Digital image of President Kennedy with leaders of the March on Washington
- Photograph by
- Tretick, Aaron Stanley, American, 1921 - 1999
- Subject of
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Wirtz, William Willard, American, 1912 - 2010
- McKissick, Floyd, American, 1922 - 1991
- Ahmann, Mathew H., American, 1931 - 2001
- Young, Whitney Moore Jr., American, 1921 - 1971
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Lewis, John, American, 1940 - 2020
- Dr. Prinz, Joachim, German American, 1902 - 1988
- Blake, Eugene Carson, American, 1906 - 1985
- Randolph, A. Philip, American, 1889 - 1979
- President Kennedy, John F., American, 1917 - 1963
- President Johnson, Lyndon Baines, American, 1908 - 1973
- Reuther, Walter, American, 1907 - 1970
- Wilkins, Roy, American, 1901 - 1981
- The White House, founded 1792
- Date
- August 28, 1963
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2250 pixels × 3356 pixels
- File size: 21.63 MB
- Description
- A black and white digital image of the leaders of the March on Washington with President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office.
- The men are pictured standing in front of an open doorway. From left to right, pictured are: W.Willard Wirtz, Floyd McKissick, Matthew H. Ahmann, Whitney Moore Young Jr., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Joachim Prinz, Eugene Carson Blake, A. Philip Randolph, President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Walter Reuther, and Roy Wilkins. All are wearing dark-colored suits, some with white March on Washington buttons pinned to their lapels.
- 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
- portraits
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Freedom
- Labor
- Local and regional
- Men
- Photography
- Politics
- 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
- 2016.157.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian Institution
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.