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During the 1960s African Americans were fighting for thier rights. In 1963 over 250,000 people joined in Washington D. C. for the march On Washington.
The purpose of joining in D. C. was to have a peaceful demonstration to persuade the congress to pass a bill. The marchers walked from the Washington monument then to the Lincoln memorial where they listened to speakers and the leaders of the civil rights movement speak.. This is where Martin Luther King delivered his famouse ''I Have A Dream'' speech.
''Until the dogs stop biting us in the south and the rats stop biting us in the north'' -James Farmer
''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.
The March on Washington 1963
Some of the marchers had no way of getting to D. C. so they would raise money for a bus ticket by selling buttons for a quater a piece, also thousands of people sent in small cash donations. Those who didnt get money or didnt have a way to D. C. were able to watch the demonstration viva televisoin as it was broadcasted live.
