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Published ReferencesAssociated Press ID # 7010030208
DimensionsOverall: 8 5/8 x 7 in. (21.9 x 17.8 cm)
Accession Number 2025.223
Classificationsphotograph
ProvenanceJeff Perry; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2025]
March for Victory: marchers demonstrating for a military victory in Vietnam walked Saturday from the Capitol to a rally at the Washington Monument, Washington DC, October 3, 1970
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Image Not Available for Massed Marchers at Memorial: From a helicopter, this is the way the March on Washington demonstrators looked today during ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial. Thousands jammed the area after a sign-carrying parade from the Washington Monument grounds, August 28, 1963
Massed Marchers at Memorial: From a helicopter, this is the way the March on Washington demonstrators looked today during ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial. Thousands jammed the area after a sign-carrying parade from the Washington Monument grounds, August 28, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
...As Demonstrators Marched: Participants in the "March Against Death" place the name cards of United States military killed in Vietnam in the coffins, left, at the foot of the Capitol tonight. The 40-hour procession from Arlington Cemetery is part of Vietnam Moratorium activity in Washington, November 13, 1969
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1969
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Tours "Battle Front": General Ralph E. Haines Jr. the Army's Vice chief of staff and commander of troops in Washington, views military installations yesterday from a bus tour with the capital city's Mayor Walter Washington to quell violence following the death of Dr. Martin Luthe rKing Jr. Troops are still in the city although there hasn't been serious trouble since Saturday night, April 12, 1968
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
On The Way Out: One of several persons ejected from the hearing room is carried bodily by officers today as the probe of anti-Vietnam war activities by the House-Un-American Activities Committee erupted with turmoil as loud challenges were shouted at the members of the committee. At least eight persons were carried or dragged from the room, Washington DC, August 16, 1966
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1966
Image Not Available for Under Police Surveillance: Members of the American Nazi Party carry out their own demonstration today under close police surveillance. The swastika-wearing marchers showed up at the White House about the time Negro demonstrators were scheduled to arrive. Police hustled off the Nazis to the next block up Pennsylvania Avenue where they were permitted to march in a tight circle, June 14, 1963
Under Police Surveillance: Members of the American Nazi Party carry out their own demonstration today under close police surveillance. The swastika-wearing marchers showed up at the White House about the time Negro demonstrators were scheduled to arrive. Police hustled off the Nazis to the next block up Pennsylvania Avenue where they were permitted to march in a tight circle, June 14, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
Image Not Available for Several Hundred demonstrators marched on the Washington State Capitol Sunday in protest over treatment of Negroes in the South and the slaying of the Reverend James Reeb, Boston Unitarian minister, in Selma, Alabama last week. A letter from Governor Dan Evans was read to the throng. The governor decried the situation in the South, but warned against smugness in this state, saying much needs to be done, March 16, 1965
Several Hundred demonstrators marched on the Washington State Capitol Sunday in protest over treatment of Negroes in the South and the slaying of the Reverend James Reeb, Boston Unitarian minister, in Selma, Alabama last week. A letter from Governor Dan Evans was read to the throng. The governor decried the situation in the South, but warned against smugness in this state, saying much needs to be done, March 16, 1965
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1965
Image Not Available for Black Students Testify at Senate Hearing: Testifying during a continuing discussion on segregation five black students gave testimony Thursday to the Senate Select Committee on Equal Education Opportunity in Washington. From left are: Lionel McIntyre, New Orleans; Tyrone Thomas, Mobile, Alabama; Arthur Mae Cohen, Frogmore, South Carolina; Anita Kleinpeter, Lake Providence, Louisiana; Lawander Lovette, Rocky Mount, North Carolina; and teacher Ruby Martin, June 19, 1970
Black Students Testify at Senate Hearing: Testifying during a continuing discussion on segregation five black students gave testimony Thursday to the Senate Select Committee on Equal Education Opportunity in Washington. From left are: Lionel McIntyre, New Orleans; Tyrone Thomas, Mobile, Alabama; Arthur Mae Cohen, Frogmore, South Carolina; Anita Kleinpeter, Lake Providence, Louisiana; Lawander Lovette, Rocky Mount, North Carolina; and teacher Ruby Martin, June 19, 1970
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1970
Image Not Available for Poster for March on Washington: Official poster for the Aug. 28 Civil Rights March on Washington, Washington, D.C. The design prepared by artist Louis LoMonaco of New York City, will also be used as the cover for a portfolio to be sold in Washington on the day of the march, August 18, 1963
Poster for March on Washington: Official poster for the Aug. 28 Civil Rights March on Washington, Washington, D.C. The design prepared by artist Louis LoMonaco of New York City, will also be used as the cover for a portfolio to be sold in Washington on the day of the march, August 18, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
Image Not Available for Scuffler Led Away: His face twisted with pain, an unidentified man is led away by police from the scene of the threatened race riot at Washington's Anacostia park swimming pool, June 29, 1949. The scuffle started when some 70 black youths appeared at the pool and the whites refused to let them swim. Washington, DC, June 29, 1949
Scuffler Led Away: His face twisted with pain, an unidentified man is led away by police from the scene of the threatened race riot at Washington's Anacostia park swimming pool, June 29, 1949. The scuffle started when some 70 black youths appeared at the pool and the whites refused to let them swim. Washington, DC, June 29, 1949
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1949
Image Not Available for Forcibly Evicted: Police lift one of the residents of Resurrection City to carry her from the area which was cleared after expiration of the permit to occupy the land in Washington, June 24, 1968. Police Chief John Layton said about 80 arrests, including the leaders of the Poor People's Campaign, were made during the clearing operation, Washington DC, June 25, 1968
Forcibly Evicted: Police lift one of the residents of Resurrection City to carry her from the area which was cleared after expiration of the permit to occupy the land in Washington, June 24, 1968. Police Chief John Layton said about 80 arrests, including the leaders of the Poor People's Campaign, were made during the clearing operation, Washington DC, June 25, 1968
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
On Guard at Fire: A District of Columbia policeman stands guard as firemen fight a blaze in auto parts store in Negro section of Northwest Washington late last night, the area still scarred by last April's riots. Rock-throwing, arson and looting broke out following the shooting of a Negro man by a white policeman, Washington D.C., October 8, 1967
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1967
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Police Move In: Washington police march down the center of a street near the Justice Department in Washington as a large symbolic gavel burns. The gavel was carried to the scene by demonstrators, November 15, 1969
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1969