Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of two participants at the 20th Anniversary March on Washington
August 27, 1983; printed 2013
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of two men standing in front of a large banner during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. The man in the left foreground is depicted wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and a light colored bow tie. The man on the right of the image is also depicted wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and a dark colored bow tie. Both men are standing facing the right edge of the image, with their hands clasped behind their backs. Between them is a partially visible banner hanging from a stage above, written in white text with varying fonts, that read, [[h]istoric 1963 March on Washington / We Still Have A Dream / JOBS PEACE FREEDOM].
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Catalog reference: 2016.123.2.24
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