The still image shows A. Philip Randolph at a lectern of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.; his name is readable as a caption in the image. In the background, a flag and the seal of the City of Washington are visible. The photograph comes from the preparatory phase of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. Randolph, a longtime labor union leader and civil rights activist, is regarded as the driving force behind the conception of the march, whose central demands encompassed civil rights and employment justice for the Black population of the United States. The press conference at the National Press Club documents the public communication strategy of the organizers in advance of the large-scale demonstration.