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Protestors wading in the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington, D.C., during the Poor People's Campaign, or aka the Poor People's March on Washington on June, 19, 1968.

Protestors wading in the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington, D.C., during the Poor People’s Campaign, or aka the Poor People’s March on Washington on June, 19, 1968. John D. Bunns Jr./Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos—Getty Images