Washington, D.C.
Black America: Washington, D.C.: 1963-2006 showcases photos of civil rights movement events, including sit-ins and freedom rides, in Washington D.C. The book also features the historic 1963 march on the nation's capital led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in which 200,000 people gathered to protest institutional discrimination against African Americans.
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During 1963, African Americans demanded equality that could not be ignored. After the Supreme Court's decision to desegregate schools in 1954, those who were oppressed sat at lunch counters for sit-in demonstrations, participated in freedom rides, and refused to give up their seats on public buses. In August 1963, approximately 200,000 people traveled to the nation's capital to follow the call of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and demand the country to change its policy of institutional discrimination. The photographs detailed in Black America: Washington, D.C.: 1963-2006 capture this journey, from the struggles of the civil rights era to the triumphs of African Americans in the most powerful political city in the United States.
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Subject: History
Brand: Arcadia Publishing
Publisher Date: 03/14/2007
Dimensions: 9.25 x 6.50 x 0.28
UPC: 9780738543833
Pages: 128
