This Is the Day: The March on Washington

by Leonard Freed and Michael Eric Dyson

Book Overview

This Is the Day: The March on Washington is a stirring photo-essay by photographer Leonard Freed documenting the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom of August 28, 1963, the historic day on which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. This book commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the historic march that ultimately led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606061216
• ISBN13: 9781606061213
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.0" x 9.5"