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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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Main Author: Krull, Kathleen
Other Authors: Tomkinson, Tim
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c2013.
Series:What was--?
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom > (1963 : > Washington, D.C.) > Juvenile nonfiction.
Civil rights demonstrations > Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction.
African Americans > Civil rights > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Table of 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".

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