- Photograph by
- Tretick, Aaron Stanley, American, 1921 - 1999
- Subject of
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Lewis, John, American, 1940 - 2020
- Date
- August 28, 1963
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2669 pixels × 1428 pixels
- File size: 21.84 MB
- Description
- A black and white digital image of John Lewis standing at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
- Lewis appears standing in the center of the image. He wears a dark colored suit and tie and looks past the camera, his proper left hand holding a paper badge or ticket against his chest and his right hand holding papers or a folder down by his side. Another man is partially visible behind him and the far right corner of the Lincoln statue is visible along the left side of the image.
- 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
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Freedom
- Labor
- Local and regional
- 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
- 2016.157.21
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian Institution
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




