- 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
- Asbury United Methodist Church, American, founded 1836
- United States Department of Justice, American, founded 1870
- Date
- August 28, 1963
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4343 pixels × 2954 pixels
- File size: 36.73 MB
- Description
- A color digital image of the crowd during the March on Washington.
- The image depicts a sea of people, many of whom hold placards above the crowd. Within the large crowd are smaller groups wearing matching hats. The signs read [WE / MARCH / FOR / FIRST CLASS / CITIZENSHIP /NOW!], [WE / DEMAND / AND END / TO BIAS /NOW!], [WE / MARCH / FOR / EFFECTIVE / CIVIL RIGHTS / LAWS / NOW!], and [UAW SAYS: / PASS A LAW / REQUIRING / THE DEPARTMENT / OF JUSTICE TO / ENFORCE JUSTICE / through CIVIL / RIGHTS SUITS].
- 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
- 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
- 2016.157.49
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian Institution
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




