- Collection:
- African American Odyssey
- Title:
- March on Washington, August 28, 1963
- Date of Original:
- 1963-08-23
- Subject:
- Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963
Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights--United States
Civil rights workers--United States
Speeches, addresses, etc. - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Black-and-white photograph showing a large crowd of both white and African American demonstrators gathered on and around the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the August 28, 1963 March on Washington. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stands at a podium near the top of the stairs.
Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Local Identifier:
- Reproduction number: LC-U9-10360-23 (9-13) (b&w film neg.); (digital file from original negative)
- Metadata URL:
- http://crdl.usg.edu/id:loc_afamodyssey_0913001r
- Digital Object URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/09/0913001r.jpg
- Original Collection:
- U.S. News and World Report Photograph Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
March on Washington, August 28, 1963
