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Original - Robert F. Kennedy as United States Attorney General, speaking to a rally in support of civil rights in front of the United States Department of Justice headquarters in 1963.
Reason
1963 was the one hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavery in the United States. This photograph shows Robert F. Kennedy speaking to a rally in support of civil rights at the Justice Department steps in Washington, D.C. Restored version of File:Robert Kennedy CORE rally speech.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Robert F. Kennedy, African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1955–1968)#Kennedy_Administration.2C_1961-1963
Creator
Warren K. Leffler, for US News and World Report

Promoted Image:Robert Kennedy CORE rally speech2.jpg ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 04:28, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]