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The Civil Rights Movement The March on Washington

National civil rights leaders decided to keep pressure on both the Kennedy administration and Congress to pass the civil rights legislation. The leaders planned a March on Washington to take place in August A. Phillip Randolph had planned a 1941 march  resulted in a commitment from FDR to fair employment during World War II.  Called off march in return for this commitment

The March on Washington Randolph was present at the march in 1963, along with the leaders of the NAACP, CORE, SCLC, the Urban League, and SNCC. Roy Wilkins with a few of the 250,000 participants on the Mall heading for the Lincoln Memorial in the NAACP march on Washington on August 28, 1963] Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.; LC-USZ

The March on Washington Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered a moving address to an audience of more than 200,000 people. “I Have a Dream” speech  delivered in front of the giant statue of Abraham Lincoln  Moved many to support the civil rights bill

November 22, 1963 President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas Would this ruin any chance of passing a civil rights bill New president, Lyndon Johnson, strongly urged the passage of the civil rights bill as a tribute to Kennedy’s memory.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 Johnson pushed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through Congress. Prohibited segregation in public accommodations and discrimination in education and employment.