Digital image of the March leaders at the Lincoln Memorial
- Photograph by
- Tretick, Aaron Stanley, American, 1921 - 1999
- Subject of
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Young, Whitney Moore Jr., American, 1921 - 1971
- Robinson, Cleveland, Jamaican American, 1914 - 1995
- Randolph, A. Philip, American, 1889 - 1979
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Wilkins, Roy, American, 1901 - 1981
- Ahmann, Mathew H., American, 1931 - 2001
- Dr. Prinz, Joachim, German American, 1902 - 1988
- Lewis, John, American, 1940 - 2020
- Blake, Eugene Carson, American, 1906 - 1985
- McKissick, Floyd, American, 1922 - 1991
- Reuther, Walter, American, 1907 - 1970
- Date
- August 28, 1963
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2930 pixels × 2140 pixels
- File size: 17.97 MB
- Description
- A black and white digital image with Martin Luther King, Jr. with other civil rights leaders and organizers of the March in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
- The eight men are pictured in two rows, one seated and one standing, in front of the statue of Abraham Lincoln with the words [IN THIS TEMPLE / AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE / FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION / THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN / IS ENSHRINED FOREVER] carved above. The men seated, from left to right, are: Whitney Moore Young Jr., Cleveland Robinson, A. Philip Randolph, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Roy Wilkins. The men standing, from right to left, are: Mathew H. Ahmann, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, John Lewis, Eugene Carson Blake, Floyd McKissick, and Walter Reuther.
- Place captured
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Stanley Tretick Photography Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- Type
- portraits
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Freedom
- Judaism
- Labor
- Local and regional
- Men
- Photography
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kitty Kelley and the Estate of Stanley Tretick
- Object number
- 2016.157.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian Institution
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.