August 28, 1963: The Civil Rights March on the National Mall

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Who: Leaders of the Civil Rights March [from left to right: Mathew Ahmann, Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice; Cleveland Robinson, Chairman of the Demonstration Committee; 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); Rabbi Joachim Prinz, President of the American Jewish Congress; 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.]
What: Civil Rights March on the National Mall
Where: The Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC
When: August 28, 1962

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Who: Civil Rights Marchers
What: The Civil Rights March on Washington, DC
Where: Washington, DC
When: August 28, 1963

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Who: Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the NAACP
What: Speech at the Civil Rights March
Where: Washington, DC
When: August 28, 1963

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Who: Sydney Poitier, Harry Belafonte and Charleton Heston
What: Civil Rights March
Where: Washington, DC
When: August 28, 1963

Credit: National Archives (U.S. Information Agency. Press and Publications Service.)
Who: Civil Rights Marchers
What: Civil Rights March
Where: Washington, DC
When: August 28, 1963