How Did The March On Washington I Have A Dream Speech

Kane Gallagher
Mrs. Churchvara/Mrs. Spaziani
ELA/Social Studies
4/26/2018
The March on Washington to “I Have a Dream” The March on Washington leading up to the “I have a Dream” speech was one of the most famous and impacting events in the Civil Rights Movement. It was also one the most planned and attended occasions in Civil Rights history, but there were also many anticipated concerns. Some concerns before the event were that officials and organizers feared violence between the marchers and those against the march. Many of the organizers were actually not in favor of the march because of the problem of violence and tension between officials. Another concern of the march was the timing of the event and capacity of the Lincoln
A significant part of the march was the planning which was helped out by a variety of organizations, donations, and civil rights activists. While A. Philip Randolph and his organization planned a march for jobs and Martin Luther King planned a march for freedom, the two organizations decided to combine efforts. The organizations decided to give the event the name the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” The main organizer of the march was A. Philip Randolph, a Civil Rights activist who was the initial head of the event. After A. Philip Randolph’s first march was canceled and Martin Luther King’s push for equality was on the rise in the 1950s, Randolph planned a second mass march called the March On Washington. He was trying to create a more well known name for the NAACP, or National
The civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s was the political, legal, and social struggle to fulfill full citizen rights for African Americans. Bayard Rustin estimated that only 100,00 people were going to gather, but that estimation was exceeded by over 150,00 people. More than half the crowd who marched was thought to be black. About 5,900 officers and about 6,000 soldiers contained the marchers. The marchers were made up of blacks, whites, Latinos, American Indians, Jewish, Christians, men, women, famous, and anonymous all marched together from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial where directors of the sponsored organizations spoke. The march was peaceful, with no violence, or tensions between marchers and officials. Because the march was a peaceful protest, the events that occurred along the way were able to be performed smoothly and without any time blockages. Different types of methods were used by organizations to challenge segregation and discrimination, using protest methods such as marches, boycotts, and the denial to cope with segregation laws. After the marchers reached their destination of the Lincoln Memorial, civil rights activists and famous organizers gave inspiring speeches. Some of the more famous organizers who attended the march were Whitney Young, Martin