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President Kennedy Meets Civil Rights Leaders
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President Kennedy Meets Civil Rights Leaders
Created August 28, 1963.
On August 28, 1963, President Kennedy met with organizers of the March on Washington in the Oval Office. To his right is civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph. Martin Luther King, Jr. was present at the meeting as well.
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