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First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 114 pages ; 22 cm |
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School children lcdgt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-110) and indexes. |
| 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. |
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The powerful poems in this poignant collection weave together multiple voices to tell the story of the March on Washington, DC, in 1963. From the woman singing through a terrifying bus ride to DC, to the teenager who came partly because his father told him, "Don't you dare go to that march," to the young child riding above the crowd on her father's shoulders, each voice brings a unique perspective to this tale. As the characters tell their personal stories of this historic day, their chorus plunges readers into the experience of being at the march--walking shoulder-to-shoulder with strangers, hearing Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech, heading home inspired. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Reflection -- For all, 1963 -- An imagined summit two days before the march -- The journey -- How -- Among the marchers -- Against the marchers -- Crossing the Potomac -- Arrival / Annie Ross -- The watch / Raymond Jarvis -- Ioways / Emma Wallace -- The real question -- But they did -- Bayard Rustin -- Motivation / Dan Cantrell -- My pa / Emma Wallace -- Breakfast / Ruby May Hollingsworth -- The ride / Raymond Jarvis -- Glory and despair -- Hitching / Dan Cantrell -- The blind leading ... -- Lena -- My dream / Raymond Jarvis -- Grace -- "Movement" / Emma Wallace -- Halley Liza Clemons -- Token -- Doubts / Renée Newsome -- Things to do the march / Reńee Newsome -- At the Washington monument / Dan Cantrell -- Watching / Ruby May Hollingsworth -- "M" -- My own particular heart / Emma Wallace -- Fountain / Ruby May Hollingsworth -- A. Philip Randolph -- Up close / Annie Ross -- The U.S. of anywhere but home / Emma Wallace -- Me, too -- Creed -- Lessons / Emma Wallace -- Tina's got to ... -- Pigs are flyin' -- One-eyed doll -- Anthem for Rosa Parks -- Other voices -- Mr. Ravizee -- Commitment bound in joy -- Moving / Annie Rose -- Polly / Emma Wallace -- Riding high / Ruby May Hollingsworth -- First impressions / Raymond Jarvis The one and only Malcolm X / Raymond Jarvis -- Make a tomorrow / Dan Cantrell -- Daddy calls / Renée Newsome -- I get it / Dan Cantrell -- A new world -- Turn -- Where's Langston? / Renée Newsome -- Joan Baez -- Ballad for Martin Luther King Jr. -- Coretta Scott King -- American dream -- Stunned / Renée Newsome -- Tree / Dan Cantrell -- What happened to my heart / Annie Ross -- What comes next -- Questions I ask myself on the bus ride home / Raymond Jarvis -- Darryl / Renée Newsome -- I wasn't there -- Answers / Raymond Jarvis -- Dear Renée / Marcella "grandma Rascal" Reese -- August 28, 2013 / Emma Wallace -- At grandma Rascal's grave, January 19, 2015 / Renée Newsome-Wade -- Last impressions. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR 6.0 2.0 169540. |
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Reading Counts RC 6-8 7.1 64983. |
| Subject |
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) -- Juvenile poetry.
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) -- Poetry.
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (OCoLC)fst01798999
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963: Washington, D.C. -- Juvenile poetry.
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Civil rights demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile poetry.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile poetry.
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Civil rights demonstrations -- Poetry.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Poetry.
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JUVENILE FICTION -- Historical -- United States -- 20th Century.
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JUVENILE FICTION -- Social Themes -- Prejudice & Racism.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Poetry.
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
(OCoLC)fst00799575
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Civil rights demonstrations. (OCoLC)fst00862704
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Washington (D.C.) (OCoLC)fst01204505
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Historical poetry. (OCoLC)fst01726465
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Historical poetry.
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| Added Author |
Lyon, George Ella, 1949- author.
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| Added Title |
Poems. Selections
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| ISBN |
9781620917855 (hardcover) |
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1620917858 (hardcover) |
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9781635923025 (paperback) |
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1635923026 (paperback) |
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