Lincoln spirit prevades Washington march.
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29813 LINCOLN SPIRIT PREVADES [sic] WASHINGTON MARCH WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Abraham Lincoln was present in spirit as more than 200,000 Americans gathered before the memorial to him in the nation’s capital in a moving mass effort for civil rights. Several speakers cited the 100-year lag in providing all citizens with equal rights and opportunities since Lincoln singed the Emancipation Proclamation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-9A-63-NBM)
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
1963 August 28, 1963
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Religious News Service--Archives. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Statues.
Civil rights movements--United States. Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.) Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.) Civil rights--United States.
United States. Washington (D.C.) Mall, The (Washington, D.C.) North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
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Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.
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RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29813; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
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