Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
On the Pulse of Morning
October 16, 1995
National Mall, 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.
This black-and-white photograph depicts the Million Man March crowd in front of the United States Capitol building. The crowd is densely packed and figures gaze in multiple directions. There is a raised platform in the foreground with a group of men standing on it; one is bent over looking at someone on the ground.
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Catalog reference: 2013.99.1
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