The second march occurred on April 18, 1959, at the National Sylvan Theater and was attended by an estimated 26,000 individuals.
[1] Speeches were delivered by Martin Luther King Jr., A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, and Charles S.
[2] Other civil rights leaders that spoke at this event included Daisy Bates, Harry Belafonte and Jackie Robinson.
In this novel, King describes how important it was that the youth were the ones participating and leading this march in order to make a difference.
This march would show how much it meant to the African American youth to fight for integrated schools.