Leonard Freed, a socially concerned practitioner of photography, captures a photograph titled USA March on Washington 1963 of Activist Golden Frinks and a female protester to his right (Peres 334). The image displays the two of them belting out song lyrics at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC on August 28th, 1963. The pair is only two of 250,000 marchers, who joined together to support desegregation and to protest for all to gain civil rights. Furthermore, multiple trees and a few excess marchers in the background, surround the two of them. Freed uses a mixture of grey tones, making the pair more noticeable than anything or anyone else shown in the image. USA March on Washington 1963, not only represents an event where they sang in unity, but a time that many consider the high point of the civil rights movement (Phelps and Lehman 404). In sum, the photojournalist depicts …show more content…
1). He captures them both singing a well-known song in American protest music called, “We Shall Overcome” (CITE). If the viewer looks at the duo's facial expressions, they will be able to determine that they are singing because of the way their mouths are opened wide. Additionally, the woman also has her neck extended, allowing her to sing the song freely as she claps her hands. One standing very close to the woman with a button identical to hers and the other behind her with an exhausted expression on his face. Moreover, the photojournalist conveys to one that this is a powerful last moment of the March, by capturing Golden Frinks in the photograph holding onto the woman tensely but gently as they sing together. Not only does his right hand meet her bicep but he is also grasping her head of frizzy hair too. Altogether, one can infer that the March ends in great harmony between the community and its
The 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, where Martin Luther King gave his prophetic “I have a Dream Speech” attracted over 250,000 followers (Stewart, Smith, & Denton 2012, p. 12). The Civil Rights Movement had enormous momentum and was ready stay until justice was brought to every African-American in the United States of
In book two, there is an image that represents a poster for the civil rights movement; it is drawn in traditional realism, using light crosshatching for shading. There are little to no lines around each person, in contrast to the artwork in the rest of the book that uses bold lines with shading like what one would see done with watercolors. On the actual poster, “come let us build a new world together” stretches across the feet of the protesters (see figure 7). Lewis states “That picture became probably the most popular poster of the movement” (Lewis and Aydin: Vol. 2, 120). I agree with him; the picture is important for the Civil Rights Movement. The protesters are kneeled peacefully, appearing almost as if in prayer. By drawing the image in a softer, realistic style, readers realize the importance of the image. Anytime Lewis recalls a news report on the tv, the artwork is changed to that pencil-like style. The changes in artistic styles were effective in leaving his audience with an impression of the importance specific images
Sometimes, when all else is lost, hope can be the only thing left guiding a movement. This is exactly what happened to the people in John Lewis’s March trilogy. During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, the people pushing for equal rights for African Americans had many things taken away from them including their freedom, their physical possessions, their dignity, sometimes even the lives of their friends or family members. There was one thing, however, which could never be taken away from them: hope. The events illustrated in the March Trilogy prove that hope was the reason that the people in the Civil Rights Movement had the will to keep pushing for equal rights.
A sad tale about the struggle faced by an African American family that refused to remain in the status quo black family portrait, Arc of justice, serves to challenge readers and acknowledge other key figures in the equal-rights movements, figures that unknowingly helped with the dismantling of the tragic
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...old and innovative statement on civil rights. He attempts to convince the public that discrimination has gone on for far too long and it is time for a change. As for the photo it mainly uses the appeal of Pathos, but it does not lack in power. The image is simple but communicates a powerful image revolving around discrimination. It shows that skin color does not change the fact that a man in a man. Both of these media’s are powerful and worked to better society on the idea of discrimination uses the different rhetorical appeals. Of course, in conclusion, JFK’s speech and the photo both aided the development of our current state of mind. In that time we didn’t see African Americans as equals but since JFK’s motivating speech and the powerful photo “I am a man” we have changed are views and become a much more tolerant society.
One hundred years after the Emancipation Proclamation was written, African Americans were still fighting for equal rights in every day life. The first real success of this movement did not come until the Brown vs. Board of Education decision in 1954 which was followed by many boycotts and protests. The largest of these protests, the March on Washington, was held on August 28, 1963 “for jobs and freedom” (March on Washington 11). An incredible amount of preparation went into the event to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of people attending from around the nation and to deal with any potential incidents.
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I stopped on the sidewalk and looked up toward the White House and then back in the other direction. Both my cousin and I hadn't expected to see anything but the usual Washington museum exhibits and eateries that day; instead we got caught up in a march that neither of us believed in and one that I wouldn't have chosen to see. The march seemed to have no beginning and no end; it seemed as though it went on for miles. I looked at the mass of people in awe, amazed that so many people could organize to fight for something they believed in. I'd never seen something of this scale and I was stunned by its mass and power.
The book, “My Soul Is Rested” by Howell Raines is a remarkable history of the civil rights movement. It details the story of sacrifice and audacity that led to the changes needed. The book described many immeasurable moments of the leaders that drove the civil rights movement. This book is a wonderful compilation of first-hand accounts of the struggles to desegregate the American South from 1955 through 1968. In the civil rights movement, there are the leaders and followers who became astonishing in the face of chaos and violence. The people who struggled for the movement are as follows: Hosea Williams, Rosa Parks, Ralph Abernathy, and others; both black and white people, who contributed in demonstrations for freedom rides, voter drives, and
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Dr. King delivered his speech to a large and diverse audience. When observing photo number three on Blackboard, King’s immediate audience spanned from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, around the reflection pond, and up to the Washington Monument. Because the gathering was so large, half way between the reflection pond and the Lincoln Memorial, speakers were set up to project King’s moving words. Although the speakers set up projected King’s voice farther, it would be the media that spread his voice further. Photographers and media personnel took photos of King and the diverse crowd he addressed. The media coverage of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech expanded his audience from the people who physically attended the March on Washington to the citizens watching the event on television. With the extensive media attention, King was able to target whites that possessed the power to end racial oppression (“photo 3”).
On August 28, 1963 more than 250,000 civil-rights supporters attended the March on Washington. Addressing the protesters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Profoundly, he proclaimed for a free nation of equality where all race would join together in the effort to achieve common ground. King stated his yearning for all colors to unite and be judged by character, not by race. African Americans would not be satisfied until their desire for freedom from persecution, bitterness, and hatred prevailed. Not only were the points in his speech powerful, but also the delivery he gave was so persuading and real that it changed the hearts of many people across America. By using four artificial proofs, mythos, logos, ethos, and pathos, Martin Luther King was able to open the eyes of people who were blinded by the color of skin.
...recognizes that determination would dictate the success of the movement. After the ICC ruled that segregation in bus and train terminals had to stop, it propelled the entire movement forward. For the viewer, Nelson employed music to give a great sense of the feelings of the Freedom Riders. More specifically, Nelson’s synchronization of the music to certain shots educed emotion from the viewer so that he/she would feel as though he/she at least partially understood the magnitude of the situation. Ultimately, Nelson was able to piece together a message that embodied what he Freedom Riders believed: “Yes, we will make it. Yes, we will survive. And that nothing, but nothing, was going to stop this movement.”