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"It's been 50 years since Martin Luther King's \"I Have a Dream\" speech, and many people who attended the original March on Washington re-visited to commemorate the momentous anniversary.\nSee also: The March on Washington in Photos: Then and Now\nFeatured here, are some of original attendees and key players at the original March on Washington on August 28, 1963.\n\n\nThen and Now: 1963 March on Washington\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Betty Waller Gray\nBetty Waller Gray of Richmond, Va., cheers on the National Mall during the \"Let Freedom Ring Commemoration and Call to Action,\" honoring the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 2013.\n\nImage: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Marian Wright Edelman\n\nMarian Wright Edelman worked at NAACP Legal Defense Fund in New York out of law school in 1963 at the time of the March on Washington. She is now President of Children's Defense Fund. \n\"I would never not have gone to the March on Washington which was the coming together of people from across the country to say we want freedom,\" Edelman told  Washington Post.\n\n\nImage: Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Sisters Meg Kelly and Katy Kelly \n\nSisters Meg Kelly and Katy Kelly pose for a portrait on Aug. 2, 2013 in Washington, DC. \nThe two sisters and their brother Michael Kelly, who is now deceased, set up a free lemonade and water stand on Aug. 28, 1963 in front of their home for marchers who had to walk from RFK stadium on their way to the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial.\n\n\nImage: Michel du Cille/The Washington Post via Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Janette Hoston Harris and Rudolph Harris\n\nJanette Hoston Harris and her husband Rudolph Harris pose for a portrait at their home on Aug. 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. \nThe couple marched together at the 1963 March on Washington.\n\n\nImage: Michel du Cille/The Washington Post via Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmazing! And Disheartening! MT @HamilHarris \"William Allison,92, came to the #March with same sign he had in 1963. pic.twitter.com/5uEkfigFhs\"\u2014 Rev. Jeremy Smith (@umjeremy) August 24, 2013\n\n\n\n\n5. Rev. Jeremy Smith \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Rachelle Horowitz \n\nRachelle Horowitz poses for a portrait at her home on Aug. 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. \nHorowitz worked as transportation coordinator for the 1963 March on Washington, and worked closely with Bayard Rustin in  planning the march. \n\n\nImage: Michel du Cille/The Washington Post via Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#MarchonWashington Anniv. @NAACP Chairman Emeritus Julian Bond: LGBT Rights Are Civil Rights http://t.co/89vB6DvYUz pic.twitter.com/ByrtkLvj1x\u2014 HumanRightsCampaign (@HRC) August 24, 2013\n\n\n\n\n7. Julian Bond\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Eric Kulberg\n\nEric Kulberg posed at the Lincoln Memorial, where he photographed the \"March on Washington,\" on Aug. 14, 2013.\nKulberg was 18 years old and working as an intern in DC in '63 and decided to capture photography at the March on Washington.\n\n\nImage: Michel du Cille/The Washington Post via Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Courtland Cox\n\nCourtland Cox,  field secretary for the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1963, poses for a portrait at his Washington, D.C. home on Aug 6, 2013. \nCox worked with, SNCC chairman John Lewis, who was a speaker at the 1963 March on Washington.\n\n\nImage: Michel du Cille/The Washington Post via Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Ken Collins\n\nKen Collins, a former DC police officer, poses for a portrait holding a photo of Martin Luther King giving his famous 'I have a dream speech' at his home on July 28, 2013 in Crofton, Md. \nCollins was assigned to escort MLK on to the podium. He listened to MLK's speech behind the speakers at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington.\n\n\nImage: Michel du Cille/The Washington Post via Getty Images)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYvonne was 22 when she came to Washington DC in 1963 for the #MarchOnWashington and met Dr. King. #IMarchFor pic.twitter.com/Tfr0Fmeasu\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) August 24, 2013\n\n\n\n\n11. Yvonne\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12. Rosetta Johnson and Austin Johnson\n\nRosetta Johnson and her husband Austin Johnson, who both attended the first March On Washington, came to participate in 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s \"I Have a Dream\" speech. \nThe couple poses here at the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 24, 2013 in Washington, DC.\n\n\nImage: Mark Wilson/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13. Edith Lee-Payne\n\nEdith Lee-Payne, 61, of Detroit holds a famous photo of her attending the march in 1963, which was also her birthday. \nThe photo is in the National Archives.\n\n\nImage: Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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