The March

“The March” tells the story of one of the most dramatic and important times for the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Washington, D.C in 1963 could be seen as a momentous but hectic time for the state of the Country as a whole. One could argue that the country was just getting back onto it’s feet, after the F.B.I dealing with the remnants of the Cold War, fending off communism at home, and John F. Kennedy just dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. After all of these important international events dealing with Russian communism, it was only a matter of time until a new problem would arise. “The March” shows the “heroic endeavors to fundraise, organize and execute the March by hundreds of committed civil rights activists across America”. It is incredible, the struggle that these citizens went through just to gain the rights that many of their white neighbors already had. I find it truly amazing that this movement, with me

morable speeches from leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., was a giant success, and led to the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

During The march, Martin Luther King gave his famous and iconic ‘ I have a dream’ speech where he said:  

“Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

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 have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."

This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.”