For Jobs And Freedom: Civil Rights In The United States

Student’s Name Tutor’s Name Course Date For Jobs and Freedom The march on Washington is the most remembered events in the history of civil rights in the United States. The speech on the March on Washington was a huge stride by Martin Luther to end segregation among the Americans. The demonstrators purposed to present a far-reaching agenda for change. During this specific day, the Dr. Martin Luther gave a speech to the supporters who had crowded the Mall. “I have a dream”, Martin said to the audience. Nearly every child in America knows these words which capture a popular and romantic image of Luther inspiration to unite the Americans. Why did Martin Luther use these words? What was his intention? He used these words to unite the people of America in search of a communal goal. Martin Luther wanted to form a society free of racism and genderism. It is not easy to encapsulate this message. Martin Luther together with his followers demanded that racial and economic inequality in the United States to be addressed. Martin Luther inspired Americans to take more aggressive actions that would address discrimination and joblessness in the society. His argument was that no matter the race of an individual there was a need for equality (Sugrue). Everyone should be equal regardless their race or sex (Sugrue). Currently, various activists and intellectuals are putting dissimilarity in rules to lessen racial insight and those that challenged economic inequality. Does racism surpass class? Do tribal politics split the American working class? Martin Luther tried to answer all the above question during the march. The March on Washington was successful due to the close relationship between labor movements and the civil rights that persists up to date. Martin Luther together with A. Philip Randolph, who was the initiator of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters led the march to object the segregation of African American labors from well-paid arms trade jobs during the Second World War (University of Massachusetts Press). President Franklin D. Roosevelt yielded to their demands few days before the March was scheduled. He created a national antidiscrimination agency, the Fair Employment Practices Committee. Martin Luther worked closely with key unions to expand worker’s right, equal pay, and welfares to labors irrespective of their ethnicity and race. The various unions such as the United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) and the United Automobile Workers (UAW) provided funds for the March on Washington for jobs and f...