The March on Washington: A Chronological History of Negro Contributions: Museum Object and Cultural History
The March on Washington: A Chronological History of Negro Contributions: Date: ca. 1963. Created by: Mr. Maestro. Recorded by: Ralph Cooper, American, 1908 - 1992.
The object in the museum catalogue
The sleeve has a full-sized blue monochrome photo of a march with black text and text colored by stars-and-stripes. On the right, a line drawing of the statue of Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial. The label is gray with blue and red text.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1963
- Created by: Mr. Maestro
- Recorded by: Ralph Cooper, American, 1908 - 1992
- Recorded by: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Subject of: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Type: record covers
- Type: long-playing records
- Medium: vinyl , cardboard
- Dimensions: H x W (album jacket): 12 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. (31.4 x 31.4 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (disc): 12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm)
- Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Local and regional
- Object number: 2011.17.36ab
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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