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Digital image of Joachim Prinz, A. Philip Randolph, and President Kennedy

August 28, 1963

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black and white image of Rabbi Joachim Prinz and A. Philip Randolph with President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office. The three men are standing together, looking off to the right and smiling. Joachim Prinz is on the far left side. He is wearing a dark buttoned up suit jacket, a white collared shirt, a dark tie, and a March on Washington button. A. Philip Randolph is in the middle. He is wearing a dark unbuttoned suit jacket, a white collared shirt, a black tie, and a March on Washington button. John F. Kennedy is on the far proper left side. He is wearing a dark suit, a white collared shirt, a black tie, and a white pocket square. There is a doorway behind them. Eugene Carson Blake stands behind Mr. Prinz and Mr. Randolph and is only slightly visible from this angle.

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Catalog reference: 2016.157.5

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