Here’s a great photo from August 28th, 1963 showing the crowd at the Civil Rights March.
A Look Back at the Iconic 1963 Civil Rights March in Washington, DC
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Cool photo, but you do realize that it’s of the granddaddy of all civil rights marches, right? The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, yes?
Who are the uniformed personnel? They are not DC police.
I think that’s why the author referred to it as the Civil Rights March, not just ‘a’ Civil Rights March
They are the National Guard. A state of emergency was declared that day. Here is a very descriptive account of that day http://www.crmvet.org/info/mow.pdf.