The March on Washington (1963)

          The movie we watched in class today was about Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington in 1963.  I have heard his famous “I Have a Dream” speech many times, but never really understood the magnitude of the moment until we studied it in class.  I found this movie to be very interesting due to the fact that it provided a significant amount of background detail and presented in-depth information regarding the fundamentals of The March.  Another aspect that I found to be extremely intriguing was the level of importance that college students held throughout this period.  People were flooding into Washington from all over the country, and the March demonstrates the true level of power that the citizens possess as a whole.  The footage of Martin Luther King Jr. was effective in demonstrating his passion and anger towards the mentality of the American states against black individuals.  Overall, this movie was extremely effective in its teachings and historical reflection of the March on Washington.