- Photograph by
- Freed, Leonard, American, 1929 - 2006
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Rev. Jackson, Jesse, American, born 1941
- 20th Anniversary March on Washington, founded 1983
- Printed by
- Freed, Brigitte, American
- Inirio, Pablo
- Subject of
- 20th Anniversary March on Washington, founded 1983
- Date
- August 27, 1983; printed 2013
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (22.5 × 33.3 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of three women participating in the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington on August 27, 1983. The three women are wearing political tee-shirts supporting a presidential campaign for the Reverend Jesse Jackson. The two women on the left are wearing identical tee-shirts depicting an image of Jesse Jackson's face with text above and below that reads [JESSE JACKSON / for / PRESIDENT]. The woman on the right is wearing a tee-shirt that reads [12th / ANNUAL / PÜSH CONVENTION / ATLANTA] featuring an image of Jesse Jackson’s face above the faces of three (3) young men and one (1) young woman. All of the women have adorned their tee-shirts with one or more pinback buttons and the two women on the left side of the photograph are also wearing rectangular name tag stickers on their proper right shoulders. In the background is a white brick building and a large tree.
- On the verso of the image are handwritten inscriptions that provide the image date, event information, location, image number, the name of the printer, and the signature of the donor. There are also two (2) stamp marks in black ink in the bottom right corner of the verso.
- Place captured
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- USA. Second March on Washington.
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Local and regional
- Photography
- Politics
- Race relations
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brigitte Freed in memory of Leonard Freed
- Object number
- 2016.123.2.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Leonard Freed & Magnum Photos, Inc
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




