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Published ReferencesAssociated Press ID # 6911151238
DimensionsOverall: 6 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (17.5 x 21.9 cm)
Accession Number 2025.228
Classificationsphotograph
ProvenanceJeff Perry; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2025]
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
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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
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
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Breaking Camp: Antiwar demonstrators, one dragging a tent, leave their Potomac Park campsite early Sunday after they and about 15,000 others were routed by police. Militant leaders say there will be more demonstrations Monday in Washington, May 3, 1971
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1971
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
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 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
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
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 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
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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
Unknown Associated Press photographer
197-
Image Not Available for Crowd gathers around National Mall during the March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom, Washington D.C., August 28, 1963
Crowd gathers around National Mall during the March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom, Washington D.C., August 28, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
Image Not Available for March Director: A. Philip Randolph, international president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and national president of the Negro American Labor Council, is the director of the massive Negro match on Washington, scheduled for later this month. Randolph, 74, headed three previous marches on Washington, August 6, 1963
March Director: A. Philip Randolph, international president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and national president of the Negro American Labor Council, is the director of the massive Negro match on Washington, scheduled for later this month. Randolph, 74, headed three previous marches on Washington, August 6, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963