Digital image of March leaders with Speaker McCormack and Majority Leader Albert

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A black and white digital image of Speaker of the House John McCormack and Majority Leader Carl Albert greeting March on Washington leaders. The men are pictured standing in an interior room of the Capitol building. McCormack and Albert face towards the camera, greeting March leaders who have their backs to the camera. From left to right are Walter Reuther, McCormack, Martin Luther King, Jr., Albert, and A. Philip Randolph. Reuther and Randolph are partially visible in profile while King stands directly in front of the camera. In the background are two large curtained windows flanking a large, gilded mirror above a fireplace. A flag on flagpole stands in front of each window.

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