Hello Group!
First of all, make sure your Wiki is up and running for Monday. We will be checking it during class. Second, please comment on this post with regard to the following:
1. Give a brief summary of your event that encapsulates your understanding. This should be in your own words.
2. Provide FIVE quotations (voices) that you think will be valuable additions to your script. Provide each quote and then explain who the speaker is and why the quote is relevant.
The march on Washington was regarding the civil rights of black people. They were tired of being denied the basic rights like voting and being a free U.S Citizen. The civil rights bill that was being proposed was said to not be doing enough, only really giving the blacks partially what they wanted. They wanted all the benefits of being free just like any other citizen.
ReplyDelete“To those who have said, "Be patient and wait," we must say that "patience" is a dirty and nasty word. We cannot be patient, we do not want to be free gradually. We want our freedom, and we want it now. We cannot depend on any political party, for both the Democrats and the Republicans have betrayed the basic principles of the Declaration of Independence.”-John Lewis chairman SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) I think this voice is relevant because this speech took place at the March on Washington, it was a very important speech as was Martin Luther King’s speech. This speech was more radical than King’s, however it did open people’s eyes to this issue.
“In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”-Martin Luther King Jr. I think this voice is relevant because it is a very important speech in our nation’s history, King is the face of the civil rights movement, when he spoke everyone rallied around him in support, I think this is the most important speech of the March on Washington.
“The march has already achieved its objective. It has awakened and aroused the conscience of the nation”-A. Philip Randolph I think Randolph is an important voice because he helped organize the march and really get it going.
“deep fervor and the quiet dignity” , second quote, “and to eliminate discrimination in employment practices”-President Kennedy, he met with all the leaders of the march and supported their cause for freedom. After the big success of the march he promised to get the blacks their civil rights.
-Bob Dylan. He sang at the March on Washington, he was very involved in civil rights and wrote some songs about some events in the civil rights movement. Songs such as “only a pawn in the game” are about the murder of a black woman who was a civil rights worker.
The march of Washington movement was based on passing the Civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965. These were two major acts that allowed blacks to have equality throughout voting, giving jobs but most important freedom. During this march there were mostly black men and woman but there were also some white people as well. This took place in Washington D.C in August of 1968. This was when the speech “I have a dream” speech was said in front of thousands of people.
ReplyDeleteMartin Luther king Jr: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
I believe that this quote will be a great ending to the part of our script it allows all people to see the actually effect of the civil rights movement and how the march of Washington allowed all people to come together for the right thing and for the children to come to see that all people are equal.
Josephine baker “Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.”
I believe that this woman should be in the script because people believed that her father was white and that her mother was black she was part of the civil rights act and she had played a big role in the media, Involving this quote will allow others to see someone who is part one and part black participation in the march of Washington.
Walter Reuther “There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.”
This man was a white man that supported the civil rights movement he was one of the main leaders during the march of Washington and believed in equality. He was a man who did many acts and allowed people to see a different perspective going for the civil rights movement. This quote I feel is highly important to have for our script because it allows everyone to see that there was not just major leaders that were black during this event that there were also major white leaders that believed in this also.
Bayard Rustin “Sometimes I feel like a motherless child,
A long ways from home,
A true believer
Sometimes I feel like I'm almos' gone
Way up in the heab'nly lan'
True believer”
This was the man who created the head quarters for the march of Washington he was a firm believer in the acts trying that they were fighting for he was a man who was very religious and believed that one day people will come at peace. This quote would be excellent to show how people with religious views see this act and see how the march of Washington was something to remember.
John Lewis: "Next time we march we may have to keep going when we get to Montgomery. We may have to on to Washington."
This quote is from a man who was the youngest person during the march of Washington this quote would be great to use to see the perseverance and to allow everyone to see that he was there for a purpose even being a young as he was. He may have been black but all people still see him as a person who is very important during this time and this quote shows how much he was ready to take on this event.
1) The March on Washington, occurring in the year 1963, was a peaceful protest, but yet very a very complex one at that, to fight for the civil rights and economic equality for African Americans. The first person to initiate the March on Washington was A. Philip Randolph, an African American civil rights leader. The March was held on August 28, 1963 and its starting point was in front of the Washington Monument. The March on Washington was a very high point that helped the Civil Rights Movement succeed.
ReplyDelete2) 1. “We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.” --The speaker of this quote is Martin Luther King, Jr. during his “I have a dream” speech given on August 28, 1963 in Washington, D.C. This quote is relevant to the March on Washington because it was one of the more important lines, I think, that he spoke stating the purpose and the basis of the March. He wanted the people to know that the March on Washington is not meant to be a physical and violent protest, but rather a protest from the heart that shows how equal everyone really is; that violence is never the answer to anything no matter how bad the problem is.
2. “Winning Democracy for the Negro is Winning the War for Democracy.” --The speaker of this quote is A. Philip Randolph, president of the Negro American Labor Council. This quote is relevant to the March on Washington because he was the man during the protest who wanted to gain rights for the African Americans to be able to have jobs. This quote is relevant to the March on Washington because it has always been a battle between the black people and the white people. If they fight for the rights of democracy for blacks during the March, then it will take a load off of the democratic people.
http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aah/march-washington-movement-1941-1947 (place to look at image)
3. I remember when the newspapers all had headlines saying “Call out the National Guard! Alert the 101st Airborne! Close the liquor stores! Hide the white women! Evacuate the children to the countryside!” I thought that “it was like they thought the Mongol hordes of Gengiz Khan were descending on the nation's capitol to rape, ravage, and pillage. And we'd just had Birmingham, where fire hoses and police dogs were used to attack children in Kelly Ingram Park, nonviolent demonstrators had been clubbed, beaten, and arrested.” -- The speaker of this quote is Bruce Hartford, and was active with CORE (Congress of Racial Equality). This quote is relevant to the March on Washington because it is a person’s point of view who was an actual person who went through the March.
4. “We are tired. We are tired of being beat by policemen. We are tired of seeing our people locked up in jail over and over again, and then you holler "Be patient." How long can we be patient? We want our freedom and we want it now.” -- The speaker of this quote is John Lewis, a U.S. Representative and a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement. He was also a chairman for the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee). This is a small quote from his speech at the March on Washington. It is relevant to the March on Washington because it expresses how the blacks felt during the March.
5. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.” -- The speaker of this quote is the delegates of the Philadelphia Convention. The 24th amendment was passed during the time of the March on Washington.
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was one of the largest mass protests to support civil rights, drawing at least 250,000 people to rally for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Although it was a successful protest with leaders of other major civil rights groups, the idea of the march had been debated for some time before it was held. A. Philip Randolph, the leader of the march, presented his idea to the "Big 6" in hopes of stirring them to become involved. The "Big 6" are the heads of the five major civil rights organizations: Randolph and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Roy Wilkins of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Whitney Young Jr. of the National Urban League; MLK Jr. of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; James Farmer of the Conference of Racial Equality; and John Lewis of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. President John F. Kennedy supported the march, and as a result the civil rights bill was passed and Freedom buses were organized to desegregate white communities. The march, held on August 28, 1963, proved to be the most influential nonviolent protest in American History.
ReplyDelete1. "And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last." Martin Luther King Jr. concluded his speech with this phrase, and I think it's significant because he states that when their freedom is gained, it will not only be for the Black society, but for every society. So that one day the different groups of people who live in communities can come together and be united as a single people.
2. "Justice is never given; it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political and religious relationship." A. Philip Randolph makes a point here, explaining that fighting for freedom is a continuous battle that only gets you higher and higher on a humane level.
3."A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all. Those who do nothing are inviting shame, as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right, as well as reality.."— John F. Kennedy, Address to the Nation, June 1963. This address to the nation reveals to us the JFK felt strongly about people standing up for what they believe in instead of waiting on the side and hoping for the best.
4. “When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.” Bayard Rustin was a friend of A. Philip Randolph, having his share of civil rights protests by organizing the first freedom ride in 1947. This quotes stands out to me because Rustin believes that the simple act of protesting for equality gives you the dignity that society denied you.
5. “It [the Eiffel Tower] looked very different from the Statue of Liberty, but what did that matter? What was the good of having the statue without the liberty?” The speaker of this quote is Josephine Baker, the only female speaker who was present at the march. I feel that this quote projects that liberty is a real thing, it can't be in a name of a statue and not mean something.