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Journey of Reconciliation
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Nine men are posing in front of a storefront for S.W. Robinson Real Estate. They are holding suitcases and coats and are all wearing suits. Caption reads: "Richmond VA 1947. Group of participants in the Journey of Reconciliation sponsored in 1947 by the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the Congress of Racial Equality. Bayard Rustin is in the center rear, and George Houser is second from right in front, then executive secretary of CORE."
1947
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