Americans pray at a church in United States. They board trains and buses to travel to Washington DC for the Civil Rights "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom." African American and White citizens sit together in trains, buses and talk amongst themselves. People stand with sign boards and placards to greet them. Preparation on the grounds of the National Mall for the march. Erection of tents and testing of microphones. People gather on the grounds.
Americans gather in Washington DC for the Civil Rights march known as March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Night view of the city. Capitol Building dome seen in the background. Vehicular traffic on the road. Street lights on the street. African Americans and white Americans, including many children, gather together, holding hands, and singing "We shall overcome" on the evening before the rally. A preacher encourages a peaceful march with acts of love. They sing and cheer. Speaker leads them in chanting with call and response "Do you want to be free" and response "Yeah!" followed by chants of "Freedom."
Americans gather for the Civil Rights march in Washington DC known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Aerial views of the National Mall area from the Washington Monument toward the Lincoln Memorial, and opposite from the Lincoln Memorial toward the Washington Monument. Reflecting pool in the middle. Navy Munitions Buildings beside. A passenger railroad train on railway tracks arriving at a station in Washington DC. Locomotive comes to a stop at station. People come out of the train. They sing "We shall not be moved" and hold "Freedom" and "Freedom now" banners in their hands and cheer. They get into a bus. African American man speaks on a microphone and addresses march participants nearing arrival at the March. They pass out signs and banners. Several men smoke cigarettes and one smokes a pipe on the bus. People wear caps that say "Freedom Now" and "UAW". Washington DC city residents on sidewalks wave towards the people on the bus and they wave back.
A large number of Americans gather to participate in the Civil Rights march in Washington DC known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. People gather at the grounds of the Washington Monument. Singer Joan Baez sings "We Shall Overcome" with a guitar in front of the crowd. People sit with boards and placards. Vehicles parked in the background. Flags in the background and the Washington Monument base visible. Vehicles move on the street including many buses arriving. Singer Odetta (Odetta Holmes) plays a guitar and sings "I'm On My Way". Crowd includes young and old, and African American and white citizens. Crowd cheers and applauds.
Americans gather to participate in the Civil Rights march in Washington DC known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. They gather at the Washington Monument grounds. Crowd at demonstration cheers. Actor and activist Ossie Davis speaks on the podium. He tells them it is time to begin the march to the Lincoln Memorial and they start the march. They hold boards and placards in hands. Trees and flags in the background. People sing "We shall not be moved" and then sing and chant "Freedom" song. A woman holds her "Freedom" sign in the air and chants "(freedom) now, (freedom) now, now." Some walk beside the Reflecting Pool. Others walk up Constitution Avenue. Sign for the Brooklyn College NAACP chapter is seen and their marchers go by. Brief view of prominent Civil Rights leaders marching together, including A. Philip Randolph and Roy Wilkins. A child sits on the shoulders of a man and applauds. A loudspeaker on a wooden scaffold structure at the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States). African American and white marchers arriving at the Lincoln Memorial and assembling for the speeches there. View toward the Lincoln Memorial from the crowd, and from the Lincoln Memorial looking out at the assembling crowd.
Americans gather in a large number for the Civil Rights march, Washington DC, known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. They gather at the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States). Crowd cheers and sings. They hold boards and placards in their hands. View of the crowd from many angles. Some gathered at the Reflecting Pool. Singer Marian Anderson is introduced. She addresses the gathering and sings "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands."
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