FEATURE image: This historic photograph captures the August 28, 1963 meeting between President John F. Kennedy and civil rights leaders in the White House Oval Office immediately following the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The photograph (left to right) includes Willard Wirtz (U.S. Secretary of Labor), Floyd McKissick (National Chairman of the Congress … Continue reading From the Lincoln Memorial to the White House: Civil Rights Leaders Press Kennedy for Action After the March on Washington, August 28, 1963.