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

2. 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’’