The Story of the Civil Rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Photographs by David Aretha

Author:David Aretha [Aretha, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4645-1229-2
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2014-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Image Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Organizers had said the March would “be nonviolent, but not timid.” That is how it played out. Marchers protested peacefully, but their signs demanded strong action immediately.

Televised from Coast to Coast

Shortly after 1 P.M., the main program was scheduled to begin in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Chairs were set up for members of Congress and other special guests. Most of the crowd would stand in a grassy, rectangular-shaped area. It stretched from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument, a distance of nearly one mile.

Meanwhile, CBS television covered the afternoon program live. Never before had civil rights been given so much TV exposure. For the first time, millions of Americans would hear Martin Luther King, Jr., deliver a speech. The words of all the speakers would have a profound impact on the nation.

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