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What was the March on Washington? /

Krull, Kathleen

What was the March on Washington? / by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Tim Tomkinson - New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c2013 - 105 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm - What was ...? .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-105)

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"

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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F200 / .K78 2013

323.11 KRU