<I>Not a project, 1963, USA, The March on Washington. </I>
date: label: Date
content: 1963; printed ca. 2021
name: label: Photograph by
content: James P. Blair, American, 1931 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
notes: label: Caption
content: Printed caption from James P. Blair: Not a project, 1963, USA, The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on Wednesday August 28, 1963. Over 260,000 people incloding [sic] me. I took the day off to be a part of the protest.
label: Description
content: A color photograph of the 1963 March on Washington by James P. Blair. The image depicts a front line of protesters leading a large group down the center of a street. Many people carry signs and placards.
label: Description
content: The front line of the crowd is made up of both men and women, Black and white. At center, a man pushes another man in a wheelchair. The man in the wheelchair holds hands with the women at either side of him and the protesters along the rest of the line link arms. A woman just to the left of center carries a large sign reading [MASS. / ADA]. A woman to the right of center carries a sign reading [WE MARCH TOGETHER / CATHOLICS / JEWS / PROTESTANT / FOR DIGNITY / AND BROTHERHOOD / OF ALL MEN UNDER GOD / NOW!]. Other signs include messages such as “We Demand Equal Rights Now!” and “We Demand An End to Police Brutality Now!” A man wearing a clerical collar marches at the left end of the line.
label: Description
content: The print is signed by the photographer at the lower left corner and labeled [1 of 9]. A caption by the photographer is printed along the bottom margin.
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: Catholicism
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Interfaith communities
label: Topic
content: Judaism
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Not a Project
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Movement
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
label: Movement
content: Disability Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jim and Elise Blair
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.67.1
objectType: label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of James P. Blair
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 10 × 15 in. (25.4 × 38.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (paper): 13 × 19 in. (33 × 48.3 cm)