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Digital image of Kennedy and Johnson with March on Washington leaders

August 28, 1963

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

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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 President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson with Rabbi Joachim Prinz, A. Philip Randolph, and Walter Reuther. The men are pictured standing in the Oval Office. From left to right are Prinz, Randolph, Kennedy, Johnson, and Reuther. The men are all wearing dark suits and ties and the three March organizers are wearing white March on Washington pinback buttons on their lapels.

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Catalog reference: 2016.157.7

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