Civil rights movement photos
Photographs of the American civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, many from the U.S. News & World Report collection at the Library of Congress: the March on Washington in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr., marches and sit-ins.
Why they are free to use: The U.S. News & World Report photographs were given to the Library of Congress without copyright; others are US government works. Each photo's page shows its own licence basis and a credit line.
The March on Washington
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View of the huge crowd during the March on Washington
1963 · Library of Congress
March on Washington - Reflecting Pool
1963-08-28 · Library of Congress
March on Washington edit (cropped)
1963 · Library of Congress
Civil rights march on Wash ington, D.C.
1963-08-28 · Library of Congress
Civil rights march on Washington, 03130u
1963-08-28 · Library of Congress
Marchers seen from the side, during the March on Washington, 1963
1963 · Library of Congress
Aerial view, of the March on Washington, 1963
1963 · Library of Congress
Aerial view of crowd and stage at the March on Washington, 1963
1963-08-28 · Library of Congress
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Martin Luther King press conference
1964-03-26 · Library of Congress
Martin Luther King press conference 01269u (cropped)
1964-03-26 · Library of Congress
Martin-Luther-King-1964-leaning-on-a-lectern
1964-03-26 · Library of Congress
Martin-Luther-King-1964-leaning-on-a-lectern (cropped)
1964-03-26 · Library of Congress
MLK and Malcolm X USNWR cropped
1964-03-26 · Library of Congress
Civil rights leaders talk with reporters after meeting with President John F. Kennedy after the March on Washington, D.C. ( )
1963 · Library of Congress
MLK and Malcolm X USNWR cropped-2
1964-03-26 · Library of Congress
Fred Shuttlesworth, Martin Luther King and Ralph Albernathy at a press conference during the Birmingham Campaign
1963-05-16 · Library of Congress
Marches and protests
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Demonstrators marching in the street holding signs during the March on Washington
1963-08-28 · Library of Congress
Demonstrators marching in the street holding signs
1963-08-28 · Library of Congress
Signs carried by many marchers, during the March on Washington, 1963
1963-08-28 · Library of Congress
Demonstrators marching in the street holding signs during the March on Washington, 1963
1963-08-28 · Library of Congress
Marchers with signs at the March on Washington, 1963
1963 · Library of Congress
Civil rights march on Washington, D.C.
1963-08-28 · Library of Congress
Demonstrators holding signs during the March on Washington, 1963 / MST.
1963 · Library of Congress
Marchers, signs, and tent at the March on Washington, 1963
1963 · Library of Congress
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