Voices from the March on Washington

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Label

Voices from the March on Washington

Statement of responsibility

poems by J. Patrick Lewis & George Ella Lyon

Creator

• trueLewis, J. Patrick

Contributor

• trueLyon, George Ella, 1949-

Author

• trueLyon, George Ella, 1949-
• trueLewis, J. Patrick

Subject

• African Americans -- Civil rights | History
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century -- Juvenile poetry
• trueCivil Rights Movement
• trueCivil rights
• trueCivil rights demonstrations
• trueCivil rights demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century
• Civil rights demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile poetry
• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963, Washington, D.C. -- Juvenile poetry
• trueWashington, D.C
• trueAfrican American history

Genre

• Juvenile poetry

Language

eng

Summary

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

Member of

• Poems., Selections

Tone

• trueInspiring

Award

Notable Books for a Global Society, 2015.

Cataloging source

UHC

Dewey number

811

Index

index present

LC call number

PS3562.E9465

LC item number

A6 2014

Literary form

poetry

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 5
• 12

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

pre adolescent