The March

In 1963 this movement came to Birmingham, Alabama. For this is where racism was really bad. The south was still segregated and MLK wanted to take a big risk to try and put an end to it. January 1963, Police Chief Eugene said he'll die trying to keep segregation in the south. MLK spent 3 months training people to peacefully protest. People wouldn't show up to the real deals in fear of being arrested. When MLK went to jail, protesters and young people step up to save the movement. Violence was awful, guard dogs were used to attack and water was sprayed at the people. Randolph, MLK's old allie, spoke to MLK in the Montgomery bus march and then said there should be another march in Washington. JFK, president at the time, couldn't avoid problems anymore. He spoke up about Alabama's issue of not allowing a black student into the school. He proposed a bill to end all segregation. The march and bill ended up happening at the same time. Norman Hill was one of the original architects of the march. He traveled from city to city to develop local coalitions to generate participation from people in the city. August 27, 1963 the night before the March gave the city so much anticipation. Nobody was sure of what would happen.... Studios stalled shooting videos, so celebrities were there. More than 100,000 people ended up at the march. White and black singers were singing songs on freedom and making the overall mood amazing. MLK gave his best speech yet, it was a speech that brought together all of his previous ones. This event was a major step into the right direction. A year after the March the bill presented by Kennedy was signed. Thanks to MLK, change was coming.