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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 there were there; and Lewis reminded them,

[[image 1]] [[caption]] Hero of the day, M. L. King Jr., stills crowd with electrifying speech. [[/caption]]

[[image 2]] [[caption]] March leaders, including A. Philip Randolph (2nd fr. r.), exchange remarks. [[/caption]]

[[images 3, 4, 5, 6]] [[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]]

Transcription Notes:
image 1 - photo taken from the side, of Martin Luther King, Jr, addressing the March On Washington 1941, his arm raised out over the crowd, his fingers reaching. image 2 - leaders of march; marchers behind them holding picket signs image 3 - crowd