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[Robert F. Kennedy using megaphone to address a group of civil rights demonstrators at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Robert F. Kennedy using megaphone to address a group of civil rights demonstrators at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C.] — historic photograph
[Robert F. Kennedy using megaphone to address a group of civil rights demonstrators at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C.]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Robert F. Kennedy, then serving as attorney general, is shown with a megaphone in hand, speaking to a crowd of demonstrators gathered outside the Justice Department in Washington. The 1963 date places the scene in a turbulent year for the civil rights movement, when protests over segregation and job discrimination were spreading across the country and pressing the federal government for action. The subject headings point to the demonstrators' concerns about discrimination in employment in the capital, a grievance that drew attention to the Kennedy administration's response. Pictures like this capture a moment when a cabinet official stepped outside to face protesters directly.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1963
SubjectsKennedy, Robert F.,--1925-1968. Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970. Discrimination--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970. Employment--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,310 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-203550

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