Digital image of March on Washington participants
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: The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), American, ca. 1955
label: Subject of
content: Asbury United Methodist Church, American, founded 1836
label: Subject of
content: United States Department of Justice, American, founded 1870
notes: label: Description
content: A color digital image of the crowd during the March on Washington.
label: Description
content: The image depicts a sea of people, many of whom hold placards above the crowd. Within the large crowd are smaller groups wearing matching hats. The signs read [WE / MARCH / FOR / FIRST CLASS / CITIZENSHIP /NOW!], [WE / DEMAND / AND END / TO BIAS /NOW!], [WE / MARCH / FOR / EFFECTIVE / CIVIL RIGHTS / LAWS / NOW!], and [UAW SAYS: / PASS A LAW / REQUIRING / THE DEPARTMENT / OF JUSTICE TO / ENFORCE JUSTICE / through CIVIL / RIGHTS SUITS].
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: Housing
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
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: 2016.157.49
objectType: 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: 4343 pixels × 2954 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 36.73 MB