February 11, 1978 - Native Americans began The Longest Walk, a march from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay to Washington, D.C.
Uncategorized
1
Posts
1
Posters
0
Views
-
February 11, 1978 - Native Americans began The Longest Walk, a march from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay to Washington, D.C.
The Walk was intended to be a reminder of the forced removal of American Indians from their homelands across the continent, and drew attention to the continuing problems plaguing the Indian community, particularly joblessness, lack of health care, education and adequate housing.
-
R relay@relay.mycrowd.ca shared this topic
