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Civil Rights Movement
380887 67: A group of civil rights leaders speak with Geraldine Whittington, one of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s private secretaries, before meeting with the President at the White House. Left to Right: James Farmer, Roy Wilkins , Whitney M. Young, and Rev. Martin Luther King. (photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)
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