What Was the March on Washington?
by Kathleen Krull and Tim Tomkinson
On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, DC, to demand... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2013
Word Count 7,353
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 900L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 157223, 1.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Subject Headings
- Washington (D.C.)
- 20th century
- Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)--Juvenile literature
- Civil rights
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Civil rights demonstrations
- African Americans
- History
- African Americans--Civil rights--Juvenile literature
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