I need help with March on Washington 1963?
-What happened on August 28, 1963?
-Who attended the event?
-What rallied the people to march?
-What happened during the event?
-What was the outcome of the event?
thanks a bunch!!
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http://www.angelfire.com/pa/marchonwashington/
In the spring and summer of 1963 the events in Birmingham inspired a wave of demonstrations elsewhere, more extensive than all that had come before. Almost a thousand actions were mounted in over a hundred southern cities, resulting in over twenty thousand arrests. On June 19 President Kennedy sent Congress the promised civil rights bill, which offered federal protection to African Americans seeking to vote, to shop, to eat out, and to be educated on equal terms. More……
http://www.abbeville.com/civilrights/washington.asp
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAwashingtonM.htm
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/marchonwashington.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/march40th/
http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/marchonwashington/a/marchonwash1963.htm