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Brief Summary Of We March By Shane W. Evans

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Summary In the book We March written and illustrated by Shane W. Evans. Evans captures the movement of people who prepare to march on Washington DC to protest for jobs and freedom. This movement happened on August 28, 1963. The book focuses on one particular family and with a few words and images on each page, Evan describes how this family gets ready to peacefully protest. Evans provides us with a different side of the protest that happened in 1963, what families and individuals had to do and go through to reach Washington DC. To end the book Evans shows us a picture of Martin Luther King Jr delivering his “I have a dream” speech. He does this not only to focus on Martin Luther King Jr but rather focuses the perspective on those individuals …show more content…

This book represents those who were discriminated against based on their race and who were put down based on the color of their skin. This fight against discrimination had been happening for many years and thousands of individuals were tired of getting treated differently. The march on Washington was a peaceful protest where more than 250,000 people joined to have their voices heard as stated by Evans. The goal of this march was to create changes within the minority community. Where African Americans in specific had equal-paying jobs, where they would be able to have access to the same places and things as other Americans. Where they would not have to be discriminated against because of their skin …show more content…

Teachers would first have to address the topic of segregation that started back in 1896 and the system of Jim Crow Laws, who they were and what was their purpose. In addition, teachers would also have to address the topic of race and what is meant by it. Just because it might feel uncomfortable to address race within a classroom, teachers need to be able to talk about it and embrace race as an equal. Students also need to learn to embrace their race and understand where they come

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