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1963CIVIL RIGHTS
AUGUST 29, 1963

SHOWN ARE ASPECTS OF THE AUGUST, 1963 "MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM", ONE OF THE LARGEST POLITICAL RALLIES FOR HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY. ORGANIZED BY RELIGIOUS, LABOR AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 200,000 AD 300,000 PEOPLE, MOSTLY AFRICAN-AMERICANS MARCHED FROM THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT TO THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. GROUPS FROM AROUND THE NATION ARE IDENTIFIED BY SIGNS OR BANNERS THAT THEY CARRY. ALTHOUGH NOT SHOWN, IT WAS AT THIS EVENT THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING MADE HIS "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH.

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AUGUST 29, 1963
SHOWN ARE ASPECTS OF THE AUGUST, 1963 MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM", ONE OF THE LARGEST POLITICAL RALLIES FOR HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY. ORGANIZED BY RELIGIOUS, LABOR AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 200,000 AD 300,000 PEOPLE, MOSTLY AFRICAN-AMERICANS MARCHED FROM THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT TO THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. GROUPS FROM AROUND THE NATION ARE IDENTIFIED BY SIGNS OR BANNERS THAT THEY CARRY. ALTHOUGH NOT SHOWN, IT WAS AT THIS EVENT THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING MADE HIS "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH.
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TENT WITH CIVIL RIGHTS RALLY WORKERS DISTRIBUTING RALLY SIGNS, BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS SHARE COCA COLAS WHILE THEY WORK IN THE SET UP AND ORGANIZATION OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY
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CU OF RALLY SIGN " NO DOUGH TO HELP JIM CROW GROW "
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CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AND RALLY WORKERS MAKE SIGNS TO BE USED AT THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY - RARE FOOTAGE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND SET UP OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON 1963
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CIVIL RIGHTS RALLY SIGNS MANUFACTURED AT RALLY SITE BY CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AND HELPERS , ASSEMBLY LINE STYLE Organization to staple signs on wooden posts
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INTERGRATED GROUP OF YOUNG CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS ASSEMBLE SIGNS FOR RALLY
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HUGE PILE OF CIVIL RIGHTS RALLY SIGNS STACKED AT THE FOOT OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT IN WASHINGTON D.C. FOR MARCH ON WASHINGTON
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CIVIL RIGHTS RALLY VOLUNTEERS WORK UNDER TENT ORGANIZING AT THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS FOR THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON , PAN UP ON THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT -
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EXTERIOR OF THE D.C. HEADQUARTERS FOR THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON A LARGE TENT !
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MS OF RED CROSS TENT - MEDICAL TENT SET UP AT RALLY IN WASHINGTON
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COLOR FOOTAGE WS LOOKING AT THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT
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WS PEOPLE GATHER OUTSIDE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING IN PREPARATION FOR THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
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BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS SPEAKER ( ? ) AT PODIUM BLACK CIVIL-RIGHTS LEADERS AT PRESS CONFERENCE,
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PEOPLE GATHER IN FRONT OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS TENT AT THE RALLY , SIGN OF " EMERGENCY HOUSING"
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LARGE GROUP OF POLICE OFFICERS STANDING TOGETHER WAITING FOR ORDERS
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VARIOUS SCENES AT THE LOCATION OF THE RALLY AFTER THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON OUTSIDE THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, WS OF POLICE AND CROWDS, PEOPLE ARRIVE AT THE RALLY
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MS BUSES WITH CIVIL RIGHTS RALLY PARTICIPANTS ARRIVING INTO WASHINGTON D.C. FOR MARCH ON WASHINGRTON
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MS OF CROWD AT THE FOOT OF THE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL FOR THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY
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YOUNG AND OLD AT RALLY WAITING TO HEAR MLK SPEAK
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GROUP OF "LOCAL 144" UNION MEMBERS - AFRICAN AMERICAN - SEATED ON GRASS AT RALLY
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CCU OF CROWD OF BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA HOLDING BANNERS - LARGE "TOLEDO - MARCHERS FOR JOBS & FREEDOM" BANNER
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CU YOUNG BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS SWAYING AND SINGING IN THE CROWD VARIOUS SIGNS HELD UP "SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE"
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YOUNG BLACK WOMEN CLAPPING AND SINGING AT MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY -
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WS CROWD ON FIELD AT MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY IN WASHINGTON D.C.
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CU YOUNG BLACK MEN AND WOMEN HOLDING BANNER, SHAKING HANDS IN SOLIDARITY, PAN OF GROUP OF YOUTHS HOLDING " PRINCE EDWARD BANNER, CLAPPING, SINGING AND MARCHING TOGETHER IN WASHINGTON
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WS LARGE MARCH ON WASHINGTON CROWD ASSEMBLED AT RALLY
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PAN OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON SITE, MARCH HEADQUARTERS TENT IS SEEN, LARGE CROWD ASSEMBLED
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MS CRIPPLED BLACK WORLD WAR ONE ( WW1) VETERAN WITH TRUMPET AND ONE MAN BAND BASS DRUM AT RALLY BLOWING HIS KAZOO AND WALKING THROUGH THE CROWD
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YOUNG BLACK WOMEN SEATED IN FOLDING CHAIRS AT RALLY
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CRIPPLED WW1 VET " ONE MAN BAND " IS LED THROUGH CROWD AT MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY - STOPS FOR CAMERA BLOWS TRUMPET AND PLAYS DRUM
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WS INTEGRATED CROWD AT MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY
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MS GROUP OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AT MARCH ON WASHINGTON, CLAPPING HANDS, WELL DRESSED IN SUITS AND TIES, AMERICAN FLAGS AROUND THEM
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MS CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS CARRYING LARGE YELLOW BANNER " CAMBRIDGE MARYLAND STUDENT NON-VIOLENT COORDINATED COMMITTEE " MARCH TOWARDS CAMERA -GREAT UNSEEN COLOR FOOTAGE OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON , LARGE CROWD MARCHES PAST CAMERA
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MARCHERS CARRY " THE SYRACUSE COUNCIL OF CHURCHES NEW YORK " BANNER - MARCHERS CARRYING SIGNS, AT RALLY SPOT, YOUNG RALLY HELPERS HAND OUT SIGNS
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LARGE CROWD AT MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY - WASHINGTON MONUMENT IN BACKGROUND
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CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS CARRYING " FIFTEENTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WASHINGTON D.C." BANNER AT MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY - CROWD GATHER OUTSIDE OF THE WHITE HOUSE
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MS BUSES WITH CIVIL RIGHTS RALLY PARTICIPANTS PASS THROUGH STREETS AT RALLY PASS IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE
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CROWD IN FRONT OF WASHINGTON MONUMENT MILLING ABOUT AT MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY, PAN UP ON WASHINGTON MONUMENT
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MS OF MARCH ON WASHINGTON MARCHERS WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA - GREAT COLOR FOOTAGE OF MARCH, CIVIL RIGHTS RALLY, BLACK MARCHERS HOLDING BANNERS, MARCHING TOWARDS AND PAST CAMERA
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PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS HUDDLED TOGETHER ON WAGON LOOKING DOWN WITH CAMERA AT MARCHERS
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CU BLACK MARCHING BAND MARCH WITH BANNERS AND DRUMS CU SHOTS OF MARCH ON WASHINGTON,
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MS - CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS WITH BANNERS WALKING THROUGH STREETS MARCH ON WASHINGTON, COLORFUL BANNERS, OF ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE BLACK AND WHITE, CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH
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TIGHT MID-SHOT OF CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA - 1963 MARCH ON WASHINGTON
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SHOTS AT MARCH ON WASHINGTON, CROWD AT RALLY LOCATION WITH BANNERS, WELL DRESSED,
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CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS GATHER AT THE FRONT OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
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LONG SHOT LOOKING AT WASHINGTON MONUMENT - CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS GATHERING ON LAWN, MILLING ABOUT IN FRONT REFLECTING POOL
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MS OF CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS ON STEPS OF LINCOLN MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON D.C. MARCH ON WASHINGTON 1963
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SHOTS OF CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS COOLING THEIR FEET, DIPPING THEIR FEET IN THE REFLECTING POOL IN FRONT OF WASHINGTON MEMORIAL
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MS MARCHERS MILLING ABOUT TH THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY, BANNERS, MULTI-RACE CROWD
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LARGER CROWD GATHERED IN-FRONT OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY
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CROWD OF CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS DIPPING THEIR FEET IN THE REFLECTING POOL AT WASHINGTON MEMORIAL , RELAXING , TAKING A BREAK
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CROWD OF CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS DIPPING THEIR FEET IN THE REFLECTING POOL AT WASHINGTON MEMORIAL , RELAXING , TAKING A BREAK
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LARGE CROWD OF CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS IN FRONT OF THE LINCOLN;LN MEMORIAL
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CROWD OF CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS DIPPING THEIR FEET IN THE REFLECTING POOL AT WASHINGTON MEMORIAL , RELAXING , TAKING A BREAK WELL LIT
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WS OF LARGE CROWD IN FRONT OF LINCOLN MEMORIAL AT MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY
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MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY 1963 CROWD IN FRONT OF REFLECTING POOL IN-FRONT OF WASHINGTON MEMORIAL ATTENDING CIVIL RIGHTS RALLY
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CU WOMAN PASSED OUT IN CROWD ASSISTED BY NURSES
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CU ARTIST WOMAN WITH SKETCH PAD IN CROWD AT MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY - WS OF CROWD IN FRONT OF LINCOLN MEMORIAL,
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