Photos | Historical photos of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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In the oval room of the white house, US President John Kennedy (4th at R) receives on August 29, 1963 the leaders of the civil rights groups represented: (from L to R) Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz, leader of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) Floyd McKissick, Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference Matthew Arnan, Whitney Young (Urban League), Reverend Martin Luther King, John Lewis (Chairman SNIC), Rabbi Joachim Prinz (American Jewish Congress), Director Eugene Carson Blake (vice chair comm. Race Relations), Philip Randolph. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
