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[D] 1963 was the 100th anniversary of the ending of slavery in the United States of America. Many black people, however, were still being treated like slaves. This was especially true in the Southern states, which had a long history of racism. By the middle of 1963, civil rights leaders in the South made the decision to organize a great protest. People from all over the country would come together and march in Washington, D.C. They would walk from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. The organizers wanted to force the Federal Government to face up to the problems confronting its millions of Black citizens.Most people heard about the march from their Church leaders. Special meetings were also held to give people the details. Buses and trains were organized to transport people to Washington. In all, more than 30 chartered trains and over 2,000 buses were used to bring the people to the capital. More than 250,000 people flocked to Washington, D.C. on the 28th of August, 1963, and over 60,000 of these people were white.Curiously they waited, black and white people shoulder to shoulder, to see how the events would unfold. One by one, the speakers addressed the crowd, eliciting cheers and ovations as they demanded more jobs, higher wages, and an end to discrimination. Finally, Martin Luther King, Junior stepped up to the podium. His “I have a dream” speech was full of hope, of determination, and of purpose. The crowd went wild with excitement.News of the march went around the world, with many newspapers breaking their policy of not featuring blacks on the front page. The march had demonstrated that many Americans, of all races, were deeply concerned about the treatment of black people. As a direct result of the march, the Civil Rights Bill was passed in 1964, providing many basic freedoms to the black people of America.
56. This article is mainly about ________.
(A) the reason why black people held the 1963 March in Washington, D.C.
(B) the way how civil rights leaders organized the 1963 March in Washington, D.C.
(C) the contents of the speech delivered by Dr. King in the 1963 March
(D) what impact the 1963 March in Washington, D.C. had on newspapers’ policy

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統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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