- Photograph by
- Blair, James P., American, 1931 - 2021
- Subject of
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Date
- 1963; printed ca. 2021
- Medium
- ink on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 10 × 15 in. (25.4 × 38.1 cm)
- H x W (paper): 13 × 19 in. (33 × 48.3 cm)
- Caption
- Printed caption from James P. Blair: Not a project, 1963, USA, THe [sic] March on Washington. Between 200,000 and 260,000 people from all over the country came together to hear Dr. King speak.
- Description
- This is a color photograph of the 1963 March on Washington by James P. Blair. The image depicts a large crowd of people gathered between the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Captured from a view looking out from the steps, a blue and yellow NAACP cap is slightly out of focus in the near foreground. Two other individuals can be seen wearing the same cap in bottom right-hand corner of the image. Two American flags are mounted on poles rise from the crowd in the mid-foreground. The print is signed by the photographer at the lower left corner and labeled [5 of 9]. A caption by the photographer is printed along the bottom margin.
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Not a Project
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- Type
- inkjet prints
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Local and regional
- Photography
- Political organizations
- Poverty
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jim and Elise Blair
- Object number
- 2021.67.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of James P. Blair
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




