President Kennedy with Leaders of the March on Washington, 1963
President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson meeting with leaders of the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. Leaders include Willard Wirtz, Martin Luther King, Jr., Eugene Carson Blake, Walter Reuther, A. Philip Randolph, John Lewis, Whitney Young, Mathew Ahmann, Joachim Prinz, Roy Wilkins, John Lewis, and Floyd McKissick.
Martin Luther King, Jr. at the March on Washington, August 28, 1963
Dr. Martin Luther King gives his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963.
Photograph by Rowland Scherman for the United States Information Agency, courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.
Emma Lazarus Federation of Jewish Women's Clubs at the March on Washington, August 28, 1963
The Emma Lazarus Federation of Jewish Women’s Clubs at the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. Women sit under a sign reading, "March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom."
Courtesy of the Jacob Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.
National Federation of Temple Youth at the March on Washington, August 28, 1963
National Federation of Temple Youth at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. Hillel Gamoran, Slide Collection No. 3488.
Courtesy of the Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, 1963.
Central Conference of American Rabbis at the March on Washington, August 28, 1963
Image features a crowd at the March on Washington, , August 28, 1963. Men are holding signs reading "Central Conference of American Rabbis."
Hillel Gamoran, Slide Collection No. 3487, The Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, 1963.
March on Washington Button, 1963
Button belonging to Charly Mann, who went to the March on Washington the summer before entering 8th grade.
Jewish Women's Archive. "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom." (Viewed on December 25, 2024) <https://jwa.org/media/march-on-washington-for-jobs-and-freedom>.