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More than a dream : the radical march on Washington for jobs and freedom

Title

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

Author

Williams, Yohuru, 1971-

Publication

New York, NY : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2023.
©2023

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Additional Authors

Long, Michael G.

Description

262 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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.

Alternative Title

Radical march on Washington for jobs and freedom

Subject

Genre/Form

Juvenile works.
Informational works.
History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience (note)

Ages 10-14
Grades 4-6
1090L

Contents

Part One: First steps -- A march for jobs -- A march for jobs - and freedom -- Kennedy resists -- Choosing the director -- Remembering Medgar Evers -- Part Two: Mapping the march -- Visualizing the day -- Kennedy caves -- Malcolm X speaks out -- The FBI attacks -- The women demand -- Part Three: On the way -- Three hitchhikers - and the students left behind -- Freedom trains -- SNCC pickets, Malcolm pokes -- Militant voices -- Part Four: Gathering and marching -- Rising at dawn -- The occupation begins -- Black women speak, hatemongers rage -- The people lead the way -- Part Five: The Lincoln Memorial program -- Freedom fighters -- Celebrities -- A socialist revolution -- A tribute to Black women -- A minister confesses, Marian Anderson returns -- Lewis scorches -- Mahalia Jackson moves the sea -- The dream -- We demand.

Call Number

JFE 24-424

ISBN

9780374391744
0374391742

LCCN

2023016746

OCLC

1350521291

Author

Williams, Yohuru, 1971- author.

Title

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

Publisher

New York, NY : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2023.

Copyright Date

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience

Ages 10-14 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers.

Grades 4-6 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers.

Audience

1090L Lexile

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Long, Michael G., author.

Research Call Number

JFE 24-424

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