We live in an era of marches. One week it is a march for women, the next a march for science, the next a march for the $15 minimum wage. What does marching accomplish anyway? University of Minnesota history professor William Jones, author of The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights, joins TruthToTell for a discussion on a historic march that inspired real change and continues to have relevance for today.

 

This is a rebroadcast of a program originally aired on June 19, 2017.

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William Jones is a University of Minnesota History professor and author of The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights.