What Was the March on Washington? Chapter 4

Bayard Rusting only had two months to organize and plan what was intended to be the largest peaceful demonstration in ________ _______.

Rusting created a manual for the March and sent it to ___ ________ leaders, both white and black.

How much was the march going to cost?

Fund-raising concerts, or ____________, with folksingers were held to raise money for the march.

The march had to take place on a weekday because ______ ______ were going to attend in large numbers, but would not skip their Sunday serivces to attend.

Who donated large coolers of soda?

How many first-aid stations were going to be set up?

There would be forty doctors and ______ ______ on hand for the event.

The route of the march was not going to pass by Congress on Capitol Hill or the White House, because this march was not about _________, but freedom for black people.

Marchers were given preprinted signs with Rustin-approved messages in red and blue letters.

• True

• False