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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Krull, Kathleen
Group Author: Tomkinson, Tim
Published: Grosset & Dunlap,
Publisher Address: New York, New York :
Publication Dates: [2013]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: What was ...?
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Summary: 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).
ISBN: 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.