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 Martin Luther King, Jr.’s gave his now-iconic “I Have A Dream” speech.
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- 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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