What was the March on Washington?

Title
What was the March on Washington?

Personal Author EPSB
Kathleen. Krull

Summary
Describes the 1963 March on Washington, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., where over two hundred thousand people gathered to demand equal rights for all races, and explains why this event is still important in American history today.

Year Published
2013

Series
What was ...?

Physical Description
105 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.

Contents
Separate and not equal -- The power of marches -- JFK -- No detail too small -- A crowd gathers ... and gathers -- Millions of footsteps -- A wealth of words -- "We shall overcome"

Conference Subject
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) : -- Juvenile literature.

Subject
Civil rights demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century -- Literature.
 
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Literature.

Added Author
Tomkinson, Tim.

Summary
Describes the 1963 March on Washington, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., where over two hundred thousand people gathered to demand equal rights for all races, and explains why this event is still important in American history today.

ISBN
9780448462875

Publisher
New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 2013.


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A. Blair McPherson323.119 KRUBook31458100057986Everybody Fiction