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The Library of Congress will present an exhibition, "A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington," to mark what Martin Luther King Jr. called "the greatest demonstration for freedom in the nation’s history."
An exhibit of 42 black-and-white photograph images from newspaper and other media photographers, independent photojournalists and people who participated in the march—represent the cross-section of individuals who were there.
Part of the collections in the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division, the images convey the immediacy of being at the march and the palpable excitement of those who were there. The exhibition will allow visitors to rediscover the context and ongoing legacy of this important event in the country’s history.
Several museums are holding exhibitions to coincide with the march, including:
- National Museum of American History: Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 and The March on Washington, 1963. Runs through Sept. 15.
- Newseum: Make Some Noise: Students and the Civil Rights Movement and Civil Rights at 50. The latter is on display through 2015.
- National Museum of Women in the Arts: American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold’s Paintings of the 1960s. Runs thru Nov. 10, 2013.
- National Portrait Gallery: One Life: Martin Luther King Jr. Runs thru June 1, 2014
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