On Wednesday it will be the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, at which Martin Luther King delivered his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. Events to mark the anniversary have begun this weekend.
Some well-known figures who took part 50 years ago and are pictured here: Marion Anderson, Joan Baez, Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte, Marlon Brando, Sammy Davis Jr, Bob Dylan, Charlton Heston, Burt Lancaster, Joseph Mankiewicz, Paul Newman, Jackie Robinson, Joanne Woodward.