Voices from the March on Washington
Lyon, George Ella / Lewis, J. Patrick
The powerful poems in this poignant collection weave together multiple voices to tell the story of the March on Washington, DC, in 1963. From the woman singing through a terrifying bus ride to DC, to the teenager who came partly because his father told him, "Don't you dare go to that march, " to the young child riding above the crowd on her father's shoulders, each voice brings a unique perspective to this tale. As the characters tell their pe...