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Bayard Rustin ........... Rustin had marshalled thousands of charter buses, special trains and water-storage trucks for portable, non-segregated water fountains. He knew the crowd had grown significantly during the March as volunteers prepared 80,000 fifty-cent box lunches, containing a cheese sandwich, a slice of pound cake and an apple. JOAN BAEZ BOB DYLAN..............Harry Belafonte had invited sympathetic celebrities including Paul Newman, Burt Lancaster and Marlon Brando as well as Sidney Poitier. Twenty-two-year-old Bob Dylan had helped warm up the crowd, along with Joan Baez, Odetta and others. ONE QUARTER of the faces were white, some famous, others influential, taking advantage and adding depth and punch to monochromatic TV broadcasts and news photos.
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:56:38 +0000

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