Digital image of March on Washington participants in "Freedom Now" hats
- Photograph by
- Tretick, Aaron Stanley, American, 1921 - 1999
- Subject of
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), American, ca. 1955
- Date
- August 28, 1963
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3165 pixels × 2043 pixels
- File size: 18.53 MB
- Description
- A black and white image of participants at the March on Washington wearing "Freedom Now" hats.
- In the center of the image is a group of three women wearing the white hats with[FREEDOM NOW] on the side. The women also wear knee-length skirts with jackets and high heels and carry purses. The woman on the right holds the hand of the man next to her. He wears a white shirt, dark pants, sunglasses, and the "Freedom Now" hat. Other marchers are visible behind and around them also wearing the "Freedom Now" hats. The marchers are standing on pavement and trees are visible in the background.
- 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
- 2016.157.33
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian Institution
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.