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King’s “Freedom Now Rally”

    Black and white photo of a crowd of thousands gathered in the street facing a stage from which Dr. King addresses the multitude. A string of three-story rowhouses forms the backdrop of this image.

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses over 10,000 attendees at the “Freedom Now Rally” at 40th St. and Lancaster Ave., West Philadelphia. King also held “Freedom Now” rallies in Chicago, Cleveland, and Boston.

    3 August 1965
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    Photo by Hamilton, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries (TUL), Philadelphia, PA, courtesy of TUL.