What was the March on Washington?
Publication Information
New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c2013.
Physical Description
105 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Series
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.
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".
Subjects
- Civil rights demonstrations > Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Civil rights > Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights demonstrations > Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century.
- African Americans > Civil rights.
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) > Juvenile literature.
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)