Digital image of March on Washington participants at the Lincoln Memorial

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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 a crowd in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington. The Lincoln Memorial appears in the background, just right of center. In the foreground, marchers sit with their feet in the Reflecting Pool. A large crowd extends behind them and up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. A raised platform with people and film cameras appears in the center of the crowd, just to the left of the Memorial. There are several people standing on top of the Memorial.

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