1. Writing Warm Up 3/13 Why study history?

2. Civil Rights Movement I Have A dream The March on Washington

3. A. Philip Randolph Founder of the first labor union for black rail way workers

4. 1941 White American emerging from the Great Depression. Black Americans were still unemployed and underpaid. 1941 Randolph organized a march on Washington demanding more jobs for blacks in the defense industry

5. FDR and Executive order 8802 Day of the March President Franklin Delano Roosevelt met with Randolph and asked him to call off march Order 8802 “there shall be no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race, creed, color or national origin.”

6. 1963 Good jobs for African Americans still hard to find. 11% of African Americans unemployed compared to 5% of Whites Average income of black family $3,500 Average income of white family $6,500 Randolph decides it is time to march again. Enlist the help of Bayard Rustin

7. Bayard Rustin Influential leader for civil rights Planned 1 st march on Washington with Randolph Encouraged Dr. King towards civil disobedience and non- violence.

8. Planning Randolph and Rustin met with civil rights leaders to propose the march. Goals of march – Passage of the Civil Rights Act Desegregation Fair voting laws

9. Kennedy and the Civil Rights Act Kennedy sent long awaited Civil Rights Act to congress in June of 1963 He wanted the march called off for fear it would jeopardize the Bill Didn’t want Congress to see African Americans gathering in large numbers. blacks needed to be “unthreatening”

10. “Unthreatening” Why would a march on Washington be threatening? Who would be threatened? Is there concern for Violence? When leaders refused to stop the march Kennedy gave his endorsement

11. PASS THE BILL August 28 1963,was the date set for the 250,000 people (60,000 white) marched on Washington. Initial Plan was for 100,000 What do you need to make this work?

12. Publicity, transportation, food, medical care. Rustin and his team of organizers took care of the logistics. Protesters arrived on busses, trains, and car pools. One group of people walked from New York

13. I Have A Dream The key note speaker was civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. His “I Have a Dream” speech was heard by millions of Americans and is one of the most powerful addresses in American history

14. I have a dream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yahGTU8 G3g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yahGTU8 G3g

15. March on Washington Demonstrated for America that the civil rights movement was not just for Black Americans.

16. 18 days after the March on Washington, the 16 th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham was bombed. 4 children died. The battle for Civil Rights was far from over