Digital image of Whitney Young Jr. and Roy Wilkins at the March on Washington
- 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
- Wilkins, Roy, American, 1901 - 1981
- Date
- August 28, 1963
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2522 pixels × 1826 pixels
- File size: 13.2 MB
- Description
- A black and white image of Whitney Young Jr. and Roy Wilkins in front of marchers during the March on Washington.
- Whitney Moore Young Jr. is on the left and Roy Wilkins is on the right. They are both wearing white collared shirts, dark suits, ties, and white March on Washington pinback buttons on their lapels. They are both smiling and Wilkins is looking off to the side. There are people marching behind them and holding signs reading [WE / DEMAND / VOTING / RIGHTS / NOW].
- 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
- Segregation
- Suffrage
- 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
- 2016.157.23
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian Institution
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.