The March on Washington

Epilogue

Although many laws have been passed to make it illegal to discriminate, racism and discrimination still exist in the United States. Fifty years later, Edith Lee-Payne recalls that she has still been rejected for jobs just because she was black, even if they come up with other excuses. They’d tell her the position was already filled, or that she probably wouldn’t like the job anyway. But the truth is, they never said these things until she walked through the door.

Today, people continue to fight for civil rights, no matter what race, sexuality, or gender they are. Americans are not stopped protesting, boycotting, demonstrating, sitting in, and standing up for equality.