Wings Over Washington

On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D. C. , for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Many had traveled through the night on buses from Birmingham, Jackson, and Detroit. Their feet ached. Their bodies were weary from years of sit-ins, boycotts, and beatings. Some had marched with bloodied heads in cities where fire hoses and police dogs greeted peaceful protesters.…