Photograph of participants at the Reflecting Pool during the March on Washington
date: label: Date
content: August 28, 1963; printed 2013
name: label: Photograph by
content: Leonard Freed, American, 1929 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
label: Printed by
content: Brigitte Freed, American
label: Printed by
content: Pablo Inirio
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of applauding participants gathered around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. In the foreground, is a group of participants are seated around a picnic blanket spread on the ground. Two (2) women, centrally depicted in the foreground, are looking towards the right edge of the image, clapping their hands. On the corner of the picnic blanket is a piece of paper with a central graphic depicting three (3) silhouettes of people holding hands with the text [We Shall] and [Overcome] printed above and below the graphic. Behind the seated participants is a large crowd of participants standing along the edges of the reflecting pool. The Washington Monument is in the distant background.
label: Description
content: On the verso of the image are handwritten inscriptions that provide publication information, image date, event information, location, image number, the name of the printer, and the signature of the donor. There is also the photographer’s label as well as a stamp mark 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: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race relations
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: Portfolio/Series
content: USA. March on Washington 1963.
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
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: 2016.123.1.24
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): 13 × 8 11/16 in. (33 × 22 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.6 × 27.7 cm)