Civil Rights Leaders Talk To Press

American Civil Rights leaders speak with the press following a meeting with President Kennedy after the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington DC, August 28, 1963, Washington DC, August 28, 1963. Among those pictured are National Urban League executive director Whitney Young (1921 - 1971) (left, in profile), labor union leader A Philip Randolph (1889 - 1979) (partially obscured), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) leader Roy Wilkins (1901 - 1981) (head bowed), Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leader John Lewis, labor union leader Walter Reuther (1907 - 1970) (hands clasped), and Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968) (one hand partly in his pocket). (Photo by Warren K Leffler/PhotoQuest/Getty Images)