<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: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
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. Dr. King look very pensive, just moments before he began his great speach [sic].
label: Description
content: This is a color photograph of the 1963 March on Washington by James P. Blair with a close up image of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He is shown from the shoulders up wearing a black suit jacket over a white button up shirt and black tie. He appears to be holding several pieces of paper in front of him. His head is tilted slightly to his left and his eyes gaze straight ahead. There are two individuals partially visible behind him. The print is signed by the photographer at the lower left corner and labeled [4 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: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Poverty
label: Topic
content: Resistance
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: 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 Jim and Elise Blair
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.67.4
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
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 paper (fiber product)
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)