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W. E. B. Du Bois marching on Fifth Avenue, July 29, 1917 in anti-lynching parade

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Anti-lynching parade organized by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Ten thousand participants marched in the silent parade; women and children dressed in white and men dressed in black. Pictured from left to right in second row: Rev. Hutchins Bishop (1); Jack Nail, prominent New York realtor (4); W.E.B. Du Bois (8); James Weldon Johnson (9).
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  1. Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) 1868 1963
  2. Johnson, James Weldon 1871 1938
  3. Lynching

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