Photo Slideshow: "Realize the Dream" - a glimpse into the March on Washington 50th anniversary commemoration
(RNS) Tens of thousands of people -- led by clergy, civil rights veterans and activists -- gathered in the nation's capital on Aug. 24, 2013 to remember the 1963 March on Washington. These photos give a glimpse of what it was like to be there.
The James family of Miami, Fla., including (left to right), mother Tanya; Gabriel, 6; Levi, 8; father Kwaku; Zoe, 3; and Shyanne, 10, pose for a photo with their “I Have A Dream” signs as they depart the National Action to Realize the Dream march that marked the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
(RNS) Tens of thousands of people — led by clergy, civil rights veterans and activists — gathered in the nation’s capital on Aug. 24, 2013 to remember the 1963 March on Washington. They listened to speeches and prayers before they joined the National Action to Realize the Dream march, led by the Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III, from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument. RNS Photos by Adelle M. Banks.
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Edith Lee-Payne displays her scrapbook with the iconic historic photo of herself that appeared in numerous publications after the 1963 March on Washington. A member of Hope United Methodist Church in Southfield, Mich., she returned to the National Mall for the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 with her granddaughters. Photo by Adelle M. Banks
The Rev. Otis Moss Jr. at the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
People gather at the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
People gather at the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. attends the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
A sign of peace the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
Harrison Hawkins of Washington attended the March on Washington in 1963 and returned to the National Mall on Aug. 24, 2013 to mark its 50th anniversary. He stood with a photo of himself from 1963 that appeared in Ebony magazine. He is the man standing on the far left of the archival photo. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
Joshua Bent, Bianca Berry (left) and Natasha Goodley (right), members of the Hillsborough County, Fla., branch of the NAACP, take in the speeches on Aug. 24, 2013 during the National Action to Realize the Dream commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
Rochelle Thompson of Harlem, N.Y., was on the National Mall for the commemoration on Aug. 24, 2013 of the 1963 March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
The Rev. Paul Benz of Faith Action Network in Seattle, attended the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 to commemorate the 1963 March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
Women wearing New Jerusalem Baptist Church “I am Trayvon” shirts at the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
Joseph Leak, a member of John Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Washington, applauds during speeches on the National Mall on Aug. 24, 2013 that commemorated the 1963 March on Washington. Behind him is fellow church member Edwin Walker. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
The Rev. Vernon Shannon, pastor of John Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Washington attended the commemorative events on the National Mall on Aug. 24, 2013 marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
Jernine Garner from Prince George’s County, Md., reacts to a speech by the Rev. Al Sharpton during the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
The Rev. Al Sharpton on jumbotron at the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. Photo by Adelle M. Banks
Nine-year-old Caleb Floyd of Woodbridge, Va., sits on the National Mall during speeches at the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013, marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
An attendee wears a button from the 1963 march at the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. Photo by Adelle M. Banks
Drummers from the Glenville Ministry in Missions Alliance from Cleveland perform at the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. Photo by Adelle M. Banks
Attendees hold a sign during the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. Photo by Adelle M. Banks
Olethea Gilmore of Fort Washington, Md., and her nine-year-old daughter Machaela march from the Lincoln Memorial towards the Washington Monument during the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 that marked the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
Left to right, Rose Fairnot of Upper Marlboro, Md.; Cassandra Lee of Fort Washington, Md.; Linda Coleman of Romulus, Mich.; and Wayne Coleman or Romulus, Mich., sit along the route of the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 that commemorated the 1963 March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
Ruth Jones of Plainfield, N.J. (left), and Pamela Wyatt of Linden, N.J., supporters of the Nuns on the Bus movement, rest at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial during the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 that marked the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
The Rev. Donna Heard of Bridgeport, Conn., a New York Theological Seminary student, stopped at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial during the National Action to Realize the Dream march that marked the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
People gather at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial during the National Action to Realize the Dream march on Aug. 24, 2013 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. Photo by Adelle M. Banks
The James family of Miami, Fla., including (left to right), mother Tanya; Gabriel, 6; Levi, 8; father Kwaku; Zoe, 3; and Shyanne, 10, pose for a photo with their “I Have A Dream” signs as they depart the National Action to Realize the Dream march that marked the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks
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