- 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
- Randolph, A. Philip, American, 1889 - 1979
- Date
- August 28, 1963
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2785 pixels × 2233 pixels
- File size: 17.82 MB
- Description
- A black and white image of four March on Washington leaders marching together in front of a crowd of marchers, with signs held aloft behind them.
- From left to right are: Joseph Rauh, Whitney Moore Young Jr., Roy Wilkins, and A. Philip Randolph. The four mean are wearing dark suits and white shirts. Rauh wears a bowtie and the others have neck ties and March on Washington buttons on their lapels. The men stand together in a row. Young is wiping his forehead with a white cloth. Wilkins is looking down at his two hands out in front of him, palms up. A. Philip Randolph is also looking at Wilkins' hands. There is a crowd behind them holding signs. Some of the signs read [WE / DEMAND / DECENT / HOUSING / NOW!], [WE / DEMAND / AN FEPC / LAW / NOW!], and [I/U/E/ / AFL - CIO / FOR / FULL / CITIZENSHIP / NOW]. Some of the crowd members are wearing hats including one woman who is wearing a "UAW" hat.
- 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
- 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
- 2016.157.30
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian Institution
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




