Washingtoniana Gallery: Dr. King and Civil Rights

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Dr. King and Civil Rights (Select an image below for a larger view)

Celebrities James Garner, Marion Brando and James Balldwin attend March on Washington, Aug 29 1963, Star Collection © Washington Post - SELECT to zoom Civil rights rally at Lafayette Park March 15, 1965, Star Collection © Washington Post - SELECT to zoom
DC Headquarters for the March on Washington, Star Collection © Washington Post - SELECT to zoom Dr King and Andrew Young, Star Collection ©Washington Post - SELECT to zoom
Dr. King with Walter Fauntroy, Home Rule Demonstration, 1967, Star Collection, © Washington Post - SELECT to zoom Freedom riders in DC on way to Alabama, among them is James Farmer, May 1961, Star Collection © Washington Post - SELECT to zoom
Marchers at the Bible Way Church 1130 New Jersey Ave NW the night before the March on Washington, Aug. 28, 1963, Star collection © Washington Post - SELECT to zoom. Martin Luther King with Rabbi Abaham Heschel and other clerics, Anti-Viet Nam war march at Arlington Cemetery, 1968, Star Collection, © Washington Post - SELECT to zoom
President Johnson signing 1964 Civil Rights Act, Star Collection, © Washington Post - SELECT to zoom. The March on Washington, 1963, Star Collection, © Washington Post - SELECT to zoom
Crowd at All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington gathers for memorial service for 4 girls killed in Birmingham, Ala. bombing, Sept 23, 1963, Historical Image Collection - SELECT to zoom. Marchers cool their feet in the reflecting pool at the March on Washington, Aug. 29, 1963, Historical Image Collection - SELECT to zoom