Annotated Bibliography: The March On Washington

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Annotated Bibliography Andryszewski, Tricia. “Planning the March.” The March on Washington 1963: Gathering to Be Heard, Brookfield, Millbrook Press, 1996, pp. 23-33. This book is about the March on Washington, the growing of the Civil Rights Movement that led to it, and the aftermath of the march. The section of the book that I read was about the leaders that planned the March. This source helped me support my prompt because the “Big Six”, as they were called, were a small group of citizens that changed the world. The Big Six was composed of multiple Civil Rights Movement leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis among others. These people organized the March on Washington, which is a famous event that brought the country together. …show more content…

“Little Rock Desegregation Crisis.” American History, ABC-CLIO, 2018, americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/383021. Accessed 10 Jan. 2018. This source was about the events leading up to the Little Rock Nine entering Central High School, and the actions that were taken by the Governor and President at this time. It explained the reactions of students, Orval Faubus, and Dwight D. Eisenhower after the nine students tried to enter the school. This source helped me support my prompt because it showed how the Little Rock Nine, which was composed of a small group of citizens, challenged the racist ideals of Little Rock and created change. They created change by being the first nine black students to attend the formerly all-white Central High School. Although many people disapproved of this, and thought it went against the very morals of America, it created hope for others and was a big step towards school integration. The strengths of this source are explaining the reactions of people, like Daisy Bates, Orval Faubus, and the President. However, the weakness are that it could have gone into more detail about what the students felt, who the Little Rock Nine were, and what the students experienced throughout the year. The point of view in this source was not biased. There were no personal opinions included, only the timeline of events that occurred and the reactions of different groups to the Little Rock Nine. This source included multiple pictures, which were helpful in adding to my understanding of the article. The pictures were of segregationists holding signs in front of, what looks like, a government building, and also of the Little Rock Nine being escorted into Central High

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