<I>Rosa Parks, Washington, D.C.</I>
date: label: Date
content: August 28, 1963; printed 2007
name: label: Photograph by
content: Bob Adelman, American, 1930 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Rosa Parks, American, 1913 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
notes: label: Description
content: Black and white gelatin silver developed-out photographic print of Rosa Parks at the March on Washington. She is pictured from the waist up, standing within a crowd. She wears dark gloves, pearl necklace and a light-colored jacket with a round pin-back button on the proper left-side reading [MARCH ON WASHINGTON / FOR JOBS & FREEDOM / AUGUST 28, 1963]. Her gloved hands are held in front of her chest with her fingers interlaced. She stares straight ahead. At right is the close up partial profile of a man is in the right foreground. Out of focus in the background is a crowd of several more figures behind her. On the verso is the photographer's stamp in black ink at center and a graphite inscription at bottom center reading "PF144236."
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: Photography
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: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.29
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Bob Adelman Archive
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: photographic gelatin and silver on developing-out paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16 × 11 1/2 in. (40.6 × 29.2 cm)