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Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh and Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh and Martin Luther King Jr. at the Illinois Rally for Civil Rights, June 21, 1964Two days after the U.S. Senate passed the Civil Rights Bill of 1964, Martin Luther King spoke before a crowd of more than 57,000 during a rally at Soldiers’ Field in Chicago. While declaring that approval of the landmark legislation heralded a "dawn of new hope," King reminded his listeners that "passage of the civil rights bill does not mean we have reached the end of the civil rights struggle. We have come a long way in our journey, but we have a long, long way to go." King’s address was preceded by remarks from Notre Dame University president and United States Civil Rights Commission member the Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh. One of many white members of the clergy to participate in the rally, Hesburgh told the crowd, "We want to strive for human dignity with you." At the close of the program, King and Hesburgh clasped hands in solidarity while singing "We Shall Overcome."
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National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the University of Notre Dame in honor of the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C
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Keywords

  1. Activist
  2. Activists
  3. Administrator
  4. Administrators
  5. Civil Rights
  6. Civil Rights Activist
  7. Civil Rights Leader
  8. Clergy
  9. Congressional Gold Medal
  10. Education
  11. Exterior
  12. Hesburgh, Theodore Martin
  13. King, Martin Luther
  14. Male
  15. Martin Luther King, Jr
  16. Men
  17. Minister
  18. Nobel Prize
  19. Portrait
  20. Portraits
  21. President
  22. Presidential Medal Of Freedom
  23. Priest
  24. Reformer
  25. Reformers
  26. Religion And Spirituality
  27. Society And Social Change
  28. Theodore Martin Hesburgh
  29. Universities
  30. University

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