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August 20, 2013 04:18 PM

Faces from the 1963 Civil Rights march on Washington

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A man wearing a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hat at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
A man wearing a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hat at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
Civil Rights Leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd during the March on Washington, 8/28/63. It was during this address that he made his "I Have a Dream" speech. (National Archives/MCT)
Civil Rights Leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd during the March on Washington, 8/28/63. It was during this address that he made his "I Have a Dream" speech. (National Archives/MCT)
President John F. Kennedy poses with the leaders of the Civil Rights march on Washington, D.C., 8/28/63 (National Archives/MCT)
President John F. Kennedy poses with the leaders of the Civil Rights march on Washington, D.C., 8/28/63 (National Archives/MCT)
Two long lines of some of the buses used to transport marchers to Washington at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
Two long lines of some of the buses used to transport marchers to Washington at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. Man wearing buttons], 08/28/1963  (National Archives/MCT)
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. Man wearing buttons], 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
Leaders marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (USIA/Library of Congress/MCT)
Leaders marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (USIA/Library of Congress/MCT)
Watchers at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
Watchers at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
Leaders marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (USIA/National Archives)
Leaders marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (USIA/National Archives)
Young women at the march at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
Young women at the march at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the demonstration, veteran labor leader who helped to found the 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) at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the demonstration, veteran labor leader who helped to found the 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) at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
Leaders of the march posing in front of the statue of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Memorial, Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963. Martin Luther King Jr. is in the front row. (National Archives/MCT)
Leaders of the march posing in front of the statue of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Memorial, Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963. Martin Luther King Jr. is in the front row. (National Archives/MCT)
Young men and women sitting in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
Young men and women sitting in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
Young child in a stroller, Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
Young child in a stroller, Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
Photograph of Leaders at the Head of the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
Photograph of Leaders at the Head of the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
Basketball player Bill Russell at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
Basketball player Bill Russell at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963 (National Archives/MCT)
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