March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom (1963)

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Warm Up Referencing King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, explain the below quote.

March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom (1963) Pressured President Kennedy to put forth Civil Rights legislation. More than 200,000 people attended. Centennial of Emancipation Proclamation Stated Goals of March: ‘‘a comprehensive civil rights bill’’ that would do away with segregated public accommodations “protection of the right to vote’’ ‘‘desegregation of all public schools in 1963’’ a massive federal works program ‘‘to train and place unemployed workers’’ ‘‘a Federal Fair Employment Practices Act barring discrimination in all employment’’