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- Program, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Program, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Object Details
- Description
- August 28, 1963, was a day of speeches, songs, prayers, and protest on the National Mall. Organized by civil rights activists and supported by labor unions and religious organizations an estimated 250,000 people gathered together to petition for racial equality.
- This program lists the speakers and order of events at the Lincoln Memorial on that historic day.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of A. Philip Randolph Institute
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1963
- ID Number
- PL.321638.02
- accession number
- 321638
- catalog number
- 321638.02
- referenced
- King, Jr., Martin Luther
- Wilkins, Roy
- Fauntroy, Walter
- Lewis, John
- Randolph, A. Philip
- Object Name
- flyer
- leaflet
- program leaflet
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall, closed: 8 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 13.97 cm
- associated place
- United States: District of Columbia, National Mall, Lincoln Memorial
- United States: District of Columbia
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- Political History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Subject
- African American
- general subject association
- Civil Rights Movement
- Record ID
- nmah_1000943
- Usage
- CC0
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