Artist Name:
Builder Levy
Nationality & Life Dates:
American, born 1942
Title:
March on Washington, D.C.
Date:
1963
Medium:
Gelatin Silver Print
Dimensions:
13 7/16 x 10 1/2 inches
Credit Line:
Purchase with funds from Dr. Henrie M. Treadwell
Accession Number:
2007.200
On View - Wieland Pavilion, Lower Level, Vestibule
Levy frequently focuses on social issues, reflecting his personal commitment to causes he has embraced during his thirty-five year tenure as a teacher of at-risk adolescents in a New York inner-city school. This image documents one of the many historic marches on Washington, D.C., that took place during the civil rights era.