Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Not a project, 1963, USA, The March on Washington.
1963; printed ca. 2021
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 color photograph of the 1963 March on Washington by James P. Blair. The image depicts a front line of protesters leading a large group down the center of a street. Many people carry signs and placards. The front line of the crowd is made up of both men and women, Black and white. At center, a man pushes another man in a wheelchair. The man in the wheelchair holds hands with the women at either side of him and the protesters along the rest of the line link arms. A woman just to the left of center carries a large sign reading [MASS. / ADA]. A woman to the right of center carries a sign reading [WE MARCH TOGETHER / CATHOLICS / JEWS / PROTESTANT / FOR DIGNITY / AND BROTHERHOOD / OF ALL MEN UNDER GOD / NOW!]. Other signs include messages such as “We Demand Equal Rights Now!
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Catalog reference: 2021.67.1
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