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Digital image of March on Washington participants at the Reflecting Pool

August 28, 1963

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

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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 image of March on Washington participants, sitting on the edge of the Reflecting Pool with their feet in water. The image depicts one corner of the Reflecting Pool, with the water on the right side and the edges along the center and top of the image. A crowd of people sitting along the edge with their feet in the water. There are men and women, boys and girls. Some have their pant legs rolled up and some are wearing skirts or shorter pants. More people sit and stand behind them.

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Catalog reference: 2016.157.41

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