In August of 1963, an estimated 250,000 people from across the country gathered for the March on Washington to call for racial equality. The turnout on the National Mall was a credit to organizers such as Eleanor Holmes Norton. She is now a congresswoman, and back in 1963 she worked in New York City publicizing the march and arranging transportation to the capital. Norton stayed in New York to help with last-minute arrangements the night ...
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