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Civil Rights Marcher

8/28/1963

Pictured is one of the thousands of marchers who participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in Washington, DC. As part of the rally, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his famous “I have a dream” speech. This photograph comes from the records of the U.S. Information Agency (USIA), which produced publications and films about American life for distribution in foreign countries.

National Archives, Records of the U.S. Information Agency

Tags

• Civil Rights
• African Americans
• Washington, DC
• March

Additional Resources

• Documenting the Struggle for Racial Equality in the Decade of the Sixties
• ARC Gallery: African Americans