March on Washington by Audrey Brittain https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h To advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. en-us 2020-04-07 14:29:42 UTC 2020-04-07 19:11:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f2.png Introduction abritt1534 https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/496954258 On August 28, 1963, about a quarter-million people participated in the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom gathering near the Lincoln Memorial. The march aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation. It was also the occasion of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s now-iconic “I Have A Dream” speech.]]> 2020-04-07 14:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/496954258 A. Philip Randolph abritt1534 https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/496967540 an American, civil rights activist, and socialist politician. In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first predominantly African-American labor union.]]> 2020-04-07 14:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/496967540 James Farmer abritt1534 https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/496973898 an American civil rights activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement "who pushed for nonviolent protest to dismantle segregation, and served alongside Martin Luther King Jr."]]> 2020-04-07 14:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/496973898 Roy Wilkins abritt1534 https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/496978773 a prominent activist in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s.]]> 2020-04-07 15:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/496978773 Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) abritt1534 https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/496984696 planning one for freedom, the two groups decided to merge their efforts into one mass protest.]]> 2020-04-07 15:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/496984696 Timeline abritt1534 https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/496993167 AUG 28, 1963
More than 200,000 people, black and white, participated in this march.
]]> 2020-04-07 15:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/496993167 Explanation abritt1534 https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/496997291 How The Movement Began]]> 2020-04-07 15:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/496997291 MLK: Strategies abritt1534 https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/497007506 “nonviolence is a weapon of the strong.”]]> 2020-04-07 15:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/497007506 Jim Crow Laws abritt1534 https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/497012100 The Supreme Court of the United States held that Jim Crow laws that segregated public school students on the basis of race were unconstitutional.]]> 2020-04-07 15:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/497012100 "I Have a Dream" abritt1534 https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/497017264 Speech by MLK in which he called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. This inspired many activists to keep on working, because they were almost there.]]> 2020-04-07 15:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/497017264 A Team abritt1534 https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/497071793 Even though they lived far apart in time, they believe all me where created equal.]]> 2020-04-07 15:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/497071793 Violations abritt1534 https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/497124342 the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.]]> 2020-04-07 16:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/497124342 Sources abritt1534 https://padlet.com/abritt1534/724qe25rhi6h/wish/497222387 https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-rights-act/civil-rights-era.html
https://www.sutori.com/item/political-cartoon-showing-mlk-jr-and-abraham-lincoln-fist-bumpinghttps://www.biography.com/activist/a-philip-randolph
https://americanhistory.si.edu/changing-america-emancipation-proclamation-1863-and-march-washington-1963/1963/leaders-march
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washington


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