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Digital image of Kennedy and Johnson with March on Washington leaders

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Photograph by

    Aaron Stanley Tretick, American, 1921 - 1999

    Subject of

    March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
    Dr. Joachim Prinz, German American, 1902 - 1988
    A. Philip Randolph, American, 1889 - 1979
    President John F. Kennedy, American, 1917 - 1963
    President Lyndon Baines Johnson, American, 1908 - 1973
    Walter Reuther, American, 1907 - 1970

    Description

    A black and white image of President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson with Rabbi Joachim Prinz, A. Philip Randolph, and Walter Reuther.
    The men are pictured standing in the Oval Office. From left to right are Prinz, Randolph, Kennedy, Johnson, and Reuther. The men are all wearing dark suits and ties and the three March organizers are wearing white March on Washington pinback buttons on their lapels.

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kitty Kelley and the Estate of Stanley Tretick

    Date

    August 28, 1963

    Object number

    2016.157.7

    Restrictions & Rights

    © Smithsonian Institution
    Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog

    Medium

    digital

    Dimensions

    H x W: 2235 pixels × 3378 pixels
    File size: 21.63 MB

    Place captured

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

    See more items in

    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Collection title

    Stanley Tretick Photography Collection

    Classification

    Photographs and Still Images

    Movement

    Civil Rights Movement
    March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Activism
    Civil Rights
    Freedom
    Judaism
    Labor
    Local and regional
    Men
    Photography
    Politics
    U.S. History, 1961-1969

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59eb3fb88-1a7b-46b9-b3ad-30145890233f

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2016.157.7

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    March on Washington pennant

    1963 March on Washington

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