March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom

Rev. Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders gather before a rally at the Lincoln Memorial August 28, 1963 in Washington. Standing from left: National Urban League executive director Whitney Young (1921 - 1971), director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice Matthew Ahmann, Rabbi Joachim Prinz (1902 - 1988), unknown, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leader John Lewis, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) leader Floyd McKissick (1922 - 1991), Protestant minister Eugene Carson Blake (1906 - 1985) and labor union leader Walter Reuther (1907 - 1970). Seated, left to right: Chairman of the Administrative Committee for the march, Cleveland Robinson (1914 - 1995), labor union leader A Philip Randolph (1889 - 1979) and Dr. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968). (photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)