Photograph of three women 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: Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, born 1941
label: Subject of
content: 20th Anniversary March on Washington, founded 1983
label: Printed by
content: Brigitte Freed, American
label: Printed by
content: Pablo Inirio
label: Subject of
content: 20th Anniversary March on Washington, founded 1983
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of three women participating in the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington on August 27, 1983. The three women are wearing political tee-shirts supporting a presidential campaign for the Reverend Jesse Jackson. The two women on the left are wearing identical tee-shirts depicting an image of Jesse Jackson's face with text above and below that reads [JESSE JACKSON / for / PRESIDENT]. The woman on the right is wearing a tee-shirt that reads [12th / ANNUAL / PÜSH CONVENTION / ATLANTA] featuring an image of Jesse Jackson’s face above the faces of three (3) young men and one (1) young woman. All of the women have adorned their tee-shirts with one or more pinback buttons and the two women on the left side of the photograph are also wearing rectangular name tag stickers on their proper right shoulders. In the background is a white brick building and a large tree.
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: 2016.123.2.1
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 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (22.5 × 33.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)