The March on Washington

Dr. Martin Luther King is credited with leading one of the largest and most influential protests during the Civil Rights Movement, known as the March on Washington. King had a difficult time getting the march to ever even happen with opposition coming from many, sometimes surprising sources.

Dr. King had an adversary very early on in Eugene Bull Connor, who seemed hell-bent on maintaining segregation in all establishments across the country. More specifically, Connor wanted to end King's desegregation speech in particular.

The cause seemed to be lost after MLK was thrown into jail, being that he could not conduct any of the business or protests needed in order to form the march. However, due to the protests of many teenagers, the Civil Rights Movement was given new life.

Dr. King was influenced by A. Phillip Randolph during the early days of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, who originally had the idea of a march of some sort in Washington. Year's later, this influence, along with the fact that the white turnout to his speeches were rising rapidly, led Dr. King to believe a march in Washington was necessary.

Once King was able to go through with his famed protest and speech, the national dialogue of America immediately demanded a change. It surely is, if not the most, one of the most important events of the Civil Rights Era.