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More than a dream : the radical march on Washington for jobs and freedom / Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long.

Williams, Yohuru, 1971- (author.). Long, Michael G. (author.).

Summary:

"Six decades ago, on August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom--a moment often revered as the culmination of this Black-led protest. But at its core, the March on Washington was not a beautiful dream of future integration; it was a mass outcry for jobs and freedom NOW--not at some undetermined point in the future. It was a revolutionary march with its own controversies and problems, the themes of which still resonate to this day. Without diminishing the words of Dr. King, More Than a Dream looks at the march through a wider lens, using Black newspaper reports as a primary resource, recognizing the overlooked work of socialist organizers and Black women protesters, and repositioning this momentous day as radical in its roots, methods, demands, and results. From Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long, the acclaimed authors of Call Him Jack, comes a classic-in-the-making that will transform our modern understanding of this legendary event in the fight for racial justice and civil rights" -- Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780374391744
ISBN: 0374391742
Physical Description: 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2023.
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-254) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	First steps -- Mapping the march -- On the way -- Gathering and marching -- The Lincoln Memorial Program.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 10-14 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC. Grades 4-6 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.