Topic: Racial segregation
Product Type: game MLA format of database (use citation tools!):
"The March on Washington." n.d.: n. pag. Web. 28 May 2013. .
5 important facts that you learned from this database article:
1. One hundred years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Black Americans continued to endure both political and economic injustices.
2. Segregation, discrimination, high unemployment, low wages, and poor job mobility were all contributing factors. To call attention to these injustices, A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin in 1963 began planning a large-scale march on the nation's capital. The event became known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
3. On August 28, 1963, Washington was host to over 200,000 participants of all colors in the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
4. Throughout the day there were speeches given by civil rights leaders such as John Lewis, Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young. Mahalia Jackson, Marian Anderson, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez were some of the musicians who gave performances as part of the day's events. The highlight of the day was Rev. Martin Luther King's now-famous "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the hundreds of thousands of people assembled at the Lincoln Memorial.
5. Following the march, Rev. King and other civil rights leaders met with President John F. Kennedy to discuss the need for civil rights legislation. Though President Kennedy was assassinated three months later, the next year the Civil Rights Amcct was passed, followed by the Voting Rights Act in 1965, both reflecting the demands of the march.
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To call attention to these injustices, A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin in 1963 began planning a large-scale march on the nation's capital. lThe event became known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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