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Published ReferencesAssociated Press ID # 63082801094
DimensionsSheet: 8 13/16 x 7 1/8 in. (22.4 x 18.1 cm)
Image: 8 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (21.3 x 16.5 cm)
Accession Number 2024.219
Classificationsphotograph
InscriptionsCVL-DC-140 (verso u,l graphite) 2000 (verso u,l graphite) 87 43 bicas (verso u,l black ink) Civil Right March (verso u,c blue ink) 1st [illegible] 3 col March clean up WIS (verso center charcoal) THE TASK of cleaning up the Lincoln Memorial area was a big one Wednesday after the crowd of more than 200,000 dis-persed after civil rights march. (AP Photo) (verso center printed ink on pasted paper)
MarksAUG 30 1963 (verso l,c black stamped ink)
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
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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
Resting After the March: Part of the crowd assembled near the Lincoln Memorial following March on Washington parade soak their feet in the reflection pool near the memorial today as others stand and sit behind, August 28, 1963
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1963
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
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
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 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
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
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Senator Strom Thurmond (D-South Carolina) is all smiles as he steps outside of the Senate Gallery mobbed by reporters after winding up his 24-hour, 18-minutes talkathon against the Civil Rights Bill. Thurmond bested the record set by Wayne Morse of Oregon in 1953, Washington D.C., August 28, 1957
Unknown
1957
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Into the Street: Police put a girl on the steps outside the Justice Department building as they haul demonstrators bodily away from the office of Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach tonight. Other tossed out are in foreground. An estimated 170 persons were taken from the building, March 9, 1965
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1965
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
Scuffle Near the High Court: police move in to disperse a group of anti-war protesters near the Supreme Court Building in Washington today after a pacifist group of 11 women stages a burning of draft cards. The burning was held to protest last May's Supreme Court decision upholding the illegality of the burning or mutilating of draft cards, July 17, 1968
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1968