The March on Washington and the Civil Rights Act of 1964
CLEP History of the United States II, Chapter 13 The march joined civil rights to economic demands On August 28, 1963, more than two hundred thousand people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The title matters. Speakers demanded equal access to public life, but the program also […]
Sit-Ins, SNCC, Freedom Rides, and Birmingham
CLEP History of the United States II, Chapter 13 Students made an ordinary commercial transaction politically costly On February 1, 1960, four students from North Carolina A&T sat at a Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro and requested service. The protest spread across the South. Because national chains guarded reputations and sales beyond a single town, […]
