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to HUNDREDS Of THOUSANDS of ci righH m.rch.r from ail over tnt Uoittd Stt of Amorico qathtrod in huthd and rtvtront dignity in front of tho Lincoln Who died Ciiilicr In thejtie Pan Afrun lonereses eek at the agi of 35. of the incorporators Dr. DuBois was civi jof the National Assptiaiion lor owe tunerpi at unnstiaiisoor? Castle here, sow known as 'Govenunpnt House. He was tmried Just outside the astle. President Kw ame NTtrurr.ah, his cabinet members o( parliament and sUte official? joined in the teremonj.

A national state nf mourning wns cured sim Or DnRnis had the Advancement of Colored People INAACPj. DiKOLS A IjONGTIME ed vocate of dvil rights lor Ne groea in the United Stales, was author of many works about Negroes. He was editor in chief of th Encyclopedia on the Nefro. mt4.S. and at the time nf his death was working renounced nis American nii 'on an EnojcJopedla Atncana 1..

signing of the Emancipation Proclamation bv Abraham Lin com. He had iived In Ghana the Uit few years and recently betame a citizen of Ghana. Dr. DuBois' death was announced "with deep regret In a government statement Meanwhile. Ghanaian pickets demonstrated in front of the U.

Sw Embassy he in sympathy of the Washington march for mil rights. Tlte sociologist wwa the But Not Forgotten" Editorial P9 America's Weekly Vol No. 38 Ptmburgh. Pn September 7, 19(3 16 Prp 2 SeetioM Price 20c. 1 a 1 Be i y.

i r1 1 is iV' el vim 1 J'J founder of the Pan Afrirar i Congress. It as a confoirnw I of the Congress, in Manr hes 1 ter, England, in 1fM5. that i I STONES IT: a student DuBot engaged in a long! standing and aotaetime bitur feud with another anwus gro, Booker T. Washington. 1 1 vny to Libvra in 1923.

St Courier Gives Greatest' Coverage to D.C. March ttU NUNN SIL. HAZZL GARLAND. PHTLUS GARLAND; KfeOLO KITH. WOODY TAYLOR I t.

2. 3. 4.S. A. AnVatSstiStef "A lUT COMKlTI ADDRKS Arts and Letter, Knight Own f9 2.

mander of the Liberian Order I of African Redemption and if mA waa a United stain wri! en I i. i. T. I. Memorial weak'i trtmtndout March en Wash raflecfion pool toward Washington Monument, from ington bagan in the nation's capital.

This vfaw, taken which 2 50. WO itr4 th historic "March on Waihino, from th top of the Lincoln Manorial, looks down the ton for Jobs Freedom." Waihirqton Potl Photo Solemn State Funeral Given Dr. DuBois ACCRA. Ghoi a iAM'i A and bei cmr a ciiivn A fornw Anvrkan citiien, olmn ff'im imvial jot Ghana. rtr, DuBoi was bom in Great was giver1.

hrjUia Amnican William EdwaH Burg Binineion. Feb. 23, scholar. Dr. V.

B. DuBoi d' DuBois was foumtw of I'fbS, just fixe aflpr the 2JH IS NWwiiiSNdauuiiMMCwiNmmu'tt waauBtJl UVL I Negroes Given READ "the Horizon" By P. Prattis ON JATIOIIAL JDIUDN l) Rallying Cry W. B. DuBois By Dr.

M. King Jr. ly WILLIAM G. NUNN SR. CewitrEdiror WASHINGTON, D.

Cl bovt a drtom Today! Ttost Wctrifyiag words, dtsrisod to becoota Mm rcdyiog cry for 20.CS3.CS3 black Amtrkaa, art baisq magwflod ogaio and agau by a 2SA Ctttary Mcssiak. TW words tckocd aad rovorborotd from rf shadows of Mm Liscela Memorial; roSod across tka grtoasward of Mm worid famoas Mc3; sqaatxtd rht Debating ktarts of miSoBS of AmoricoM. TIm meattk, comptZiog jroko of fko Rtv. Morrm UfW Jr. was pkifrd op by radio ad rclrrlsioii as it tiuiodtrvd across rkt tuZi, rht mono taws, rkt doks aad rko voStys of America.

It was flaaa ito rko dttp rocossos of fortiqt cfimas by tkt sttiiig "tyts and oars" of Ttlstar. "I HAVE A DREAM TODAY!" A clorioN cofl to arms wkkk Amtrica cat Mvtr forget because: Two kuadred and fifty thousand voices SOO.000 marcking feet talked and with God, In a soperb display of anity and farrk. Two hnndred and fifty thousand people, block and white, came, listened, and then slipped qniefff away, to prove their case for freedom and jobs. Two hundred and fifty thousand people, black and whir aHke, demonstrated a spiritual strength and togetherness never before egttaSed. Two hundred and fifty thousand people were magnificent symbols of untold mCions who recognized a united leadership they are proudly following.

Tkt "dream" of Martin Luther King is tkt dream of miiSions of Americans. Iris the dream of Roy WOuns of the NAATrV the cVeim of Ai PkiSp Randolph of the of Sleeping Car Porters; rke'drecTa of Janes Format it the tdreom" of Whitney Young of tkt National Urbaw League: the "dream" of Waiter Rentier of the United Auto Workers Union; of John Lewis of the Student on Violent Committee. It the "dream" of the chorcb leadership of this notion a leadership represented by Rabbi (Continued Ml Tut King Address A Fitting Climax By WOODY L. TAYLOR WASHINGTON. D.

C. "I have dream. Those momentous words, delivered by the venerable Dr. Martin Luther King, are on the lips acd minds of every Negro and right thinking white person, and. suffice it to say, worrying many opponent in America.

Thi historic speeth by the chief exponent of nonviolent action in the fight for civil rights was a fitting climax to the many events leading up to and after the now famous "March on Washington for Jobs and Free dom." i Starting with the arrival of the Pittsburgh cootin gent, 540 strong, the first trainload to reach the capital city. I shall recap the events of the great day. Aug. 28. 1963.

Tti rSttauui gh group cam in at 7:35 A.M. After that trains were rolling in at a ft throughout the morning, jamming Washington's t'tiion Station. There was no disorder, although Iher was momentary confusion. This was quickly rectified and the vari ous units from throughout length and breadth of this great land began to jell. By lOJO when I went to fceadquarteni tent at tlte front JL 4 of die Washington Monument, Jstai ting pobit for the march.

buses were lined up for mi Irs nntWaB tha vfmm rant March Draws Great Praise By BOBKHT L. KOBTVSOX WASHINGTON The Marcfa on Washington drew nothlngj hut praise froni most of officii! Washington, even the most ectionary legislators coram r.ta torn could not find valid criticism. and elsetere. I the In progress from a pU.furm to eivcted the ellipse wa a prr hmmary program tk rrlr lain those who were waiting for the manh to tr and to Kamtotpa. continue the Civil Rigkta re torutiim in cry Bk an4 ninny sabered keep their minds ow upipd.

A trevmpn. call went out from thr loudj aii thj. ua.nin. s. n.

speaker for lna Home lnaJ if a Southeiw fiU covne to xnt puworm. Jhustfr against Civil Kghts Wh she got on tr. plat i loai.tion a4 it tin k. form awl was uitrodwTti, shel, hoarft iik cw.iuiuo'ts iticwiiirti only one worn. KR EDO Una and the hugetowxl gathered before the echoed her word and let out a yetp inai couia oe ceara throughout the area.

IT WAS MAKVEIOI to note how the many units assembled at appointed spots were mady to fall into the tine of marth. Some unitien! OtrtfM4 eai Page WV demonstrations here in Wash ington. The Icgudators say this wouid be preisure and intinu daton and they do not like the prospects of more demonstrations here in the Nation's Cap iUL Thej felt that the March dignified and orderly but it was encugii and should not be repeated. But CivU Rights leaders bcv diflerent ideas tl'nnOMteel fWf 4) I it.

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