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Tribute To Dr. King
1963
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden follow- ing President Kennedy’s meeting with leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, 1963.
President John F. Kennedy poses Aug. 28, 1963, at the White House with a group of leaders of the March on Wash- ington, including Martin Luther King Jr. and union leaders A. Philip Randolph, an AFL-CIO vice president and principal organizer of the March on Washington, and Walter P. Reuther, then-president of the UAW. From left: Whitney Young, National Urban League; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis, Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, American Jewish Congress; Dr. Eugene P. Donnaly, National Council of Churches; A. Philip Randolph, AFL-CIO vice president; Kennedy; Walter P. Reuther, UAW; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, rear, and Roy Wilkins, NAACP.
1964
On January 3, King ap- pears on the cover of Time magazine as its Man of the Year.
Dr. King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on De- cember 10. Dr. King is the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for Peace at age 35.
1964
President Lyndon Johnson met with prominent black leaders on January 18, 1964, to discuss his war on poverty. From left to right are: Roy Wilkins, Executive Director of the NAACP; James Farmer, National Director of the Con- gress of Racial Equality; Martin Luther King, Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Whitney Young of the Urban League; and Johnson.
1965
On February 2, King is arrested in Selma, Alabama during a voting rights demonstration.
Protesters march to bridge where police are waiting in Selma, Alabama.
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