US Civil Rights: the March on Washington
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The March on Washington as a 19-Year-Old Student
Martin Luther King Jr. Centennial Professor Emeritus Claybourne Carson attended the March on Washington as a 19 year old student. He says he was inspired by Stokely Carmichael, who tried to get the National Student Association to come out and support the March. Carson: "There were more black people there than were in the entire Southwest states"
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