50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
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Congressman John Lewis
Congressman John Lewis — was one of MLK Jr. close associates. And as head of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (S.N.C.C.) he was selected to be one of the featured speakers at the March on Washington. In an extensive interview, Congressman Lewis reflects back on some of the remarkable moments during the 63 March on Washington.
Every page and every picture of this book pulls you back into the history of the civil rights movement in America yet simultaneously pushes you forward into an examination of where these leaders and march participants believe we need to go as we struggle as a nation with ineffective and segregated urban schools, escalating urban violence, and painfully stubborn headlines which remind us that racial profiling remains a part of America’s landscape.
This is a must read for anyone who believes that sometimes you have to look back before you can march forward.
50 incredibly powerful pictures (from the 2013 50th Anniversary March on Washington) accompany each of the 50 essays and remembrances.
There were plenty of recognizable “faces in the crowd” on August 28, 1963. Doctor King, A Philip Randolph, Charleston Heston, Sammy Davis Jr, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan were among the high profile faces that we recognized then and now.
But with over 250,000 people at the March, there were many many more people who did not have household names or recognizable faces, but their presence at the ’63 march was just as impactful and important.