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DimensionsSheet: 8 1/16 x 8 3/4 in. (20.5 x 22.2 cm)
Image: 6 1/2 x 7 15/16 in. (16.5 x 20.2 cm)
Accession Number 2024.212
Classificationsphotograph
InscriptionsCVL-PC-083 (verso l,l graphite) 2500 (verso l,l graphite) SELMA ALA (verso l,l ink)
Marks1965 MAR 13 AM 6:47 (verso l,r blue stamped ink) MAR 13 1965 (verso c,l brown stamped ink)
Washington Police Drag Civil Rights Pickets from Sit-In on Busy Pennsylvania Avenue, March 13, 1965
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Urges Adoption Of All Out Civil Rights Program: Attired in cap and gown, President Truman calls for swift adoption of an all out Civil Rights program backed up by "the full force and power of the federal government" in his commencement address today at Howard University, a Negro institution. The President said he was "not one of those who feel that we can leave these matters up to the state alone, or that we can rely solely on the efforts of men of good will," Washington D.C., June 13, 1952
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1952
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Stars Will March in the planned August 28th Civil Rights Demonstration in Washington: Movie and TV stars sat down to talk over their parts in the march after about 60 performers pledged to take part in the demonstration. They include Judy Garland (second from left), Eartha Kitt (dark glasses), Marlon Brando (second from right) and James Garner (right), August 6, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
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 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
March on Washington: This aerial view shows civil rights demonstrators participating in the March on Washington as they gather in the Washington Monument area. The striped tent in the upper half houses the headquarters of the march organizers, August 28, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Crowd for Ceremonies: General view, taken from top of Lincoln Memorial, shows crowd assembled at the memorial and around the Washington Monument reflection pool to hear speakers in ceremonies following the March on Washington parade by civil rights groups here today, August 28, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Of Mississippi Matters: Aaron Henry, Mississippi president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, appears today before a House Judiciary Subcommittee. Henry a close associate of slain negro leader Medgar W. Evers, was called to testify on racial problems in Mississippi. The subcommittee is holding hearings on proposed civil rights legislation, Washington DC, June 13, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
The task of cleaning up the Lincoln Memorial area began immediately after the crowd of more than 200,000 persons disperse after attending the civil rights march in Washington, August 28, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
While a defiant group of civil rights demonstrators were staging a sit-in the white house 3/11, pickets continue to parade on the outside of the executive mansion demanding federal intervention in Alabama, March 11, 1965
Unknown
1965
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Attend Washington Service: Mrs. James J. Reeb and her son John, 13, are on their way to attend a memorial service for her husband at All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington today. The Reverend Mr. Reeb, a victim of the Selma, Alabama racial violence, was a former associate pastor of the church, March 13, 1965
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1965
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Callers at the Capitol: Civil rights leader Reverend Ralph Abernathy, right, and A.D. King, brother of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, are shown on the steps of the Capitol discussing the second day of the Poor People's March. Dr. King was assassinated April 4, April 30, 1968
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1968
Image Not Available for Leads Poor Campaign: Civil rights leader Rev. Ralph Abernathy wipes his face during his appearance before a Senate Labor and Public Welfare subcommittee in Washington, April 20, 1968. Abernathy is the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and successor to the assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Washington D.C., April 30, 1968
Leads Poor Campaign: Civil rights leader Rev. Ralph Abernathy wipes his face during his appearance before a Senate Labor and Public Welfare subcommittee in Washington, April 20, 1968. Abernathy is the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and successor to the assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Washington D.C., April 30, 1968
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1968