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March on Washington, Washington DC

1963
(American, 1929–2006)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 16 x 23.9 cm (6 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2016.289
© Leonard Freed /Magnum Photos
Location: not on view
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Freed covered the August 28, 1963, March on Washington during which Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. “More than 250,000 people came to the nation’s capital to demand equality for blacks and to urge Congress to pass pending civil rights legislation. . . . The march was the largest demonstration of its kind in the history of the United States.” Almost a year later, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans discrimination in public places and in employment practices.
March on Washington, Washington DC

March on Washington, Washington DC

1963

Leonard Freed

(American, 1929–2006)
America

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