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Robert F. Kennedy

Original - Robert F. Kennedy as United States Attorney General, speaking to a rally in support of civil rights in front of the United States Department of Justice headquarters in 1963.

Reason

1963 was the one hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavery in the United States. This photograph shows Robert F. Kennedy speaking to a rally in support of civil rights at the Justice Department steps in Washington, D.C. Restored version of File:Robert Kennedy CORE rally speech.jpg.

Articles this image appears in

Robert F. Kennedy, African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1955–1968)#Kennedy_Administration.2C_1961-1963

Creator

Warren K. Leffler, for US News and World Report

• Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 00:44, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support Good EV. Sophus Bie ^(talk) 02:35, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support Wonderful and historically relevent. - The Talking Sock talk contribs 22:30, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support - Pounding with EV, and not exactly bad-looking, either. — neuro^{(talk)(review)} 04:24, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support per above. Mostlyharmless (talk) 04:45, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Robert Kennedy CORE rally speech2.jpg ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 04:28, 26 March 2009 (UTC)