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Title:
What was the March on Washington?
ISBN:
9780448462875
Publication Information:
New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c2013.
Physical Description:
105 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Series:
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".
Reading Level:
900 L Lexile
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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.
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