Voices from the March on Washington
By: poems by J. Patrick Lewis & George Ella Lyon
Contributors: Lyon, George Ella, 1949- author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: WordSong, an imprint of Highlights
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9781620917855
Subjects: Civil rights demonstrations; Juvenile poetry; Civil rights; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.); African Americans; Poetry; History
Description: Six fictional characters, in cycles of linked poems, relate their memories of the historic day in 1963 when more than 250,000 people from across the United States joined together to march on Washington, D.C., calling for civil and economic rights for African Americans.

The poems in this collection weave together multiple voices to tell the story of the March on Washington, D.C., in 1963.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-110) and indexes.

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