Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.

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Scenes from Civil Rights March in Washington, D.C., August 1963. People walking up sidewalk; gathering on Mall, standing, singing. Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, crowd gathered on the Mall. People marching with signs, many men wearing UAW hats. People at speakers podium, men with guitars. Crowds outside of the White House, sign: The Catholic University of America.

Band, people marching down street. Many signs, including All D.C. wants to vote! Home Rule for DC; Alpha Phi Alpha; and Woodstock Catholic Seminary for Equal Rights. Lincoln Memorial with crowds gathered around reflecting pool. People singing and clapping at speakers platform. Signs, people clapping. Man speaking, woman playing guitar and singing at podium. More speakers and shots of the crowd.

A chorus, NAACP men in crowd. Close-ups of people in crowd with bowed heads. Shots taken from above of White House. More speakers, including Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Women at podium singing We Shall Overcome. Crowd swaying, singing, holding hands.

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ARC Identifier 49737 / Local Identifier 306.3394. Item from Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information Agency, 1900 - 2003.

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Creator(s): U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) Type(s) of Archival Materials: Moving Images.

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Production Date(s): 08/1963. Part Of: Series: Motion Picture Films, compiled 1942 - 1999.

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Variant Control Number(s): NAIL Control Number: NWDNM(m)-306.3394
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* Subjects Represented in the Archival Material:
o Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
o King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
o White House (Washington, D.C.)
o Washington (District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place

* Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
o U.S. Information Agency. (08/01/1953 - 03/27/1978), Distributor

Producer: U.S. Information Agency
Audio/Visual: sound
Keywords: Civil Rights March; Washington D.C.; Lincoln Memorial; NAACP
Creative Commons license: Public Domain