"The March on Washington took place because the Negro allies
(结盟)... The March was not a Negro action. It was an action Negroes and whites together. Not just the leaders of the Negro
organization, but leading Catholic (天主教徒),
Protestant (新教徒), and Jewish spokesmen called the people into
the street. And Catholics, Protestants, and Jews, white and black,
responded (响应)."
-Bayan Rustin-
"They say colored people didn't stick together. Well, when they do, they can move mountains.I came from Gadsden, Ala., because I wanted to see a mountain moved."
-Anonymous-
After the White House meeting following the March, President Kennedy announced, "We
have witnessed (目击)
today in Washington tens of thousands of Americans- both Negro and white- exercising their right to assemble
(集合)
peaceably and direct the widest attention possible to a great national
issue (问题)...
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