The black-and-white still image shows a young Black man wearing a white straw hat and a patterned shirt in a dense crowd. His gaze is directed directly at the camera; his expression appears concentrated and attentive. In the background, the hand of another person is visible holding a small transistor radio – a common means of following the day’s speeches and news broadcasts live. The image was taken in the context of the March on Washington, in which hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated for civil rights and jobs. The close-up gives the event an individual face and documents the participation of young people in this central rally of the U.S. civil rights movement.