Digital image of President Kennedy with leaders of the March on Washington
date: label: Date
content: August 28, 1963
name: label: Photograph by
content: Aaron Stanley Tretick, American, 1921 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
label: Subject of
content: William Willard Wirtz, American, 1912 - 2010
label: Subject of
content: Floyd McKissick, American, 1922 - 1991
label: Subject of
content: Mathew H. Ahmann, American, 1931 - 2001
label: Subject of
content: Whitney Moore Young Jr., American, 1921 - 1971
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: John Lewis, American, 1940 - 2020
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Joachim Prinz, German American, 1902 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Eugene Carson Blake, American, 1906 - 1985
label: Subject of
content: A. Philip Randolph, American, 1889 - 1979
label: Subject of
content: President John F. Kennedy, American, 1917 - 1963
label: Subject of
content: President Lyndon Baines Johnson, American, 1908 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: Walter Reuther, American, 1907 - 1970
label: Subject of
content: Roy Wilkins, American, 1901 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: The White House, founded 1792
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white digital image of the leaders of the March on Washington with President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office.
label: Description
content: The men are pictured standing in front of an open doorway. From left to right, pictured are: W.Willard Wirtz, Floyd McKissick, Matthew H. Ahmann, Whitney Moore Young Jr., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Joachim Prinz, Eugene Carson Blake, A. Philip Randolph, President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Walter Reuther, and Roy Wilkins. All are wearing dark-colored suits, some with white March on Washington buttons pinned to their lapels.
place: label: Place captured
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
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: Collection title
content: Stanley Tretick Photography Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Movement
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kitty Kelley and the Estate of Stanley Tretick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.157.6
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: digital media - born analog
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian Institution
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2250 pixels × 3356 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 21.63 MB