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Subject African Americans--Civil rights--Washington (D.C.) Collection Name Voices of Civil Rights

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1. Poor People's March at Lafayette Park and on Connecticut Avenue

Creator:: Leffler, Warren K.
Date of Original:: 1968-06-18
Collection:: Voices of Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

2. Washington D.C. riot. April 1968. Aftermath

Creator:: Leffler, Warren K.
Date of Original:: 1968-04-08
Collection:: Voices of Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

3. President Lyndon B. Johnson gives Dr. Martin Luther King one of the pens used in the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, in the background are Rep. Claude Pepper (center) and Rev. Ralph Abernathy

Date of Original:: 1965
Collection:: Voices of Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

4. Civil rights march on Washington, D.C.

Creator:: Leffler, Warren K.
Date of Original:: 1963-08-28
Collection:: Voices of Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

5. Civil rights march on Washington, D.C.

Creator:: Leffler, Warren K.
Date of Original:: 1963-08-28
Collection:: Voices of Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress