Female civil rights activists pressed the organizers of the march to allow women a more prominent role on the dais, but only one, Daisy Bates, a leader in the fight to integrate public schools in Arkansas, was allowed to speak. She got 142 words.
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10 things you may not know about the 1963 March on Washington
Some history behind the March on Washington 50 years ago and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'I have a dream' speech.
9. Women's fight, too
