Read the excerpt from "My First March.”"Hey, Mama?” I asked. "How can all these buses be going to the same place we’re going? I’ve never seen a building that could hold this many people.”"Well, we’re not going to a building,” Mama said. "We’re going to a march today. That means we’ll be walking through the streets all over our nation’s capital.”Now read the excerpt from "2000 Buses.”Two thousand buses, Twenty-one chartered trains, Ten special airlines, More cars than one could nameA mass meeting they called it,The March for Jobs and FreedomEqual access, Equal justice,For all, and not just some
Both excerpts describe a large march in the nation’s capital. The poem names its purpose as “The March for Jobs and Freedom” and calls for equal access and equal justice for everyone, which points to a civil rights rally. It is not a vacation, festival, or employment fair.
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