We Shall Overcome
We Shall Overcome
- Description
- The official 1963 March on Wahington poster.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Poster
- date made
- ca 1963
- associated date
- 1963 08 28
- associated
- King, Jr., Martin Luther
- associated place
- United States: District of Columbia
- Physical Description
- red (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- blue (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 in x 14 1/4 in; 45.72 cm x 36.195 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.1207.01
- catalog number
- 1979.1207.01
- accession number
- 1979.1207
- Credit Line
- Ramona Long
- subject
- Protest and Civil Disobedience
- Civil Rights Movement
- African American History
- History, Reform Movements, Black, Civil Rights
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Princeton Posters
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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