Leaders of the proposed August 28 Civil Rights March, hold a news conference at March headquarters, Aug. 3, 1963, New York. From left are Bayard Rustin, Executive Director of the March Committee; A. Philip Randolph, President of the Negro American Labor Council and Chairman of the March; and Dr. John Morsell of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. They announced that many more than the 100,000 persons originally expected will participate in the demonstration.
Bayard Rustin, civil rights organizer, speaks from platform erected in front of New York's City Hall, May 18, 1964, as crowd of some 3,000 persons rallied. Rally was high point of day-long activities by civil rights groups seeking school integration.
Bayard Rustin speaks at a Good Friday observance at St. George's Episcopal Church on 16th Street in New York City on April 12, 1968.
Civil rights activist Rev. Ralph Abernathy, left, shakes hands with Bayard Rustin at a news conference in New York on May 24, 1968. With them at right is Andrew Young.
American civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, left, talks with Israeli Premier Menachem Begin, right, at center is Robert Brown, vice-president of the National Urban League, in Jerusalem on Oct. 17, 1979.
In this Aug. 1, 1963, file photo, Bayard Rustin, leader of the March on Washington poses in New York City.
Bayard Rustin, deputy director of the planned march on Washington program, points to a map showing the line of march for the demonstration for civil rights during a news conference in New York on Aug. 24, 1963.
In this Dec. 14, 1970, file photo, civil rights leader Bayard Rustin is shown at the N.Y. Hilton.
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