Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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PHOTOGRAPH BY AARON STANLEY TRETICK, FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE, A GIFT FROM KITTY KELLEY AND THE ESTATE OF STANLEY TRETICK The original March on Washington: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights and religious leaders stood with massive crowds as they prepared to lead one of the largest protest marches in the U.S. This image came from the National Museum of African American History and Culture and was displayed as part of a museum “takeover” of our Instagram page. The museum’s rare and iconic images from the 1963 march come as Americans descend on Washington, D.C., to commemorate this watershed moment. Here is the museum’s resource page on the march, and here are recent Nat Geo stories on race and this moment. Are you among our 144 million Instagram followers? (Why not follow us now?)