Graeme Phelps "Flip" Schulke (1924–2008)

  • Graeme Phelps "Flip" Schulke. [Marchers in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (0024.00.00)
    © Flip Schulke

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Danny Lyon (b. 1942)

  • Danny Lyon. The March on Washington, August, 28, 1963, from the portfolio Twenty-five Photographs from the Southern Civil Rights Movement. Gelatin silver print, printed 1994. Gift of Emory E. and Virginia Drexler Clark. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (023.00.00)
    © Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos. Courtesy Edwynn Houl Gallery and dektol.wordpress.com

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Bruce Davidson (b. 1933)

  • Bruce Davidson. [Crowd surrounding the Reflecting Pool], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print, printed 2008. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (005.00.00)
    © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos
  • Bruce Davidson. [Marchers at the Washington Monument], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print, printed 2008. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (006.00.00)
    © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos
  • Bruce Davidson. [Marchers in front of the Lincoln Memorial], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print, printed 2008. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (007.00.00)
    © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos

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Bob Adelman (b. 1931)

  • Bob Adelman. [Ossie Davis speaks to the assembling marchers at the Washington Monument], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (001.00.00)
    © Bob Adelman
  • Bob Adelman. [On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, members of Congress greet the demonstrators at the March on Washington], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (002.00.00)
    © Bob Adelman
  • Bob Adelman. [Bayard Rustin speaks to the demonstrators at the beginning of the March on Washington], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (003.00.00)
    © Bob Adelman
  • Bob Adelman. [Martin Luther King delivers the "I have a dream" speech from the podium], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (004.00.00)
    © Bob Adelman

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Roosevelt H. Carter (1926–1981)

  • Roosevelt Carter. [Mahalia Jackson at March on Washington], August 28, 1963. Digital print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (027.00.00)
    © The Estate of Roosevelt Carter
  • Roosevelt Carter. [Students in NAACP jackets at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom], August 28, 1963. Digital print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (026.00.00)
    © The Estate of Roosevelt Carter

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David S. Johnson (b. 1927)

  • David Johnson. [Young African American man standing in front of the Washington Monument holding a copy of the Washington Afro-American], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (021.00.00)
    © David Johnson
  • David Johnson. [Mother, father, and son at the March on Washington], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (022.00.00)
    © David Johnson

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James K. W. Atherton (1927–2011)

  • James K. W. Atherton. [Emancipator looks down on demonstrators], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (028.00.00)
    © James Atherton

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William Henry "Bill" Mauldin (1921–2003)

  • Bill Mauldin. Powder Keg. Published in the Chicago Sun-Times, August 24, 1963. Crayon, ink, blue pencil, and white out over pencil with overlay. Papers of Bill Mauldin, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (047.00.00)
  • Bill Mauldin. "What do you mean 'not so fast'?" Published in the Chicago Sun-Times, May 10, 1963. Crayon, ink, blue pencil, and white out over pencil. Papers of Bill Mauldin, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (048.00.00)

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Leonard Freed (1929–2006)

  • Leonard Freed. [Marchers listening to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. giving his "I have a dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print, printed 2013. Gift of Brigitte Freed, 2013. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (017.00.00)
    © Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos
  • Leonard Freed. [Marchers joining hands in front of the Lincoln Memorial], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print, printed 2013. Gift of Brigitte Freed. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (012.00.00)
    © Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos
  • Leonard Freed. [Group of men talking], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print, printed 2013. Gift of Brigitte Freed. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (014.00.00)
    © Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos
  • eonard Freed. [Iowa sign in Reflecting Pool], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print, printed 2013. Gift of Brigitte Freed. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (015.00.00)
    © Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos
  • Leonard Freed. [Couple singing], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print, printed 2013. Gift of Brigitte Freed. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (009.00.00)
    © Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos
  • Leonard Freed. [Couple singing], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print, printed 2013. Gift of Brigitte Freed. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (010.00.00)
    © Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos
  • Leonard Freed. [Priest talking with man after the March], August, 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print, printed 2013. Gift of Brigitte Freed. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (011.00.00)
    © Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos
  • Leonard Freed. [Marchers seated beside the Reflecting Pool], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print, printed 2013. Gift of Brigitte Freed. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (019.00.00)
    © Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos
  • Leonard Freed. [Young marchers on the grounds of the Washington Monument], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print, printed 2013. Gift of Brigitte Freed. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (018.00.00)
    © Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos
  • Leonard Freed. [Grounds of the Mall after the March], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print (printed 2013). Gift of Brigitte Freed. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (008.00.00)
    © Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos

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Preparing for the March

  • Orlando Fernandez. [Cleveland Robinson standing on second floor balcony of the National Headquarters of the March on Washington in Harlem], 1963. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (029.00.00)
    © Orlando Fernandez
  • Orlando Fernandez. In Front of 170 W 130 St., March on Washington, l t[o] r, Bayard Rustin, Deputy Director, Cleveland Robinson, Chairman of Administrative Committee, published August 7, 1963. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (030.00.00)
    © Orlando Fernandez
  • United Press International. Plan March Strategy, published August 3, 1963. [A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, and Anna Arnold Hedgeman plan the route for the march]. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (031.00.00)
  • Associated Press. Confer on Civil Rights March, published August 3, 1963. [Leaders of 1963 March on Washington Bayard Rustin, Asa Philip Randolph, and Dr. John Morsell holding a press conference in the New York headquarters]. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (032.00.00)
  • United Press International. Discuss Plans to Join Rights March, August 8, 1963. [(left to right) Charlton Heston, Judy Garland, Eartha Kitt, and Marlon Brando at a meeting to discuss plans for joining the civil rights march]. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (033.00.00)
  • United Press International. Marchers Leave for Washington, published August 28, 1963. [March participants boarding buses outside the Broadway Congregational Church, New York City]. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (034.00.00)
  • United Press International. [Volunteer workers at the Riverside Church prepare box lunches for marchers. Eighty-thousand lunches were shipped to Washington in refrigerator trucks], August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (035.00.00)
  • Orlando Fernandez. [Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) members swing down Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, toward 69th St. ferry on trek to Washington], August 15, 1963. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (036.00.00)
    © Orlando Fernandez

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The Day of the March

  • Stanley Tretick (1921–1999). [Organizers of the March on Washington, from left, Walter P. Reuther, Roy Wilkins, John Lewis, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, Whitney Young, Floyd McKissick, and Martin Luther King, Jr., enter congressional chambers with a group of men to officially present their demands], August 28, 1963. Photographic print. LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (044.00.00)
    © Stanley Tretick, for Look magazine
  • United Press International. Activity Abounds in the Press Tent on the Monument Grounds 8/27 in the Shadow of the White House, August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (037.00.00)
  • United Press International. A Negro Girl Sings and Claps Her Hands as D.C. National Guard Trucks Roll Along Constitution Avenue Here 8/28 before the Start of the Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print. New York World Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (038.00.00)
  • United Press International. Crowds at the Memorial for Demonstration, August 28, 1963. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (039.00.00)
  • United Press International. Leaders of the March on Washington Lock Arms and Put Hands Together as they Move along Constitution Avenue. [Walter Reuther is partly visible at extreme right. A. Philip Randolph is second from right. Roy Wilkins is third from right. The Rev. Martin Luther King is eighth from right.] Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (040.00.00)
  • United Press International. Like Everyday Tourists. [Four men wield cameras as they photograph various scenes during the March on Washington, August 28th]. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (041.00.00)
  • Stanley Tretick. [A. Philip Randolph, seated, and John Lewis, standing, with a group of men, in front of the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington.], August 28, 1963. Photographic print. LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (042.00.00)
    © Stanley Tretick, for Look magazine
  • United Press International. The Rev. Martin Luther King Delivers His Address at the Lincoln Memorial During the Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1863. Gelatin silver print. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (043.00.00)

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