Digital image of March leaders with Speaker McCormack and Majority Leader Albert
date: label: Date
content: August 1963
name: label: Photograph by
content: Aaron Stanley Tretick, American, 1921 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: Walter Reuther, American, 1907 - 1970
label: Subject of
content: John William McCormack, American, 1891 - 1980
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Carl Bert Albert, American, 1908 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: A. Philip Randolph, American, 1889 - 1979
label: Subject of
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white digital image of Speaker of the House John McCormack and Majority Leader Carl Albert greeting March on Washington leaders.
label: Description
content: The men are pictured standing in an interior room of the Capitol building. McCormack and Albert face towards the camera, greeting March leaders who have their backs to the camera. From left to right are Walter Reuther, McCormack, Martin Luther King, Jr., Albert, and A. Philip Randolph. Reuther and Randolph are partially visible in profile while King stands directly in front of the camera. In the background are two large curtained windows flanking a large, gilded mirror above a fireplace. A flag on flagpole stands in front of each window.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
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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
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: 2016.157.8
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: 2772 pixels × 3624 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 77.2 MB