Digital image of the March leaders at the Lincoln Memorial

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.

A black and white digital image with Martin Luther King, Jr. with other civil rights leaders and organizers of the March in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The eight men are pictured in two rows, one seated and one standing, in front of the statue of Abraham Lincoln with the words [IN THIS TEMPLE / AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE / FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION / THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN / IS ENSHRINED FOREVER] carved above. The men seated, from left to right, are: Whitney Moore Young Jr., Cleveland Robinson, A. Philip Randolph, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Roy Wilkins. The men standing, from right to left, are: Mathew H. Ahmann, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, John Lewis, Eugene Carson Blake, Floyd McKissick, and Walter Reuther.

Explore Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ↗