The Big Six- Organizers of the Civil Rights Movement – Gone But Not Forgotten

In 1963, the “Big Six” leaders who organized the March on Washington were:

• Dr. Martin Luther King (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
• Whitney Young, (July 31, 1921 – March 11, 1971)
  National Urban League
• Asa Philip Randolph, (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979)
  labor organizer
• James Leonard Farmer Jr (January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999)
  of the Congress Of Racial Equality (CORE);
• Roy Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981)
  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
• And John Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020)
  of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
  The last one died this week.
  How many of them had you heard of before?
  Rest in Peace. Rest in Power.