Introduction
This organising manual was written by Bayard Rustin & distributed for the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest civil rights rallies in US history. It was also at this march that Martin Luther King Jr. gave his now-iconic “I Have A Dream” speech.
Download Resource
- Organizing Manual No. 2: Final Plans for the March on Washington for jobs and freedom August 28, 1963
- Organizing Manual No. 1
Copyright: This publication is from the Civil Rights Veterans Website. See here for copyright notice.
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