The March on Washington
Subtitle: jobs, freedom, and the forgotten history of civil rights
By: William P. Jones
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780393082852
Subjects: Civil rights; Civil rights movements; Civil rights demonstrations; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Washington, D.C.) (1963 :; African Americans; History
Description: A history professor describes the impact and history of the opening speech made during the March on Washington by the trade unionist Philip Randolph whose vision and fight for equal economic and social citizenship began in 1941.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The most dangerous Negro in America; title: The march on Washington movement; title: Rocking the cradle; title: Jim Crow unions; title: For jobs and freedom; title: Battle lines drawn.