What was the March on Washington? /
Describes the 1963 March on Washington, helmed 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.
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Grosset & Dunlap,
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Publisher Address: | New York, New York : |
Publication Dates: | [2013] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Describes the 1963 March on Washington, helmed 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. |
Carrier Form: | 105 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105). |
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9780448462875 0448462877 9780448465784 0448465787 9780605585546 0605585547 9781451788556 145178855X |
Index Number: | F200 |
CLC: | D771.25 |
Call Number: | D771.25/K944 |
Contents: |
What was the March on Washington? -- Separate and not equal -- The power of marches -- JFK -- No detail too small -- A crowd gathers and gathers -- Millions of footsteps -- The power of words -- "We shall overcome" -- Timelines. |