Washington, D.C., USA (March on Washington 8-28-1963)
Artist:
Leonard Freed
(American, 1929 - 2006)
Date: August 28, 1963, printed later
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image: 8 3/4 × 13 in. (22.2 × 33 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Brigitte Freed
Object number: 2019.16.52
Portfolio: Black in White America
Signed: Verso, lower right
Copyright: © Leonard Freed / Magnum Photos
Label Text
From the exuberance of children playing in the streets of Harlem to the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech, Leonard Freed documented the Civil Rights era through photographs of African American communities. Freed’s powerful Black in White America photo-essay presents images of daily life that capture that joy and sorrow of the human condition, revealing the ongoing struggle for equality in our country. As a photojournalist Freed examined societal violence and racial discrimination and covered important world events including the Arab-Israeli war and post-war Germany. (Group Label, Lana Meador, 2021)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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