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1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

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Date created
1963
Location
Washington, DC
License
This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
Source
Original image housed by Library of Congress

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Black-and-white photo of 1963 March on Washington

The Library of Congress identifies the men in the forefront of this photograph as Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., Washington lawyer and civil rights activist; Whitney M. Young, Jr., executive director of the National Urban League (NUL); Roy Wilkins of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); A. Philip Randolph, founder and head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; and Walter Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers Union of America (UAW).