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It was a massive, peaceful protest at the center of the United States government. Naturally, due to its size and television coverage, it attracted national attention, which included government officials. After the assassination of President Kennedy, the new president, Lyndon Baines Johnson used the March on Washington to build popular support in order to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was called for by Kennedy before his assassination.

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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a landmark event of the Civil Rights Movement that is partially credited with helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Around 250,000 Americans rallied in Washington D.C., one of the largest political rallies in U.S history, to end legal segregation and bring to light the sociopolitical challenges faced by African-Americans on a daily basis. It was at this rally that Dr. Martin Luther King gave his renowned "I Have a Dream" speech. When the march was planned, the Civil Rights Movement had been growing increasingly desperate. The leaders of the movement had no idea so many people would show up. After the assassination of President Kennedy, the new president, Lyndon Baines Johnson used the March on Washington to build popular support in order to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was called for by Kennedy before his assassination.

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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

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The fact that these protests were nonviolent and were met with excessive, violent force created an image of innocence for African-American protesters. Since the event attracted the attention of the whole country, the country, including President Kennedy saw the brutality of the Birmingham authorities. Kennedy then wasted no time pushing laws to end legal segregation through congress as quickly as possible

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Protests in Birmingham, Alabama had been failing. Dr. Martin Luther King tried to attract attention and gain a larger following of the movement by going to jail on purpose. When that plan ultimately failed, SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) leader James Bevel argued for a movement that involved protests by children, saying that children had less to lose as they didn't have jobs or families to support. On May 2nd and May 3rd of 1963, around 4,000 children marched out onto the streets of Birmingham to be arrested in waves of 50 in order to "fill the jails" and overwhelm the authorities. Bull Connor, the Birmingham Commissioner of Public Safety, ordered the fire department to use fire hoses to blast away the protesters using excessive water pressure. The event attracted national attention, and led to President Kennedy calling for legislation to resolve the issue of legal segregation. Segregation was ended when President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.