African-American Political and Cultural Figures
                               
While he was the Washington, D.C., political reporter for The Saturday Evening Post,
Ollie Atkins had the occasion to photograph several important African-American leaders during
the 1960s. From the March on Washington in August 1963 to the Poor People's
Campaign of May 1968, he photographed many important figures such as Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, and Roy Wilkins.

To see a blowup of the photograph just click on the image. The three-part number code
refers to the original photograph in the Atkins Collection.

1. Martin Luther King greeting friends and well-wishers during the March on Washington, August 1963.
2. Roy Wilkins walking with Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers (UAW) in the March, August 1963.
3. Sammy Davis, Jr., walking in the March, August 1963.

4. Roy Wilkins of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) speaking during the March, August 1963.
5. A. Philip Randolph of the American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) speaking during the March, August 1963.
6. Officials of the March with President Kennedy in his office at the White House, August 1963. (Left to right: Sec. of Labor W. Willard Wirtz; Floyd McKissick, Congress on Racial Equality (CORE); Matthew Ahman, Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference of  Interracial Justice; Whitney Young, National Urban League; Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.; John Lewis, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); Rabbi Joachim Prinz, American Jewish Congress; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Commission on Race Relations for National Council of Churches; A. Philip Randolph, AFL-CIO; President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Walter Reuther, UAW; and Roy Wilkins, CORE.

7. Martin Luther King, Jr., outside the White House, January 1964. 
8. Malcolm X sitting in the U.S. Capitol Building during consideration of the Civil Rights Bill, March 1964.  
9. President Lyndon B. Johnson with King at the signing of the Civil Rights Bill, June 1964.

10. Duke Ellington (in center) at the Washington Jazz Festival, June 1962.
11. President Johnson with Roy Wilkins in the presidential study, March 1965.
12. President Johnson with Thurgood Marshall at a White House press conference, July 1965.

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13. Thurgood Marshall before the Senate Judiciary Committee on nomination to the Supreme Court, June 1967.
14. Adam Clayton Powell (second from left) on the floor of the House of Representatives waiting to see if he would be permitted to take his seat; he was refused, January 1967.
15. Powell stands and watches while other House members take the oath of office, January 1967.

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16. Ralph Abernathy of the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) and Andrew Young testify before a Senate Committee, March 1968.
17. Reverend Jesse Jackson at "Resurrection City" in West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C., May 1968.
18. Reverend Jesse Jackson at "Resurrection City" speaking to news reporters, May 1968.

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19. Hosea Williams during a demonstration at the Department of Justice, June 1968.
20. Coretta Scott King at the Poverty March, Washington, D.C., June 1968.