Photograph of a Young Woman at the Civil Rights March on Washington, DC, with a Banner, August 23, 1963
This photograph is of a young woman who participated in the August 23, 1963, “March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom.” The young woman was later identified as 12-year-old Edith Lee-Payne, who attended the March with her mother and was unaware of the photograph until 2008. This image is one of three of Edith taken by photographer Rowland Scherman for the United States Information Agency (USIA) and found within this series of photographs.
Photograph of a Young Woman at the Civil Rights March on Washington, DC, with a Banner, August 28, 1963. National Archives Identifier: 542030/Local Identifier: 306-SSM-4C-61-32. View in National Archives Catalog
View and download “Photograph of a Young Woman at the Civil Rights March on Washington, DC, with a Banner” in the National Archives Catalog. This image is from Record Group 306, Records of the U.S. Information Agency, Series: Miscellaneous Subjects, Staff and Stringer Photographs.
Over 60 other photographs of the March on Washington by Rowland Scherman are available to view and download in the Catalog. You can explore more Civil Rights photographs held by the Still Picture Branch through the National Archives Catalog, through the Special Media Records Division blog: The Unwritten Record, on History Hub, or in person at our research room in College Park, MD.