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Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington

Tells about the events of August 28, 1963, when protesters gathered in Washington D.C. to draw attention to discrimination against African-Americans and to hear Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his now famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

Main Author: Ruffin, Frances E.
Format: Books Print Book
Published: New York : Penguin Young Readers Group, 2000.
Series: Penguin young readers.
Subjects:
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968 > Juvenile fiction.
African American civil rights workers > Biography > Juvenile.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: Tells about the events of August 28, 1963, when protesters gathered in Washington D.C. to draw attention to discrimination against African-Americans and to hear Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his now famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
Physical Description: 45 pages
ISBN: 9780448424217
0448424215
Author Notes: Frances E. Ruffin has written many other biographies, including Frederick Douglass: Rising up from Slavery , Molly Pitcher , and Meet Lois Lowry .

Stephen Marchesi lives in Croton-on-Hudson, NY.

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