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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-07-29 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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A history professor describes the impact and history of the opening speech made during the March on Washington by the trade unionist Philip Randolph, whose visi
Nobody Turn Me Around
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Pages: 256
Authors: Charles Euchner
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-25 - Publisher: Beacon Press

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On August 28, 1963, over a quarter-million people—about two-thirds black and one-third white—held the greatest civil rights demonstration ever. Martin Luthe
A Freedom Budget for All Americans
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Pages: 303
Authors: Paul Le Blanc
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Two socialist thinkers revisit the Civil Rights-era Freedom Budget for All Americans, explaining its origins, its main goals and how it might be reimagined to h
Winning the War for Democracy
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Authors: David Lucander
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-15 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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Scholars regard the March on Washington Movement (MOWM) as a forerunner of the postwar Civil Rights movement. Led by the charismatic A. Philip Randolph, MOWM sc
This is the Day
Language: en
Pages: 124
Authors: Leonard Freed
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Offers a collection of emotionally charged photographs that document a poignant day in American history. This title offers a photo-essay documenting the March o