March by A. Philip Randolph, Bayard Rustin, and MLK Jr. This speech started to be talked about because of the lack of voting rights and African American unemployment. The importance of the March on Washington was to advocate for the economic rights of African Americans. During the March the final speaker was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. During this time of him speaking he delivered his “I Have A Dream Speech”. This speech led to the end of racism and racial segregation. After this speech, President Lyndon Johnson signed and passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This March deeply affected their view of racial segregation and intolerance in the nation. Martin Luther King and the SCLC prepare plans to lead a peaceful march in one of the most segregated cities, Birmingham, Alabama. Early May of 1963, Dr. MLK was arrested in Birmingham and he wrote a letter from the jail that was about civil disobedience to protest segregation. When MLK was in jail, the leaders of the SCLC encouraged children to March In Their Place. City Commissioner Bull Connor ordered police dogs to be used against the people who were