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Digital image of the March leaders in a row with signs behind them
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Photograph by
Tretick, Aaron Stanley, American, 1921 - 1999
Subject of
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
Lewis, John, American, 1940 - 2020
Ahmann, Mathew H., American, 1931 - 2001
Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
Dr. Prinz, Joachim, German American, 1902 - 1988
Young, Whitney Moore Jr., American, 1921 - 1971
Wilkins, Roy, American, 1901 - 1981
Randolph, A. Philip, American, 1889 - 1979
Reuther, Walter, American, 1907 - 1970
Blake, Eugene Carson, American, 1906 - 1985
Date: August 28, 1963
Description:
A black and white image of the March on Washington leaders marching as a line.
Civil Rights leaders and organizers of the March on Washington are standing in a long horizontal row. Some are waving, some are looking around and smiling, and some are standing with their hands folded in front of them. They are wearing suits and white March on Washington pinback buttons. Some of the men in the photo include Mathew Ahmann, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Joachim Prinz, Whitney Moore Young Jr., Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, and Eugene Carson Blake. There are also some unidentified men in the photo. There is a crowd of people standing behind them and holding signs. Some of the signs read [WE / DEMAND / DECENT / HOUSING / NOW!], [WE / DEMAND / VOTING / RIGHTS / NOW!], [END / SEGREGATED / RULES / IN / PUBLIC / SCHOOLS], and [WE / MARCH / FOR / EFFECTIVE / CIVIL RIGHTS / LAWS / NOW!].
Place captured:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Collection title:
Stanley Tretick Photography Collection
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kitty Kelley and the Estate of Stanley Tretick
Object number
2016.157.29
Restrictions & Rights
© Smithsonian Institution
