/internal/media/dispatcher/45532/full"The Great March on Washington" record album1963Overall: 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 1/4 in. (31.1 x 31.1 x 0.6 cm)VinylChristopher B. Wood Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2002.074.00150"The Great March on Washington" record album includes one record album cover, one record album sleeve and one record album. The album is published by Gordy, a division of the Motown Record Corp.
The album jacket features the title on a dark green background at the top. Below the title is a large black and white image of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. waving to the crowd on the National Mall. To the right of this image is a list of speakers and one singer. The following information is printed on a dark green band at the bottom:
"Washington, D.C. Aug. 28, 1963
endorsed by: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, National Urban League, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
There is a piece of green label tape just below the title band that reads ". . EARL"
Side one:
A. Philip Randolph
Walter Reuther
Roy Wilkins
(Liz Lands) We Shall Overcome
Side two:
Whitney M. Young
REv. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The album is housed it what may be its original plastic sleeve. The album sleeve is covered with advertisements for other records published by Motown. The center of each record has a purple background with the Gordy logo printed on a yellow penant shape near the center of the circle. Side 2 has an area where the sticker has been torn off. Side one has "H-1260" etched in the area just above the center of the record. Side two has "H-1261" etched below the center of the record.
Wear along the cover edges; the top edge is split in places. The album sleeve has an area torn off in the upper right corner. KW 8/24/2015.
Audio6622431.115000000031.115000000020761Record album0.6350000000"The Great March on Washington" record album was published by Gordy, a division of the Motown Record Corp.
The album jacket features a large black and white image of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., waving to a crowd on the National Mall during the Great March on Washington. To the right of this image is a list of speakers and one singer. The following information is printed at the bottom:
"Washington, D.C. Aug. 28, 1963
endorsed by: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, National Urban League, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Side one:
A. Philip Randolph
Walter Reuther
Roy Wilkins
(Liz Lands) We Shall Overcome
Side two:
Whitney M. Yount
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr."
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AlbumMarch on WashingtonProtestsCivil rightsKing, Martin Luther, Jr.Young, WhitneyReuther, WalterWilkins, RoyRandolph, A. PhillipLands, LizSouthern Christian Leadership ConferenceNational Urban LeagueNAACPWashingtonWashington, D.C.The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom called for civil and economic rights for African Americans. Approximately 250,000 Americans marched on the mall in Washington D.C., on Tuesday, August 27, 1963. On Wednesday, August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech, in which he called for an end to racism. Along with Dr. King’s speech, the legacy of the march lives on in the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Voting Rights Act (1965). - Krishna Shenoy, Librarian/Archivist