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When learning about the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, your history teacher likely mentioned the ‘Big Six’ civil rights leaders, who met at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City in July 1963 to organize the largest civil rights demonstration in U.S. history to date. Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Whitney Young, A. Philip Randolph, James L. Farmer Jr., and Roy Wilkins are familiar names to most, but did you know there are several women who were central to the march’s legacy? #civilrights #blackhistory #marchonwashington 🔁@nowthisnews