Mississippi freedom marcher, Washington, D.C.
1963
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 25.5 x 33 cm (10 1/16 x 13 in.) sheet: 28 x 35.5 cm (11 x 14 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert B. Menschel Fund
Accession Number
1999.67.3
Art Historical Context
In 1963, amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement photographer Roy DeCarava *Mississippi Freedom Marcher, Washington,.C.*, a poignant gelatin silver print from the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. This image depicts a determined marcher from Mississippi, symbolizing the grassroots activism that converged on the National Mall, where over 250,000 people rallied for racial equality. DeCarava, a pioneering African American artist known for his intimate, poetic depictions of Black life in Harlem, brought his signature humanism to this moment, blending documentary realism with ...