More than a dream : the radical march on Washington for jobs and freedom
by 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 o... Full description
- 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 revolt
- A tribute to Black women
- A minister confesses, Marian Anderson returns
- Lewis scorches
- Mahalia Jackson moves the sea
- The dream
- We demand.