Let Us March On!: James Weldon Johnson and the Silent Protest Parade
Yohuru Williams, Michael G. Long
This nonfiction picture book recounts James Weldon Johnson’s organization of a silent New York City protest in 1917, following the East St. Louis Massacre. Ten thousand people, including children, marched along Fifth Avenue in a major all-Black civil-rights demonstration. The book also identifies Johnson as the writer of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and includes authors’ notes.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
