What was the March on Washington?

Title:

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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.

ISBN:

9780448462875

Publisher:

New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 2013.