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A collection of 70 short poems inspired by the 1963 March on Washington weaves together the voices of multiple witnesses (fictional characters present multiple points of view), from a woman singing through a terrifying bus ride to a teen who marched because he was ordered to stay away. Back matter includes a guide to the various imagined voices, indexes, and a bibliography. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Civil rights demonstrations- Poetry. IL 6-12. | |