Marching for Rights

Brianna Renaas Junior Division Website 2

I am a very strange person. I like to learn about events were people were treated very cruelly; for example World War II. On the sample topics the National History Day provides, I came across a lot of topic that had to do with African Americans so I decided to come up with a topic that might not appeal to others as it does me. It amazes me how many people supported their cause to come out to Washington D.C. and march for their rights, so I decided that this topic would be fun to learn more about and this is how I chose my project. My schedule is very hectic and busy and since I chose to do a website, I decided it would be the most beneficiary use of my time to conduct my research on the internet. Tips from my teacher on how to conduct a proper and useful search on the internet helped to find ten primary sources so that I could go to the regional competition. Last year I didn t get to go because I didn t have enough primary sources. I was bound and determined to find them this year so that I could go. Seeing my older role models go to Washington D.C. urged me to work even harder to go to the national competition in Washington D.C. also. Two years in a row I chose to participate in the website category. Every year it is fun to see what new skills I have learned and apply them to creating my website. My first year participating in National History Day led me and my partner to the state competition and getting runner up to go to Washington D.C. There were very few entries in the website category and I loved getting that medal and having the possibility exist that we could get to go Washington D.C. I remember feeling that sort of proudness so I chose a website again.

-Re means again. So to react means to act again. In my topic, protesters are reacting with peaceful marches through the streets of America. They were acting back to the cruel actions of others. This is why my topic fits into the theme this year; Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History.

Works Cited

Primary Sources
Boyle, Kevin. Arc of justice: a saga of race, civil rights, and murder in the Jazz Age. 1st ed. New York, New York: First Owl Books, 2004. Print. The authors note in this book helped me to decide what terminology to use. It also helped to decide if Negro should be capitalized or not. This is the authors opinion and I agree. It helps get the realism of this time period. Civil Rights March on Washington. 193. Photograph. Library of Congress/infoplease, Washington D.C.. Web. 10 Feb 2012. On every page in the top right corner this pictures appears. I chose it because it reflects my project very well; it show marchers marching. King Jr., Martin Luther. "I Have a Dream." Washington March. Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.. 28 August 1963. Speech. This is a quote I used on my Home page on my website. It was a famous speech that Martin Luther King Jr. gave after he and other marchers marched down the Washington Mall on August 28, 1963. Mississippi Freedom Summer- 1964. 2011. Photograph. 1964. My timeline talked about the Freedom Summer. This picture shows kids on and loading the bus for their summer tour. Mississippi Freedom Summer-1964. 1964. Photograph. Veterans Civil Rights- The People's Movement. Registering to vote are two black citizens. This picture is used on the pictures page on my website that I created through the National History Day program. Bloody Sunday. 1964. Photograph. Veterans of the Civil Rights- The People's Movement. This picture was taken before the authorities attacked the marching protesters. It is used on my Main Marches page to show that they werent doing anything wrong, just fighting peacefully for their rights. Library of Congress. Bloody Sunday. 1964. Photograph. Veterans of the Civil RightsThe People's Movement. On my website I have created a page for pictures and this picture is featured on it. This picture shows authorities beating on black marchers. Sometimes even white marchers were seriously injured or killed.

Police Photo. Bloody Sunday. 1964. Photograph. Veterans of the Civil Rights- The People's Movement. Another picture featured on my website. I thought this showed just how far the authorities took their violence. Such violence included gassing, stoning, and clubbing all sizes of people to the ground; young and old. Bloody Sunday. 1964. Photograph. Collection of Amelia Boynton. A picture of Amelia Boynton is located on my website also. It was taken on Bloody Sunday after she had been gassed and beaten to the ground. Eyes on the Prize. 2006. Video. PBS. I learned some very interesting information that I used on my website from this video. It is filled with videos of real marchers talking and speeches being made. It shows all the hard work people put into the Washington March. Briggs, June. Telephone Interview. 23 Feb 2012. My grandma gave me information about riots that she witnessed even after the blacks did get their rights. Some whites were still out for blood.

Secondary Sources
Brunner, Borgna, and Elissa Haney. "Civil Rights Movement Timeline." infoplease. Pearson Education, 2007. Web. 10 Feb 2012. <http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html> Timeline showed important dates and helped me create the timeline on my website. Cozzens, Liza. "The March on Washington." The Civil Rights Movement 1955-1965: Introduction. N.p., 22 June 1998. Web. 16 Dec 2012. <http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/marchwas.html>. To find more information to back up already found information I referred to this site. It tells about the March on Washington which is one of the two marches my project is based on.

"Selma-to-Montgomery March." We Shall Overcome. National Park Service, n.d. Web. 16 Dec 2011. http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al4.htm. On this site, there is a history lesson. A lesson about the march that only lasted six blocks to the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It was supposed to end in Montgomery after starting in Selma. The marchers were attacked though. 6