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“

I have never been so proud to be a Negro. I have never been

so proud to be an American. For the marvelous multitude
”

which poured into Washington was as American as a

ham sandwich. It was salt and pepper.

– Jack Roosevelt Robinson in response to the

crowds at the March on Washington, New York

Amsterdam News column, September 7, 1963

Jackie and David Robinson with Daisy

Bates at the March on Washington,
August 28, 1963.

Courtesy of Steve Schapiro, Corbis
Premium Historical, Getty Images

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