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The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 3

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Des Moines, Iowa
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3
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Ds Moint Rtg'ttcr Pnno3 Aug, 2, I93 Peaceful, Orderly Civil Rights March on Washington 1 'f i DtCtN 1 Some of the leaders of Wednesday's March on along the parade route followed by placard-carrying Rny Wilkins of the National Association for the A. Thilip Randolph, the chairman for the march, Washington in support of civil rights legislation marchers. Circled are (from left) Dr. Martin Luther Advancement of Colored Teople, and Walter ia president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car raise their hands to greet the crowd as they walk King, of the Christian Leadership Conference; Reuther of the United Auto Workers. Porters and an A.

F. I. O. vice-president. nP '1 1 v'" i 1 1 0 5 S'lfr Faces in the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial mirror reactions to the speakers as weeks of preparation pay off in a peaceful demonstration.

General view, taken from the top of the Lincoln Memorial, the reflecting pool to hear speakers in ceremonies climaxing the shows crowd of 200,000 assembled at the Memorial and around march from the Washington Monument (at end of pool). hL3! 1 pi lliUubl I Lj .1 WIRE PHOTOS (A. President Kennedy chats with leaders of the Jewish Congress; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Na-March at the White House. From left: Whitney tional Council of Churches; A.

Philip Randolph; Young, National Urban League; Dr. Martin Luther President Kennedy; Walter Reuther, United Auto King; John Lewis, Student Non-Violent Co-ordinat- Workers; Vice-President Lyndon Johnson (rear), ing Committee; Rabbi Joacfeim Prinz, American and Roy Wilkins. Wilting in the muggy heat of Washington in the scene as the march ended and the program August, some of the marchers cool their feet in the began. Many others fainted and had to be revived in reflecting pool near the Lincoln Memorial as others the close atmosphere and crowded conditions rest on the grass behind. At least one woman fell prevailing.

There was no disorder or violence, into the pool while trying to take a-, photograph of however..

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