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Digital image of March on Washington participants

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 color digital image of the crowd during the March on Washington. The image depicts a sea of people, many of whom hold placards above the crowd. Within the large crowd are smaller groups wearing matching hats. The signs read [WE / MARCH / FOR / FIRST CLASS / CITIZENSHIP /NOW!], [WE / DEMAND / AND END / TO BIAS /NOW!], [WE / MARCH / FOR / EFFECTIVE / CIVIL RIGHTS / LAWS / NOW!], and [UAW SAYS: / PASS A LAW / REQUIRING / THE DEPARTMENT / OF JUSTICE TO / ENFORCE JUSTICE / through CIVIL / RIGHTS SUITS].

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Catalog reference: 2016.157.49

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