Slide 2 Created by : Paochoua Her, TaQuan Summerall and Jared
Schmidt Slide 3 The Civil Rights Movement was a very important part
of history. It started in 1948 and ended in 1964. The March on
Washington was a very big part of the Civil Rights Movement. Many
people died marching to give blacks equal rights. Slide 4 It took
place on August 28, 1963 at dawn Slide 5 In Washington D.C. From
the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial Slide 6 Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. James Farmer John Wilkins Whitney Young Jr. Slide 7
They marched for elimination of racial segregation in public
schools Protection against police brutality A major public works
program to provide jobs A law against discrimination in hiring A $2
an hour minimum wage Self Government for the District of Columbia,
which had a black majority Slide 8 About 250,000 people attended
This is where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous I Have a
Dream speech. A quarter of the people who attended were white.
Slide 9 Dr. King and other civil rights leaders met with President
John F. Kennedy and he promised to support the Civil Rights Bill.
Those involved with the movement earned a great deal of respect
across this nation and around the world. Slide 10
