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The March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom

The March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom

Arm in arm, leaders of the March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom make their way to the Lincoln Memorial, August 23, 1963. Eugene Carson Blake (in hat) was the President of the National Council of Churches in the United States.

In this photo: Joachim Prinz, Floyd Mckissick, Matthew Ahmann, Eugene Carson Blake, Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis

Photo: Robert W. Kelley/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Aug 28, 1963
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