- Photograph by
- Freed, Leonard, American, 1929 - 2006
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
- 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 participants wading in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. The Reflecting Pool is centrally depicted in the foreground of the image with a number of participants wading in the water. One man, on the left side of the foreground, standing in the water with his back to the viewer, is wearing a sleeveless T-shirt with the name [Spike] above the Greek letters [O?F], the symbols of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. A large crowd of participants are gathered along the edges of the Reflecting Pool in the background of the image.
- 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
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Fraternities
- 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
- 2016.123.2.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Leonard Freed & Magnum Photos, Inc
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




