It did that and more with the speech of Martin Luther King at Lincoln memorial. The power of his words were able to change the view of the nation. Over 200,000 people attended the event some black some white but all was there for the same purpose, and that was equal rights to all races. The March on Washington was able to change the view the citizens had on the country, the equal treatment by law, and the push for every race to be seen as equals. All though it took time the dream that Martin Luther King spoke of in his speech at the memorial came