Children in the crowd at the March on Washington, 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.
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The photograph shows a group of children and adults sitting closely together on the ground. A boy in the foreground wears a round button inscribed “MARCH ON WASHINGTON,” referring to the official rally on August 28, 1963. The close-up conveys the atmosphere of a large, densely packed crowd gathered on the National Mall between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. The participation of children in the March on Washington documents that demands for civil rights and jobs were understood as a multigenerational concern of the civil rights movement. The image exemplifies the broad social participation that made the march a central event in the history of the U.S. civil rights movement.
