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March on Washington

On August 28, 1963, Alma and her friend Madame Evanti (Lillian Evans Tibbs) took part with 250,000 other marchers for [[strikethrough]] the civil [[//strikethrough]] "Civil Rights" march on Washington.  The march was co-ordinated by Martin Luther King, Baynard Rustin, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, John Lewis, and James Farmer.

A number of churches in the city took part in the March, among them St. Luke's Episcopal church, located at the corner of 15th & Church Streets N.W., and St. Stephens, The Incarnation church (another Episcopal church) located at 16th and Newton Streets, N.W..  On the morning of the march, these two churches met at the corner of 16th & Church streets.  Alma and Lillian locked arms with them and marched down 16th street to the Washington Monument grounds where they marched with Josephine Baker, who flew in from Paris that morning, Lena Horne, Paul Newman and other actors & actresses and others of all walks of life who believed in equality and justice and human rights for all.  The march comprised 250,000 folks, to hear speeches by A. Philip Randolph, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, and the most memorable speech not only of the year but of the century [[strikethrough]] year [[//strikethrough]] "I have a Dream" which still rings inthe minds of the nation by Martin Luther King

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Transcription Notes:
Joachim Prinz and A.Philip Randolph names checked through internet.