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Civil Rights Leaders, March on Washington, 1963

Entitled: "Leaders of the march (from left to right) Mathew Ahmann, Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice; (seated with glasses) Cleveland Robinson, Chairman of the Demonstration Committee; (standing behind the two chairs) Rabbi Joachim Prinz, President of the American Jewish Congress; (beside Robinson is) A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the demonstration, veteran labor leader who helped to found the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, American Federation of Labor, and a former vice president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations; (wearing a bow tie and standing beside Prinz is) Joseph Rauh, Jr, a Washington, DC attorney and civil rights, peace, and union activist; John Lewis, Chairman, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; and Floyd McKissick, National Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality." The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963, was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in US history and called for civil and economic rights for African-Americans.

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Title: Civil Rights Leaders, March on Washington, 1963

Caption: Entitled: "Leaders of the march (from left to right) Mathew Ahmann, Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice; (seated with glasses) Cleveland Robinson, Chairman of the Demonstration Committee; (standing behind the two chairs) Rabbi Joachim Prinz, President of the American Jewish Congress; (beside Robinson is) A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the demonstration, veteran labor leader who helped to found the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, American Federation of Labor, and a former vice president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations; (wearing a bow tie and standing beside Prinz is) Joseph Rauh, Jr, a Washington, DC attorney and civil rights, peace, and union activist; John Lewis, Chairman, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; and Floyd McKissick, National Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality." The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963, was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in US history and called for civil and economic rights for African-Americans.

Personalities: LEWIS • A. PHILIP RANDOLPH

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