1. John Lewis
“We Must Free Ourselves”

2. “ We march today for jobs and freedom, but we have
nothing to be proud of. For hundreds and thousands of our
brothers are not here. They have no money for
transportation, for they are receiving starvation wages- or no
wages at all.”

3. Executive Brown
Order Civil Rights vs.
Board of
9981
Education
NAACP
Rosa
Parks
Emmett
Till Integration

4. Coalition
Civil Rights Campaign
March on Washington

5. John Lewis
Major civil
rights
activist
Martin Luther
King Jr.
influence
“Big Six”

6. Victim of
racism and
segregation
March on
Washington
speech: “We
Must Free
Ourselves”
“Freedom
Riders”

7. John Lewis’ Speech

8. March on Washington
Huge
250,000
political
in
rally
attendance
80%
African 20%
American Caucasian

9. Began at
Washington
Monument to
Lincoln
Memorial
Most
successful
movement
in
United States
History