Flier announcing the March on Washington in 1963: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A flier promoting the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, produced by the march's National Office. The flier consists of a single sheet printed on one side in black ink on off-white paper. The flier begins with the text [An Appeal to You from] followed by a list of the "Big 10" leaders of the march: Mathew Ahmann, Eugene Carson Blake, James Farmer, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis, Isaiah Minkoff, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young. The text then continues [to MARCH on / WASHINGTON / WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28, 1963] and lists the reasons for the march as well as the demands [We demand: - Meaningful Civil Rights Laws / Full and Fair Employment / Massive Federal Works Program / Decent Housing / The Right to Vote / Adequate Integrated Education]. Along the bottom is the address for the National Office of the March in New York. At the bottom left is [Cleveland Robinson / Chairman, Administrative Committee] and to the bottom right is [Bayard Rustin / Deputy Director]. The back of the flier is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1963
• Created by: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
• Created by: Bayard Rustin, American, 1912 - 1987
• Created by: Cleveland Robinson, Jamaican American, 1914 - 1995
• Subject of: Mathew H. Ahmann, American, 1931 - 2001
• Subject of: Eugene Carson Blake, American, 1906 - 1985
• Subject of: James L. Farmer Jr., American, 1920 - 1999
• Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
• Subject of: John Lewis, American, 1940 - 2020
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (21 x 14 cm)
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Object number: 2010.45.7
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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