94840 Diego Gomez 1963_PROOF

August 28th

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BUSES ARE A-COMIN MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM RIDERS

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Over 2,000 buses, 21 special trains, 10 chartered aircrafts, & uncounted autos converged on the city in the morning.

Josephine Baker is the 1st African American woman to become a world-famous entertainer. she addresses the crowd before the official program begins.

Daisy Bates, is the only woman to formally address the crowd during the official program.

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HOW I GOT OVER MAHALIA JACKSON

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“Tell ’em about the dream, Martin!”

I have a dream that

my four little children will one day live in a nation

where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,

but by the content of their character!

The March on Washington was held exactly 8 years after the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old african-american teenager who was murdered in Mississippi after reportedly flirting with a white woman.

Somewhere over the Rainbow. this day was watercolored in full color to capture the biggest civil rights event of 1963.

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