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- Title
- National anthem opens Washington march program.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-29811 NATIONAL ANTHEM OPENS WASHINGTON MARCH PROGRAM WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A young Negro usher, holding cap at right, stands solemnly with religious, civil rights and labor leaders on the platform in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the national anthem at the opening of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom program. Five of the 10 chairmen of the March also on the platform were, from left to right: Whitney M. Young Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers Union; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., and acting chairman of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race; and, second from right, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-9A-63-NBM)
- Creator Name(s)
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Young, Whitney M., Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988., National Urban League., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America., American Jewish Congress., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects., Labor movement--United States--20th century., National songs--United States., Labor leaders--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
- Geographic subjects
- United States., Washington (D.C.), United States, 20th century., United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. P-29811; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
- Identifier (local)
- RNS-RG1_P-29811
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:358097
