Google Memorializes The Silent Parade When 10 000 Black People

Google Memorializes The Silent Parade When 10 000 Black People Google memorializes the silent parade when 10,000 black people protested lynchings silent protest parade in 1917 in new york city. marchers were protesting against the east st. louis riots, 1917. There was no singing, no chanting — just silence. on july 28, 1917, the only sound on new york city’s fifth avenue was the muffled beat of drums as nearly 10,000 african american children, women, and men marched in silence in what came to be known as the silent parade. it was one of the first mass protests of lynching and anti black.

Google Memorializes The Silent Parade When 10 000 Black People Barry schwartz on july 28, 2017 at 9:52 am | reading time: 1 minute. today’s featured google doodle on the us home page honors the silent parade of 1917 on its 100th anniversary. the silent. A century after the silent parade, racial injustice persists. 07.28.17. on july 28, 1917, 10,000 african american men, women, and children marched in silence through the streets of new york city to protest lynching in america. in what is considered one of the first public demonstrations by african americans in the 20th century, the naacp. Nearly 10,000 african americans walked in complete silence down new york city's fifth avenue 100 years ago. known as the silent parade of 1917, the march began at 59th street and ended at 23rd. In 1916, black farmer jesse washington had been lynched in waco, texas; a mob scene in east st. louis just weeks prior to the march saw upwards of 200 people killed.