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Corey tulloch and toluwanimi ajayi created a website on the march. The march was a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement and in the history of mankind's views on race. The website was organized into the events leading up to the march, the march itself, and its effects.

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Corey tulloch and toluwanimi ajayi created a website on the march. The march was a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement and in the history of mankind's views on race. The website was organized into the events leading up to the march, the march itself, and its effects.

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TheMarchonWashingtonforJobsandFreedom: AStandforRacialEquality

CoreyTulloch ToluwanimiAjayi SeniorDivision GroupWebsite

ItwasduringhomeroominNovemberwhenwebroodedaboutwhichturningpointinhistory wasworthyenoughforourNHDproject.WequicklydiscoveredourcommoninterestintheCivil RightsMovement,buthaddifficultychoosinganeffectiveturningpoint.Atfirst,weselectedMartin LutherKingJr.smemorableIHaveaDreamspeech,butwerewarnedthatthespeechwastoo specific.Sowetookastepbackandchoseabroadertopic:TheMarchonWashingtonforJobsand Freedom. WebeganourresearchinJanuary,followingtheendofDecembervacation.Themajorityofour researchtranspiredduringschoolhours,whenweutilizedthedatabasesprovidedbytheschools MediaCenter,aswellasthewidelyusedsearchengineGoogle,toconductresearchonthemarch.The GaleVirtualReferenceLibraryandtheSalemHistorydatabaseswereextremelyvaluableinourpursuit ofthesourcesneededtoconstructourwebsite.Googlesinvaluablefunctionasasearchengine programmedtoscourtheinternetforinformationgreatlyaidedourefforts,directingustonumerous websiteswithinformationonourtopic.Throughoutthetimespentcomposingthewebsite,theresearch wasconductedcontinuously,sothatadditionalinformationcouldbelocatedasnecessary. Forthepresentationofourproject,weelectedtocreateawebsite,aswewereintriguedbythe opportunitytomanipulatemoderntechnologyinconveyingourtopic.AfterobtainingaWeeblyaccount throughtheNHDwebsite,webegantheconstructionofourproject.Weorganizedthewebsiteintothe eventsleadinguptothemarch,themarchitself,anditseffects.Theinformationthatwehadamassed wasseparatedintothethreesections.Inaddition,moreresearchwasconductedtoaccommodateour needforprimarysources,suchasquotes,photos,andvideos.Forexample,insteadofwritinganentire introductoryparagraphonthehomepage,weuploadedanintroductoryvideoinstead.

TheMarchonWashingtonforJobsandFreedomwasnotonlyaturningpointintheCivilRights Movement,butinthehistoryofmankindsviewsonrace.BeforethemarchandtheCivilRights Movementingeneral,segregationwasprevalentthroughoutthenationandAfricanAmericanswerestill waitingforthechangethathadnotbeenfullyrealizedwiththesigningoftheEmancipationProclamation. However,themarchaccomplisheditsmissionofgainingattentionfortheplightofAfricanAmerican activistswhoworkedtowardstheendofracialdiscrimination.Theattentionturnedintosympathy, whichturnedintothesupportneededtocreatechange.TheeffortsofwhiteandAfricanAmericans workingtogetherresultedintheenactmentoftwolandmarkbills,theCivilRightsActof1964andthe VotingRightsActof1965,whichweremonumentalachievementsfortheCivilRightsMovement.As the50thanniversaryofthemarchdrawsnearer,peopleofallracescanreflectonthemarchasthe reasonforthevastlyimprovedracialequalitythatwehavetheprivilegetoexperiencetoday.

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