Washington, D.C. • USA (March on Washington 8-28-1963)

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Object Details

Created by

Leonard Freed, American, 1929 - 2006

Subject of

Jacquelyn Bond Shropshire

Golden Asro Frinks, 1920 - 2004

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963

Description

Silver gelatin photograh featuring a close-up of a man and woman at the March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs; she is clapping her hands and he holds her proper left arm and back of her head.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brigitte Freed in memory of Leonard Freed

Date

1963; printed 2006 - 2009

Object number

2009.36.13

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 12 15/16 x 8 1/2 in. (32.9 x 21.7 cm)

H x W (Image and Sheet): 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

Place depicted

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

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National Museum of African American History and Culture 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

Local and regional

Photography

Singers (Musicians)

U.S. History, 1961-1969

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d57a860d-d6ff-463b-8adc-a50d72bc69a4

Record ID

nmaahc_2009.36.13