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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56a9c8ad4-ca2b-46f7-a424-c5b7d9f9da7b

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