Eugene Carson Blake, American, 1906 - 1985 Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
H x W: 2199 pixels × 3347 pixels
File size: 21.09 MB
Type:
digital images
digital media - born analog
Place captured:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
August 28, 1963
Description:
A black and white image of the March on Washington leaders marching as a line.
Civil Rights leaders and organizers of the March on Washington are standing in a long horizontal row. Some are waving, some are looking around and smiling, and some are standing with their hands folded in front of them. They are wearing suits and white March on Washington pinback buttons. Some of the men in the photo include Mathew Ahmann, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Joachim Prinz, Whitney Moore Young Jr., Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, and Eugene Carson Blake. There are also some unidentified men in the photo. There is a crowd of people standing behind them and holding signs. Some of the signs read [WE / DEMAND / DECENT / HOUSING / NOW!], [WE / DEMAND / VOTING / RIGHTS / NOW!], [END / SEGREGATED / RULES / IN / PUBLIC / SCHOOLS], and [WE / MARCH / FOR / EFFECTIVE / CIVIL RIGHTS / LAWS / NOW!].
