Digital image of the March leaders in a row with signs behind them
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: John Lewis, American, 1940 - 2020
label: Subject of
content: Mathew H. Ahmann, American, 1931 - 2001
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Joachim Prinz, German American, 1902 - 1988
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
label: Subject of
content: Walter Reuther, American, 1907 - 1970
label: Subject of
content: Eugene Carson Blake, American, 1906 - 1985
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white image of the March on Washington leaders marching as a line.
label: Description
content: Civil Rights leaders and organizers of the March on Washington are standing in a long horizontal row. Some are waving, some are looking around and smiling, and some are standing with their hands folded in front of them. They are wearing suits and white March on Washington pinback buttons. Some of the men in the photo include Mathew Ahmann, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Joachim Prinz, Whitney Moore Young Jr., Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, and Eugene Carson Blake. There are also some unidentified men in the photo. There is a crowd of people standing behind them and holding signs. Some of the signs read [WE / DEMAND / DECENT / HOUSING / NOW!], [WE / DEMAND / VOTING / RIGHTS / NOW!], [END / SEGREGATED / RULES / IN / PUBLIC / SCHOOLS], and [WE / MARCH / FOR / EFFECTIVE / CIVIL RIGHTS / LAWS / 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: Housing
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
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: 2016.157.29
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: 2199 pixels × 3347 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 21.09 MB