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"Why should we march?" March on Washington fliers

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Creator:March on Washington Movement
Title:"Why should we march?" March on Washington fliers
Date:1941
Description:

This flier, featuring an image of a large group of African Americans at a rally, outlines the goals and accomplishments of the March on Washington Movement. The flier also solicits membership to the Movement. The March on Washington Movement's ultimate goal, as asserted in the flier, is "to win full benefits of democracy for the Negro people."

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Types:Flyers
Subjects:African Americans--Civil rights | Civil rights--United States | March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963 | Civil rights demonstrations | Civil rights workers--United States | African American civil rights workers | Washington (D.C.) | United States
Collection:African American Odyssey
Institution:Library of Congress
Contributors:Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division | African-American Odyssey Collection (Library of Congress)
Online Publisher:Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress
Original Material:

A. Philip Randolph Papers. Library of Congress. Manuscripts Division, Washington, D.C.

Related Materials:

Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998.

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