Digital image of several March on Washington leaders during the march
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: Whitney Moore Young Jr., American, 1921 - 1971
label: Subject of
content: Roy Wilkins, American, 1901 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: A. Philip Randolph, American, 1889 - 1979
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white image of four March on Washington leaders marching together in front of a crowd of marchers, with signs held aloft behind them.
label: Description
content: From left to right are: Joseph Rauh, Whitney Moore Young Jr., Roy Wilkins, and A. Philip Randolph. The four mean are wearing dark suits and white shirts. Rauh wears a bowtie and the others have neck ties and March on Washington buttons on their lapels. The men stand together in a row. Young is wiping his forehead with a white cloth. Wilkins is looking down at his two hands out in front of him, palms up. A. Philip Randolph is also looking at Wilkins' hands. There is a crowd behind them holding signs. Some of the signs read [WE / DEMAND / DECENT / HOUSING / NOW!], [WE / DEMAND / AN FEPC / LAW / NOW!], and [I/U/E/ / AFL - CIO / FOR / FULL / CITIZENSHIP / NOW]. Some of the crowd members are wearing hats including one woman who is wearing a "UAW" hat.
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: Housing
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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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: 2016.157.30
objectType: 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: 2785 pixels × 2233 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 17.82 MB