Digital image of the March leaders in a row with signs behind them
- 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
- Ahmann, Mathew H., American, 1931 - 2001
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Dr. Prinz, Joachim, German American, 1902 - 1988
- Young, Whitney Moore Jr., American, 1921 - 1971
- Wilkins, Roy, American, 1901 - 1981
- Randolph, A. Philip, American, 1889 - 1979
- Reuther, Walter, American, 1907 - 1970
- Blake, Eugene Carson, American, 1906 - 1985
- Date
- August 28, 1963
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2199 pixels × 3347 pixels
- File size: 21.09 MB
- Description
- A black and white image of the March on Washington leaders marching as a line.
- Civil Rights leaders and organizers of the March on Washington are standing in a long horizontal row. Some are waving, some are looking around and smiling, and some are standing with their hands folded in front of them. They are wearing suits and white March on Washington pinback buttons. Some of the men in the photo include Mathew Ahmann, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Joachim Prinz, Whitney Moore Young Jr., Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, and Eugene Carson Blake. There are also some unidentified men in the photo. There is a crowd of people standing behind them and holding signs. Some of the signs read [WE / DEMAND / DECENT / HOUSING / NOW!], [WE / DEMAND / VOTING / RIGHTS / NOW!], [END / SEGREGATED / RULES / IN / PUBLIC / SCHOOLS], and [WE / MARCH / FOR / EFFECTIVE / CIVIL RIGHTS / LAWS / 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
- Housing
- Labor
- Local and regional
- Men
- Photography
- 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
- 2016.157.29
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian Institution
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.