- Collection:
- Rosa Parks Papers
- Title:
- [Group portrait of Whitney Young, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Walter Reuther, and Rev. Eugene Carson Blake with heads bowed in prayer on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the March on Washington] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Yette, Samuel F., photographer.
- Date of Original:
- 1963-08-28
- Subject:
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
- People:
- Young, Whitney M.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985 - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- photographic postcards1960-1970.gmgpc
photomechanical printscolor1960-1970.gmgpc
portrait photographs1960-1970.gmgpc
group portraits1960-1970.gmgpc - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Title devised by Library staff.
Photographer credit: Photograph by Samuel F. Yette; (c) Cottage Books, P.O. Box 2071, Silver Spring, MD 20915 (301) 649-5123.
On postcard verso: Strong men -- "Dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal" four leaders of "The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" bowed in prayer before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave historic "I Have a Dream" speech at Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, August 28, 1963. They are: Whitney Young, Jr., Exec. Dir., Nat'l Urban League; Dr. King, Pres., Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Walter Reuther, Pres., United Auto Workers; and the Rev. Eugene Carson Blake, Vice Chr., Nat'l Council of Churches. - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.48794
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Contributing Institution:
- Library of Congress
