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[[image - black & white photograph of Martin Luther King giving speech to crowd]]
[[caption]] Hero of the day, M. L. King Jr., stills crowd with electrifying speech. [[/caption]]

[[image - black & white photograph of members of a march engaging in conversation]]
[[caption]] March leaders, including A. Philip Randolph (2nd fr. r.) exchange remarks.[[/caption]]

MEN AND WOMEN WEEP OPENLY

AN OLD MAN, a student leader, a singer and a preacher: these four etched the soul of the crowd.

First, the old man.

He had come uphill all the way, this old man; he had won the first FEPC order from President Roosevelt by threatening a March On Washington in 1941, and he had been threatening marches ever since. Now, at last, Asa Philip Randolph, 74, stood looking into the flesh and bone of his dream. Beginning a long afternoon of speech and song, he said this was not the end, but a beginning.

Randolph later introduced "young John Lewis," 25, chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. The people were in danger of forgetting why they were there; and Lewis reminded them,

[[image - black & white photograph of large crowd]]

[[images - three black & white photographs showing people in the crowd, person holding sign in the march, and people clapping]]
[[caption]] Faces in crowd reflect emotions of the day. Huge crowd filled space on both sides of the reflecting pool. One marcher, overcome by King's speech, wipes tears from eyes (right).[[/caption]]  

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