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MARCHES IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL
Afield, Walter E. and Audrey B. Gibson. Children of Resurrection City. Washington, D.C.:
Association for Childhood Education International, 1970.
Researchers studied the lack of childcare on families, and especially the children, who
tented on the National Mall during the Poverty March of 1968 as a social case study.
The photographs in the book show the inclement weather, which undermined the
mission of the protesters to continue camping until Congress made provisions to
reduce poverty.
Call Number: Special Collections E 185.86.A33
Cottman, Michael H. Million Man March. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1995.
In this commemorative volume, Michael Cottman polled a cross-section of the
marchers, gathering the stories of their motivation in attending and their hopes for the
outcome of the Million Man March.
Call Number: Special Collections F 201.C68 1995
The Gelman Library. Looking back, moving forward: March on Washington 35th Anniversary:
An Exhibition and Symposium Commemorating the 1963 March on Washington. [Washington]:
Gelman Library, George Washington University, 1998.
The exhibition catalog provides a synopsis of the organizers, organizations, and plans
for the March. Also included in the catalog is a Civil Rights Chronology spanning
from the 1940s to the 1990s.
Call Number: Special Collections F 200.L66 1998
Gentile, Thomas. March on Washington: August 28, 1963. Washington, D.C.: New Day
Publications, 1983.
Providing a historical overview of people and events surrounding the August 1963
March on Washington, Thomas Gentile argues that the march was not only important
to African Americans, but “it was a milestone in the history of the nation itself.”
Call Number: Special Collections F 200.G45 1983
Madhubuti, Haki R. Million Man March: Day of Absence. Chicago: Third World Press, 1996.
The speeches, commentary, photography, poetry, illustrations, and documents by
notable writers who attended the Million Man March are gathered together in this
commemorative anthology.
Call Number: Special Collections E 185.86.M54 1996