March On Washington
Published on Feb 06, 2016
No Description
MORE DECKS TO EXPLORE
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
The civil rights movement of the 1960s transformed the political climates
Photo by contemplative imaging
The March on Washington was not universally embraced.
Photo by Thomas Hawk
On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
It was the largest demonstration ever held in the nation’s capital, and one of the first to have extensive television coveralls.
Untitled Slide
- "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." – Martin Luther King, I have a dream quote
Untitled Slide
- After the march, King and other civil rights leaders met with President Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House.
