Martin Luther King Jr. and the Washington March

Martin Luther King Jr is one of the most influential and inspirational man to have ever existed. He has given motivational speeches across American and has led many protests for the cause of the civil rights movement. He became a prominent leader of the black freedom movement and gathered a followed of black and white people across America. On August 28th, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr had led a march on Washington DC which included more that 250000 people and in that, 75000 of them were white. They march on the capitol and gathered around the Lincoln Memorial. 

Civil Rights activists Bayard Rustin (of the SCLC) and A Philip Randolph organized and helped gather people. The point of the movement was to further the civil rights movement and to pass the new civil Rights bill that President Kennedy sent to Congress. President Kennedy sent this bill in order to guarantee equal access to all public accommodation and for the U.S. attourney General to have the power to file segregation suites. 

After the assacination of President Kennedy, President Johnson who was the Vice President for Kennedy, became president and vowed to further President Kennedy's ideas in the civil rights movemnt. Two months later the civil rights bill passed.

 Martin Luther King gave hope to the people of America and fought fervently for the equality of African Americans. This in turn caused the turning point in the civil rights movement.