Photograph of participants during the March on Washington
date: label: Date
content: August 28, 1963; printed 2013
name: label: Photograph by
content: Leonard Freed, American, 1929 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
label: Printed by
content: Brigitte Freed, American
label: Printed by
content: Pablo Inirio
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of participants standing and seated on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. Most of the men in the image are standing behind three (3) seated rows of men and women. They are mostly wearing suits with collared shirts, jackets and ties. Four (4) women, wearing black dresses, are seated in the front two (2) rows. One (1) woman, depicted in the center of the image, is standing in front of the seated rows. She is looking towards the left of the image, holding papers in front of her with both hands. She is wearing a black dress, a pearl necklace, and a white pinback button on her proper right shoulder. On the right side of the image is a man’s face and shoulder in profile, in the immediate foreground.
label: Description
content: On the verso of the image are handwritten inscriptions that provide publication information, image date, event information, location, image number, the name of the printer, and the signature of the donor. There are also three (3) stamp marks in black ink in the bottom right corner of the verso.
place: label: Place captured
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: USA. March on Washington 1963.
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brigitte Freed in memory of Leonard Freed
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.123.1.4
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Leonard Freed & Magnum Photos, Inc
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 12 15/16 × 8 9/16 in. (32.9 × 21.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.5 × 27.7 cm)