Voices from the March on Washington / poems by J. Patrick Lewis & George Ella Lyon.

Title:

ISBN:

9781620917855

Personal Author:

Lewis, J. Patrick

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

Honesdale, Pennsylvania : WordSong, [2014]

Physical Description:

xiv, 114 pages ; 22 cm

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.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader MG 6.0 2 169540

Conference Subject:

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) -- Poetry

Subject Term:

Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.) -- History 20th century -- Poetry

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History 20th century -- Poetry

Black people--United States -- Civil rights -- History 20th century -- Poetry

Genre:

Historical poetry

Added Author:

Lyon, George Ella, 1949-