The photograph shows two young African American participants in front of a bus. The man wears a sweatshirt with the clearly legible inscription “Queens College” and the seal of Queens College of the City of New York; he smiles as he puts his arm around his companion, who wears a light, floral blouse. The scene belongs in the context of travel to Washington, D.C., for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. Demonstrators from numerous cities across the USA traveled in organized bus and train convoys, including students from New York. The image exemplifies the broad participation of young people and college members in the civil rights movement and their demands for equal rights and employment.