March+on+Washington+for+Jobs+and+Freedom+1963

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963 was known as one of the biggest political rallies for human rights in United States history. It called for civil and economic rights of African Americans. It happened in Washington D.C., and it happened on Wednesday August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King J.R. gave his “I have a dream speech” there. The march was organized by a group of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations. The march was planned by Philip A. Randolph he was the president of the brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The March was attended by 250,000 people who where outraged by media coverage of police actions in Birmingham, Alabama, where attack dogs and fire hoses were turned against protestors, many of whom were in their early teens or younger. Martin Luther King, Jr., was arrested and jailed during these protests, writing his famous "Letter from Birmingham City Jail," which advocates civil disobedience against unjust laws. In the months before the march Dr. Martin Luther King JR’s life was threatened with violence, his house was even bombed, but that didn’t stop MLK from giving the speech because he was determined for the world to understand the way that back people where treated and badly they where treated and how it needed to stop now. The people who organized the march made sure that everything was set before they did it, they made sure that there was a way for everyone to get into the city, they even had nurses and doctors incase someone needed first aid during the event, they also provided clean water and food for everyone, everything was done in advanced. A year later Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made segregation in public places illegal, required employers to provide equal emplyment opportunities, and protected the right to vote of every American, regardless of the color of their skin.