Colourised Photos From the Civil Rights Movement by Zeyd Anwar

Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. / Original black and white negative by Warren K. Leffler / Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress). Colourised by Jordan J. Lloyd

Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C / Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mathew Ahmann in a crowd / Original black and white negative by Rowland Scherman / Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States (The National Archives and Records Administration) / Colourised by Jordan J. Lloyd

Rosa Parks at the Poor Peoples March at Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. / Original black and white negative by Warren K. Leffler / Taken June 19th, 1968, Washington D.C, United States / (@libraryofcongress). Colourised by Jordan J. Lloyd.

Martin Luther King press conference / Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko / Taken August 26th, 1964, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress) / Colourised by Jordan J. Lloyd

View of the huge crowd from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument, during the March on Washington / Original black and white negative by Warren K. Leffler / Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States / @libraryofcongress) / Colourised by Jordan J. Lloyd

African American demonstrators outside the White House, with signs "We demand the right to vote, everywhere" and signs protesting police brutality against civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama] / Original black and white negative by Warren K. Leffler / Taken March 12th, 1965, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress) / Colourized by Jordan J. Lloyd

John Lewis speaking at a meeting of American Society of Newspaper Editors, Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C. / Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko / Taken April 16th, 1964, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress) / Colourised by Jordan J. Lloyd

Angela Davis, half-length portrait / Original black and white negative by Bernard Gotfryd / Taken 1974, United States (@libraryofcongress) / Colourized by Jordan J. Lloyd

Marchers with signs at the March on Washington, 1963 / Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko / Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress) / Colourised by Jordan J. Lloyd

Demonstrators sit, with their feet in the Reflecting Pool, during the March on Washington, 1963 / Original black and white negative by Warren K. Leffler / Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress) / Colourised by Jordan J. Lloyd

Young women with signs raised behind them at the March on Washington / Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko / Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress) / Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd

Thurgood Marshall, attorney for the NAACP / Original black and white negative by Thomas J. O'Halloran / Taken September 17th, 1957, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress) / Colourised by Jordan J. Lloyd

Malcolm X waits at Martin Luther King press conference, head-and-shoulders portrait / Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko / Taken March 26th, 1964, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress) / Colourised by Jordan J. Lloyd

Drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn, Halifax, North Carolina / Original black and white negative by John Vachon / Taken April, 1938, Halifax, North Carolina, United States (@libraryofcongress) / Colourised by Jordan J. Lloyd

African American man going in coloured entrance of movie house on Saturday afternoon, Belzoni, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi / Original black and white negative by Marion Post Wolcott / Taken October, 1939, Belzoni, MS, United States (@libraryofcongress) / Colourized by Jordan J. Lloyd

Bus leaving near the Washington Monument, after the March on Washington, 1963] / Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko / Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress) / Colourised by Jordan J. Lloyd

Demonstrators marching in the street holding signs during the March on Washington, 1963 / Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko / Taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress) / Colourised by Jordan J. Lloyd

CORE-sponsored demonstration at realtor office of Picture Floor Plans, Inc. / Original black and white negative by the Seattle Police Department / Taken May 4th, 1964, Seattle, Washington State, United States (Seattle Municipal Archives) / Colourised by Jordan J. Lloyd

Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. / Leaders of the march leading marchers down the street / Original black and white negative taken August 28th, 1963, Washington D.C, United States / Photographer unknown (The National Archives and Records Administration) / Colourised by Jordan J. Lloyd

African American woman voting in Cardoza High School in Washington D.C. / Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko / Taken November 3rd, 1964, Washington D.C, United States (@libraryofcongress) Colourised by Jordan J. Lloyd