The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at the March on Washington, 1963. Organizer Bayard Rustin stands behind him.

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The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at the March on Washington, 1963. Organizer Bayard Rustin stands behind him.
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Protest - The Lincoln Memorial

Since the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922, the larger-than-life-size, seated statue of the “Great Emancipator” has witnessed many milestones in the fight for civil rights. The dedication day was, itself, a demonstration of racism in…