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Here is an aerial view of the 1963 March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. (AP)

On July 7, 1963, civil right leaders meet at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York to discuss civil right march on Washington, D.C. From left: John Lewis, Whitney Young, A. Philp Randolph, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., James Farmer, and Roy Wilkins. (AP)

King Memorial Rev. Bobby Turner or Columbus, Ohio, places his hand on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, in Washington. President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at a ceremony on the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Rustin In this April 1969 file photo civil rights leader Bayard Rustin is shown in his Park Avenue South office in New York City. Months before Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" declaration galvanized a quarter-million people at the 1963 March on Washington, Rustin was planning all the essential details to keep the crowd orderly and engaged. A Quaker, and a pacifist, Rustin served as chief strategist for King's march over the objections of some leaders, but was kept mostly in the background with some organizers considering him a liability. Notably, he was gay in an era when same-sex relations were widely reviled in American society. He died in 1987, and is sometimes forgotten in civil rights history. (AP Photo/A. Camerano)

Bayard Rustin In this August 24, 1963, file photo Bayard Rustin points to a map showing the path of the March on Washington during a news conference at the New York City headquarters. Months before Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" declaration galvanized a quarter-million people at the 1963 March on Washington, Rustin was planning all the essential details to keep the crowd orderly and engaged. A Quaker, and a pacifist, Rustin served as chief strategist for King's march over the objections of some leaders, but was kept mostly in the background with some organizers considering him a liability. Notably, he was gay in an era when same-sex relations were widely reviled in American society. He died in 1987, and is sometimes forgotten in civil rights history. (AP Photo, File)

Bayard Rustin In this Aug. 1, 1963 black-and-white photo, Bayard Rustin, leader of the "March on Washington" speaks at the National Headquarters. Months before Martin Luther King Jr. declared "I Have a Dream" to galvanize a crowd of thousands, Rustin was planning all the essential details to make the 1963 March on Washington a success. Rustin, who died in 1987, is sometimes forgotten in civil rights history. He had been an outcast. He was a Quaker, a pacifist who opposed the Vietnam war and had flirted with communism. And he was gay. Fifty years later, Rustin's legacy is a key part of the march anniversary. Civil rights leaders plan an unprecedented inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people this month as part of a larger movement calling for equal rights for all. (AP Photo/Eddie Adams, File)

March on Washington Anniversary The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is seen, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

March on Washington Anniversary Tourist gather at the Lincoln Memorial, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, in Washington. President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at a ceremony next week on the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Martin Luther King Jr. This Aug. 28, 1963, file photo shows Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledging the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington. Next Wednesday, the nation's first black president will stand near the spot where Martin Luther King Jr. stood 50 years ago, a living symbol of the racial progress King dreamed about, and enunciate where he believes this nation should be headed. (AP Photo/File)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In this Aug. 28, 1963, file photo Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., center left with arms raised, marches along Constitution Avenue with other civil rights protestors carrying placards, from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington. Next Wednesday, the nation's first black president, Barack Obama, will stand near the spot where Martin Luther King Jr. stood 50 years ago, a living symbol of the racial progress King dreamed about, and enunciate where he believes this nation should be headed. (AP Photo, File)

March on Washington Anniversary

Here is an aerial view of the 1963 March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial with a view of the reflecting pool and the Washington Monument. (AP)

Young Women Singing At The March On Washington To pass the long morning, young women clap and sing along to a freedom song between speeches at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington D.C., Aug. 28, 1963. (Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

Military Police Control Crowd At The March On Washington Officers hold back the crowd as a woman is calmed by military police during at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington D.C., Aug. 28, 1963. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Marlon Brando & Others At Civil Rights March American actor Marlon Brando (1924 - 2004) stands with his arm around poet James Baldwin, surrounded by actors Charlton Heston (L), Harry Belafonte and others gathered at the Lincoln Memorial during the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 1963. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

March On Washington Protestor A woman stands in a crowd and yells, "Freedom!" when asked to yell so loud it will be heard all over the world at the March on Washington, Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 1963. (Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

Civil Rights Leaders Meet With John F. Kennedy On Aug. 28, 1963, President John F. Kennedy is seen in the White House with leaders of the civil rights "March on Washington." From left: Whitney Young; Dr. Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968); Rabbi Joachim Prinz; A. Philip Randolph; President Kennedy; Walter Reuther (1907 - 1970); and Roy Wilkins. Behind Reuther is Vice-President Lyndon Johnson. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Martin Luther King Jr. In this Aug. 28, 1963, file photo Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., center front, marches for civil rights, arms linked in a line of men, in the March on Washington. It wasn't until the 1960s civil rights movement, exemplified by the historic march, that new laws began strengthening the federal role in civil right protection. Now, the Justice Department is expected to pursue civil rights prosecutions. But in many cases of inflamed racial passions, federal prosecutors don't find the evidence needed to support civil rights charges. (AP Photo, File)

March on Washington In this Aug. 28, 1963, file photo shows civil rights demonstrators gather at the Washington Monument grounds before noon, before marching to the Lincoln Memorial, seen in the far background at right, where the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom will end with a speech by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., now known as the "I Have A Dream" speech. Next Wednesday, the nation's first black president will stand near the spot where King stood 50 years ago, a living symbol of the racial progress King dreamed about, and enunciate where he believes this nation should be headed. (AP Photo, File)

Martin Luther King Jr In this Aug. 28, 1963, black-and-white file photo Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. (AP Photo/File)

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