https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0 August 28, 1963 en-us 2020-05-14 15:48:00 UTC 2020-05-21 14:32:28 UTC hello@padlet.com gmerri7762 https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573054135 March on Washington was held in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.]]> 2020-05-14 15:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573054135 gmerri7762 https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573059129 He organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first predominantly African-American labor union.]]> 2020-05-14 15:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573059129 gmerri7762 https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573062027 He spent most of his career working to end employment discrimination in the United States.]]> 2020-05-14 15:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573062027 gmerri7762 https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573064176 Became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.]]> 2020-05-14 15:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573064176 gmerri7762 https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573065057 He pushed for nonviolent protest to dismantle segregation, and served alongside Martin Luther King Jr.]]> 2020-05-14 15:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573065057 gmerri7762 https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573066238 Was a prominent activist in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s.]]> 2020-05-14 15:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573066238 gmerri7762 https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573076744 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)]]> 2020-05-14 15:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573076744 gmerri7762 https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573079629 https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/eras/march-on-washington-august-28-1963/


]]> 2020-05-14 16:00:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573079629 gmerri7762 https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573081742 On 28 August 1963, more than 200,000 demonstrators took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in the nation's capital.]]> 2020-05-14 16:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573081742 gmerri7762 https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573083800 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q_I_2m5TbA]]> 2020-05-14 16:01:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573083800 gmerri7762 https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573086248  plan to address unemployment and poverty was simple and powerful: jobs for all at a decent wage. If we are ever able to provide a job and a decent wage to everyone who wants one, the problem of poverty for whites, Latinos, blacks, and nearly all other groups would be largely eliminated.]]> 2020-05-14 16:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573086248 gmerri7762 https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573088570 The march is credited with helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and preceded the Selma Voting Rights Movement which led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.]]> 2020-05-14 16:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gmerri7762/2ik8ka9i0nycskk0/wish/573088570