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Photo, Print, Drawing Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Mathew Ahmann, Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, in a Crowd.

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Title

  • Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Mathew Ahmann, Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, in a Crowd.

Summary

  • The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place in August 1963 and was the setting for the celebrated "I Have a Dream" speech by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. A. Philip Randolph, a labor leader and founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, proposed a large march on the capital as a way of prodding Congress and the administration of President John F. Kennedy to act on civil rights. Others involved in its planning included King himself, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People President Roy Wilkins, and John Lewis, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The march was entirely peaceful, and drew an estimated 200,000-300,000 people. It is widely credited with helping to pass breakthrough civil rights legislation in 1964 and 1965. Shown here on the day of the march are King and Mathew Ahmann, Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice.

Names

  • Scherman, Rowland Photographer.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : United States Information Agency, Press and Publications Service, 1963-08-28.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--District of Columbia--Washington
  • -  1963
  • -  Civil rights
  • -  Civil rights demonstrations
  • -  Civil rights leaders
  • -  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  • -  Protest movements

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 photograph (black and white).
  • -  Original resource at: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

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  • 1 online resource.

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  • United States History

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  • 2021669757

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Chicago citation style:

Scherman, Rowland Photographer. Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Mathew Ahmann, Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, in a Crowd. United States of America Washington District of Columbia, 1963. [place of publication not identified: United States Information Agency, Press and Publications Service, -08-28] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669757/.

APA citation style:

Scherman, R. P. (1963) Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Mathew Ahmann, Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, in a Crowd. United States of America Washington District of Columbia, 1963. [place of publication not identified: United States Information Agency, Press and Publications Service, -08-28] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669757/.

MLA citation style:

Scherman, Rowland Photographer. Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Mathew Ahmann, Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, in a Crowd. [place of publication not identified: United States Information Agency, Press and Publications Service, -08-28] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669757/>.