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Civil Rights Leaders marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial.

1963-08-28

U.S. National Archives

U.S. National Archives
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The March on Washington. Leaders marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. In the front row, from left are: Whitney M. Young, Jr., Executive Director of the National Urban League; Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; A. Philip Randolph, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, American Federation of Labor (AFL), and a former vice president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Walter P. Reuther, President, United Auto Workers Union; and Arnold Aronson, Secretary of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.

National Archives ID 542010

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  • Title: Civil Rights Leaders marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial.
  • Date: 1963-08-28
  • Location: National Mall, Washington, D.C.
U.S. National Archives

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