The black-and-white photograph shows two women in a personal gesture amid the crowd: a light-skinned woman fastens a badge or button to the patterned blouse of a dark-skinned woman. Additional participants can be seen in the blurred background. The scene documents the everyday, organized character of the March on Washington, in which buttons and badges were distributed as visible signs of belonging to the movement. The image simultaneously illustrates the racially mixed participation of the march, which was intended to expressly articulate the shared demands of Black and white citizens for civil rights and jobs. Such candid moments of human interaction are among the recurring motifs in the documentary photographs from August 28, 1963.