Click Switch View to reveal the entire photograph. Use the following questions to model careful document analysis:
- What people, objects, and activities you see in the photograph?
- Where do you think they are?
- What do the people in this photo want?
- What questions does this photograph raise in your mind?
After students have analyzed the photograph, click on View Entire Document to reveal more information. This photo shows civil rights leaders Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., (featured in the cropped version of the photo), A. Philip Randolph (front row, far right), and Roy Wilkins (front row, second from right) leading the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. It was on this day that King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.
Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for equality using the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. Ask students: Which rights from the First Amendment are the people in this photo exercising?
Hint: Students may need to look at the text of the
First Amendment to determine that the photo shows freedom of speech and the right of the people to peaceably assemble.
Freedom of speech and freedom of assembly are two rights of everyone living in the United States.
Share additional
photos from the 1963 March on Washington with students. Ask: Who else participated in the March on Washington on August 28, 1963?
Students should observe that people from a variety of backgrounds and ages participated in the march.