The Big Six African American leaders of civil
The Big Six African American leaders of civil rights organizations met to plan their participation in the 1963 March on Washington. Martin Luther King Jr. points to John Lewis (far left), while meeting with the press at the Hotel Roosevelt, New York City, July 1, 1963. Lewis, 24, was the Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a veteran of the Nashville Sit-Ins of 1960, and the Freedom Rides of 1961. L-R: John Lewis, SNCC; Whitney Young, National Urban League; A. Philip Randolph, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. SCLC; James Farmer, CORE; and Roy Wilkins, NAACP. (BSIC_2020_7_17)
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