The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 24, 2024

March on Washington, Washington DC

March on Washington, Washington DC

1963
(American, 1929–2006)
America, 20th century
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

Description

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.
  • Leonard Freed (the artist) [1929-2006]
    (Magnum Photos, New York, NY)
    Estate of Leonard Freed, Garrison, NY
    ?-2016
    Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NY
    December 5, 2016
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Black in America: Louis Draper and Leonard Freed. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 26-July 30, 2017).
  • {{cite web|title=March on Washington, Washington DC|url=false|author=Leonard Freed|year=1963|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2016.289