What Was the March on Washington?

Featured in a grandma reads session. Using February as a good month to look at some topics we don't read about enough, I chose this book to present to my reading group. My choice was confirmed by the steady, earnest interest they took in it - especially the older kiddos. I had hesitated because of th......more

I thought I knew a lot about the March but I learned a lot of new things reading this. I adore these books. They are perfect for learning......more

This book was very, very sad and I hope we never have a water fountain that says colored people again.......more

Read with the Kiddo, who has been very interested in the history of the Civil Rights Movement. This was a good overview of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom which took place on August 28, 1963, and included Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. While it's challenging to present......more

I read this with my girls for MLK’s bday, and we had really good discussions. Why the low rating then? There’s a quote with the d-word and a page (with silhouetted drawing) about lynching; neither seemed appropriate for a book aimed at grade schoolers. I skipped both parts.......more