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A. Philip Randolph

A. Philip Randolph

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Also Known As	Asa Philip Randolph
Born	April 15, 1889 • Florida
Died	May 16, 1979 (aged 90) • New York City • New York
Founder	Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Role In	American civil rights movement • Executive Order 8802 • March on Washington • “I Have A Dream”

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A. Philip Randolph

A. Philip Randolph

March on Washington

White House meeting of civil rights leaders in 1963

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

American religious leader and civil-rights activist

Roy Wilkins

Roy Wilkins

American human-rights activist

Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton

American activist

John Oliver Killens

American writer and activist

John Lewis

John Lewis

American civil rights leader and politician

Diane Nash

Diane Nash

American civil rights activist

Claudette Colvin

Claudette Colvin

American activist

Hosea Williams

Hosea Williams

American civil rights leader and politician

Dick Gregory

Dick Gregory

American comedian and civil rights activist

Whitney Young

Whitney Young

American civil-rights activist

Walter White, 1942

Walter White

American civil-rights activist

Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin

American civil-rights activist

Henry MacNeal Turner

American civil rights leader and religious leader

Benjamin Mays

American political activist

Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

American clergyman

Mildred Loving

American civil rights activist

James Baldwin

James Baldwin

American author

Pauli Murray

Pauli Murray

American civil rights activist, lawyer, and writer

Fred Shuttlesworth

Fred Shuttlesworth

American minister and civil rights activist

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

American Muslim leader

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (center), with other civil rights supporters lock arms on as they lead the way along Constitution Avenue during the March on Washington, Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (left of centre) and Malcolm X (right) waiting for a press conference, 1964.

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