Alex Pierce
Mr. Barr
Blog Post
9/17/2013
Last month, The U.S.A. marked the 50th anniversary since the March on Washington occurred. That day changed the lives of all American citizens of all color and races. Dr. King spoke about equality for everyone, greater civil rights, economic rights, and to stop racism. He dreamed that one day everyone no matter what color they were could join as one family and one nation. During that time predominately black people weren't being treated the same as whites and didn't have the same privileges. So African Americans established the march on Washington which was organized by civil rights leaders, religious leaders, and labor organizations. The marching crowd was made up of 200,000 black people who marched from state to state demanding jobs and freedom. Some people think that we shouldn't even recognize that day and feel it's irrelevant to today's society but everyone has their own opinion. We should definitely acknowledge that powerful movement because it literally changed the world. After that day the civil rights act was established giving us our freedom and rights.
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