Selma to Montgomery and more

[sandnsea]

Quite a historic day for a protest.

On this day in 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr. led 25,000 marchers to Montgomery AL to fight for voting rights for African Americans. Today is the anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march.

On this day in 1894, Jacob Coxey led an “Industrial Army” of unemployed from Massilon Ohio to Washington, DC to demand help from the federal government during a depression nearly equal to the depression of the 1930’s.

And on this day in 1911, 146 immigrant workers were killed in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York City, a tragedy that was the catalyst for a labor rights movement that eventually gave us safety laws, child labor laws, wage laws, collective bargaining rights and more.

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/?p=11

[JI7]

1. i replied to the blog but it didn't show up

it's a shame it took such horrible things happening to get change.

hopefully we can all learn and see it IS about human rights. for all.