America’s great civil rights champions and the Lincoln monument
Here we have one of the signature moments captured during the March on Washington. It features legendary civil rights leaders, John Lewis, Walter Reuther, Cleveland Robinson, Roy Wilkins, and of course, Dr. King, among others. They stood in front of the statue of Abraham Lincoln as an instrument of solidarity. Thousands of other protesters gathered to show support for racial and economic equality, as well as the civil rights legislation that was still pending in Congress during 1963. They paved the way for post-segregation America.