<I>Not a project, 1963, USA, The March on Washington</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1963; printed ca. 2021
name: label: Photograph by
content: James P. Blair, American, 1931 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Caption
content: Printed caption from James P. Blair: Not a project, 1963, USA, The March on Washington. Dr. King began his speach [sic] with measured language and in a measured tones.
label: Description
content: This is a color photograph of the 1963 March on Washington by James P. Blair of the 1963 March on Washington. The image depicts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a podium with many microphones attached. He shown from his left-hand side and slightly from below. He wears a black suit jacket and black tie over a white button-down shirt. There is a black and white pin-back button on his left lapel reading [MARCH ON WASHINGTON / FOR / JOBS & fREEDOM]. Dr. King is gesturing with his right hand outstretched. The back of three people’s heads are visible in the foreground of the image. One person is wearing a light-colored hat. The print is signed by the photographer at the lower left corner and labeled [7 of 9]. A caption by the photographer is printed along the bottom margin.
place: label: Place depicted
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: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Not a Project
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
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 Jim and Elise Blair
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.67.7
objectType: label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of James P. Blair
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 10 × 15 in. (25.4 × 38.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (paper): 13 × 19 in. (33 × 48.3 cm)