Digital image of the March leaders at the Lincoln Memorial
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: Whitney Moore Young Jr., American, 1921 - 1971
label: Subject of
content: Cleveland Robinson, Jamaican American, 1914 - 1995
label: Subject of
content: A. Philip Randolph, American, 1889 - 1979
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Roy Wilkins, American, 1901 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: Mathew H. Ahmann, American, 1931 - 2001
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Joachim Prinz, German American, 1902 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: John Lewis, American, 1940 - 2020
label: Subject of
content: Eugene Carson Blake, American, 1906 - 1985
label: Subject of
content: Floyd McKissick, American, 1922 - 1991
label: Subject of
content: Walter Reuther, American, 1907 - 1970
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white digital image with Martin Luther King, Jr. with other civil rights leaders and organizers of the March in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
label: Description
content: The eight men are pictured in two rows, one seated and one standing, in front of the statue of Abraham Lincoln with the words [IN THIS TEMPLE / AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE / FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION / THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN / IS ENSHRINED FOREVER] carved above. The men seated, from left to right, are: Whitney Moore Young Jr., Cleveland Robinson, A. Philip Randolph, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Roy Wilkins. The men standing, from right to left, are: Mathew H. Ahmann, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, John Lewis, Eugene Carson Blake, Floyd McKissick, and Walter Reuther.
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: Judaism
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Men
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: 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: 2016.157.18
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
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: 2930 pixels × 2140 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 17.97 MB