Book, The Day They Marched
Book, The Day They Marched
- Description
- Published soon after the August, 1963 "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," this book captures the spirit and unity of the organizers and participants of what was the largest civil rights demonstration in our nation's history up to that time.
- Object Name
- pamphlet
- magazine
- date made
- 1963
- depicted
- King, Jr., Martin Luther
- Wilkins, Roy
- Fauntroy, Walter
- Lewis, John
- Randolph, A. Philip
- occurred
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- multi-color (overall color)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm
- ID Number
- 1989.0603.09
- catalog number
- 1989.0603.09
- accession number
- 1989.0603
- Credit Line
- Transfer from Smithsonian Libraries
- subject
- Civil Rights Movement
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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