Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Other Civil Rights Leaders on Highway 80, Selma to Montgomery March

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A black-and-white digital image of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, Andrew Young, John Lewis, Reverend James Orange and additional Civil Rights activists leading the march. Andrew Young stands on the far left wearing a white t-shirt and jeans. Orange, next to Young on his left, is wearing jean shirt and pants. The man beside him is wearing a suit and tie and holds his jacket over his arm. Dr. King is featured mid-stride in the center of the image wearing a Gatsby hat, t-shirt button-up shirt and dark pants. Mrs. King stands to his right wearing a skirt suit, pearl necklaces, and sunglasses. Next to Mrs. King stands a man wearing a jean jacket and jean pants. Only Lewis's face can be seen above his right shoulder. The following man is wearing a button up shirt and jeans. Second to right is a man with three cameras around his neck.

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