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Civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy
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| Title | Civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy |
| Coverage / Year | 1963 |
| Description | Photograph, b/w |
| Interpretation | Civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy President Kennedy meets with civil rights leaders following the March on Washington. Left to right (front row): Whitney Young (National Urban League), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Southern Leadership Conference), Rabbi Joachim Prinz (Chairman, American Jewish Congress), A. Phillip Randolph (March director), President Kennedy, Walter Reuther (Vice-President, AFL-CIO), Roy Wilkins (NAACP) For more information about the March on Washington see images: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivering his "I Have a Dream" speech; March on Washington. August 1963. For biographical information see image: "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. receives the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize" |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | American Dream; American Communities in History; |
| Learning Standards | 14 Political Systems; 16 History; 18 Social Systems; |
| Author or Creator | Unknown |
| Source | An Album of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Jeanne A. Rowe, 72 p., 1970 (p.37) |
| Subject / Keywords | King, Martin Luther, Jr. 1929-1968; United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964; Civil rights; Civil rights movement--United States; Young, Whitney M., 1921-1971; Prinz, Joachim, 1902-; Randolph, A. Phillip, 1889-; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970; Wilkins, Roy, 1901-; Civil rights workers--United States; March on Washington |
| Collection Publisher | Illinois State Library
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| CONTENTdm file name | 21821141882003_mlking6.jpg |
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