Photograph of participants at the 20th Anniversary March on Washington
date: label: Date
content: August 27, 1983; 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: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: 20th Anniversary March on Washington, founded 1983
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 man and a woman seated on the grass next to a protest sign during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. The woman is centrally depicted in the foreground in profile, seated in the grass with her proper right hand tucked under her chin. She is wearing a short sleeve tee shirt and a baseball cap that has the text [MARTIN L[UTHER] / KING] printed on the crown. Behind her is a man in a white short-sleeve shirt with dark, vertical stripes. He is seated on the grass with his arms resting on his knees. On the left side of the image is a large protest sign, sitting in the grass, that features a large graphic of Martin Luther King, Jr. and text in the bottom left corner that reads [“If a man hasn’t found / something he will die for, / he isn’t fit to live.”] The black border around the edge of the graphic has white text that reads [ATLANTA · BIRMINGHAM · DALLAS · DETROIT · JACKSON · LITTLE ROC[K] / LOS ANGELES · MEMPHIS · MONTGOMERY · MIAMI · / NEW ORLEANS · NEW YORK · RICHMOND · SELMA · WASHINGTON · D.C.] / Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 19[29] – 196[8] In Memoriam].
label: Description
content: On the verso of the image are handwritten inscriptions that provide the image date, event information, location, image number, the name of the printer, and the signature of the donor. There are also two (2) 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, 1969-2001
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: USA. Second March on Washington.
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 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: 2016.123.2.15
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
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): 8 11/16 × 12 11/16 in. (22 × 32.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)