Object Details
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a crowd of participants holding protest signs during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. A large protest sign depicting a [WANTED] poster of Ronald Reagan is centrally depicted. Below Reagan’s image is the text [Ronnie Reagan / ROBS THE POOR - / GIVES TO THE RICH / STEEL VALLEY UNEMPLOYED CENTER / TRI-STATE CONFERENCE / HOMESTEAD, P.A.]. On the left side of the image is a protest sign that reads [NATIONAL / CONFERENCE / OF/ BLACK LAWYERS]. In the foreground is a third protest sign depicting an illustration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- On the verso of the image are handwritten inscriptions that provide the image date, event information, location, image number, the name of the printer, and the signature of the donor. There are also two (2) stamp marks in black ink in the bottom right corner of the verso.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Leonard Freed, American, 1929 - 2006
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- President Ronald Reagan, American, 1911 - 2004
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- National Conference of Black Lawyers, American, founded 1968
- Steel Valley Unemployed Center, American
- Tri-State Conference on Manufacturing, American, founded 1979
- Printed by
- Brigitte Freed, American
- Pablo Inirio
- Subject of
- 20th Anniversary March on Washington, founded 1983
- Date
- August 27, 1983; printed 2013
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brigitte Freed in memory of Leonard Freed
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 13 1/8 × 8 3/4 in. (33.3 × 22.3 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
