A view from the Lincoln Memorial towards the Washington Monument on the finish of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the place Martin Luther King Jr gave his “I Have a Dream” speech in August 1963.
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A view from the Lincoln Memorial towards the Washington Monument on the finish of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the place Martin Luther King Jr gave his “I Have a Dream” speech in August 1963.
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Once you consider a profitable protest motion, most People most likely consider the American Civil Rights motion, and the March on Washington in 1963.
Martin Luther King, Jr. standing behind a podium on the steps of the Lincoln memorial delivered his most well-known speech and a line that may come to outline the targets of the Civil Rights Motion.
President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act simply 9 months after the March. A 12 months after that Johnson signed the Nationwide Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The hunt for equality continues. Within the a long time since that vivid summer time day in August 1963, many different People have tried to make use of the mannequin of protest to realize their political targets.
However do protests work?
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