March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Martin Luther King, Jr. was the voice of the Century. On August 28, 1963, King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, now one of the most famous speeches ever given in United States history (Haskins, 1992, p.15). On this day in history, The March on Washington was the largest and most peaceful demonstration that had ever occurred in the nation's capital. This was a celebration of the progress made so far and the promise to come. The highlight of the day came with ceremonies on the steps of the…

well, benefitting Cuban citizen’s, by providing a broader spectrum of potential job opportunities, and American businesses, by expanding their business to an international level and acquiring profit from the enlarged workforce. Without the travel restrictions imposed on Cuba as tags of the embargo, American values and privileges could be shared among the Cuban population to empower the Cuban people to aspire to the freedoms American’s enjoy so readily. This theory couldn’t have been better…

the Vietnam war or the Korean war(5). The reason we fought so hard and for so long is because we saw what ruin a communist nation could bring onto itself and rather than just stand by while the red menace took nation after nation we fought for the freedom and justice of the other foreign nations. Take Germany for example after the war the nation was split into the democratic west and the Russian controlled east.Russia had decided to cut off west berlin From water and supplies and like the…

Upon Mr. John Van Lew’s death, Mary Elizabeth Bowser and other slaves were freed; by the wife and Daughter of Mr. Van Lew. Shortly after gaining her freedom, Elizabeth Van Lew sent Mary Elizabeth Bowser to be educated in Philadelphia so that she may take part in a larger covert spy operation against the confederates. Upon her completion of education, Mrs. Bowser obtained part time work to serving the…

“At the end of 1962, President John F. Kennedy asked his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, to compile a report on the Civil Rights enforcement activities of the Justice Department over the previous year. In this report, submitted on January 24, 1963, Robert Kennedy notes "progress" overall, but reminds the President that difficult race problems remain "not only in the South . . . but throughout the country." During this time, Robert “Bobby” F. Kennedy had played an active role in the…

helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957(SCLC); with them, King led the Albany Movement in 1962 whose goals was against the struggle in segregation, this movement was not successful. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he presented his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he established his reputation as one of the greatest public speakers in American history. What made the “I have a Dream” speech so effective was the setting that it took…

Let’s go back in history, to when the United States was not “land of freedom”. Let’s go back to when this country was segregated when African Americans were treated like anything, but human beings. In school, my teachers taught me multiple things. For example, that slavery started in 1619 and ended 1865, after the 13th amendment was ratified. The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery or any involuntary servitude. After the thirteenth amendment was ratified, and African Americans were “free”,…

was home and read aloud from God’s word, then approach his King in prayers of humility and adoration. In January, one year, the Rush’s lost their youngest son to pleurisy, which is an inflammation in the lungs caused by pneumonia. On the second of March Dr Rush fell ill to the same disease. He wavered between life and death for nine days. His recovery he considered a miracle as he penned to a friend, “my recovery is thought the next thing to a miracle. For my own part, I had taken leave of…

As the 2016 Presidential election heats up, the media has focused mainly on two democratic candidates: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Both are very hard-working and exuberant political figures and they have presented introspective campaigns thus far. However, of these two, I strongly believe that Bernie Sanders is the right person to lead the United States of America. Not only does he have the experience to guide our country into an era of prosperity, but Sanders is one of few presidential…

remote like administrative mouthpiece, in comparison to the outgoing Theodore Roosevelt, because of his straight forward intellect. Nonetheless, he still managed to sway the minds of many in his hopes of providing the nation with what he called, “New Freedoms,” winning the election. Align with the perceptions people had of Wilson, according to PBS.org, whereas some considered shaking the hand of the president a honor, one reporter made the comparison of shaking the hand of Woodrow Wilson to…