Digital image of Whitney Young Jr. and Roy Wilkins at 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: Whitney Moore Young Jr., American, 1921 - 1971
label: Subject of
content: Roy Wilkins, American, 1901 - 1981
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white image of Whitney Young Jr. and Roy Wilkins in front of marchers during the March on Washington.
label: Description
content: Whitney Moore Young Jr. is on the left and Roy Wilkins is on the right. They are both wearing white collared shirts, dark suits, ties, and white March on Washington pinback buttons on their lapels. They are both smiling and Wilkins is looking off to the side. There are people marching behind them and holding signs reading [WE / DEMAND / VOTING / RIGHTS / NOW].
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: Photography
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
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: 2016.157.23
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: 2522 pixels × 1826 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 13.2 MB