Panoramic view of the Lincoln Memorial: Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators line the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.
A speaker addresses the microphone at the podium on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial before the densely packed rally crowd of the March on Washington, August 28, 1963.
Close-up of children and adults in the crowd at the rally during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963, one of the largest demonstrations of the U.S. civil rights movement.
Participants of the March on Washington sit closely packed along the edge of the Reflecting Pool cooling their feet in the water, with the Washington Monument in the background, August 28, 1963.
Aerial photograph of the Lincoln Memorial showing the densely filled National Mall with the Reflecting Pool in the center during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.
Demonstrators from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from Danville, Virginia, carry signs demanding civil rights and an FEPC law during the 1963 March on Washington.
Demonstrators carry signs at the 1963 March on Washington with central demands of the civil rights movement: jobs, equal rights, and an end to discrimination.