Photograph of participants 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 Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: AFL-CIO, American, founded 1955
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Morris Biller, American, 1915 - 2003
label: Subject of
content: Laborers' District Council of Washington, D.C. and Vicinity, American
label: Subject of
content: Laborers' International Union of North America, American, founded 1903
label: Subject of
content: American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, American, founded 1971
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 a crowd of participants standing along the edge of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool holding protest signs, during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. The participants are gathered along the edge of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. In the central foreground participants are holding up Laborers' District Council of Washington, D.C. and Vicinity/LIUNA/AFL-CIO protest signs that read [SOLIDARITY] and graphic of two (2) hands clasping and signs that read [20th / Anniversary / MOBILIZATION FOR / JOBS, PEACE / AND FREEDOM / AUGUST 27, 1983 / Lincoln Memorial, / Washington, DC / WE / SHARE / THE / DREAM / AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO / MOE BILLER, President] with a graphic of Martin Luther King, Jr. The Washington Monument is centrally depicted in the background.
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: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Professional organizations
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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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: 2016.123.2.4
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 3/4 × 13 1/8 in. (22.3 × 33.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 × 14 in. (27.7 × 35.6 cm)