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The 1963 March on Washington

Randolph and Rustin Pose at Lincoln Memorial

Randolph and Rustin Pose at Lincoln Memorial

Labor leader A. Philip Randolph, who had dreamed of such a march since 1941, and Congress of Racial Equality founder Bayard Rustin, plannned and brought off the August 1963 march in just 60 days.

In this photo: A. Phillip Randolph, Bayard Rustin

Photo: Leonard McCombe/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Sep 06, 1963