Digital image of A. Philip Randolph 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: A. Philip Randolph, American, 1889 - 1979
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white image of A. Philip Randolph at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington.
label: Description
content: Randolph is pictured in the center of the image, seated in a metal folding chair in front of the statue of Lincoln, which is only partially visible behind him. He is wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and dark necktie. There is a round, white and black March on Washington pinback button on his proper left lapel, and a piece of white fabric or paper in his front chest pocket. He holds several papers in each hand. He is looking out and to the right of the image. Other men are partially in frame standing on either side of him.
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: 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: 2016.157.20
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: 2206 pixels × 1486 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 9.41 MB