1. A precedent that put this march into perspective like when they had the march on Washington in the summer of 1963. This was the march where blacks to get their civil rights and this was the time that Martin Luther King gave his famous speech of "I have a Dream" (Zinn, pg. 457). This was all lead up by groups of black people protesting over the country to get the governments attention which over the years has made the government passed different civil rights laws in 1957, 1960, and 1964 (Zinn, 456). This is showing how to lead up the march on Washington it came from the protest in other cities which put pressure on the government and the march on Washington and the speech by king really made the government think and see how the blacks were …show more content…
It shows tribute to all the people who were lynched and killed during that time. It gives them recognition for losing their life and it allows history to be showed through the monument. An example of the lynching happening is when fifteen blacks were lynched during Watson election (Zinn, pg. 292). This just shows how innocent blacks were killed trying to bring peace and justice to them in America. Another example is Ida B. Wells-Barnett who wrote "Lynch Law", which used data to support her anti lynching movement. It showed how from 1882 the lynching was at 52 and has increased to 169 in one year by 1891 (Arnove & Zinn, pg. 233). These two are both example so how this time should not be forgotten and should have a monument to how people what happen in the past and to give respect to the people who died from lynching by having their names on the monument. I think this was a great idea because it shows history and I feel history should be shown in monuments and exhibits so people can learn more and having a better understand of what happen during the lynching period. I think it was a good thing to do and they should come up with more monuments for things that happen in