The photograph shows a section of the march procession of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. Black and white participants carry uniformly designed placards with the inscriptions “We March for Jobs and Freedom,” “We Demand Voting Rights Now,” “We March for Higher Minimum Wages – Coverage for All Workers Now,” and “We March for Effective Civil Rights Laws Now.” Alongside these are handmade signs such as “No U.S. Dough to Help Jim Crow Grow,” which oppose government support for racial segregation. The range of demands—civil rights legislation, voting rights, integrated schools, adequate housing, fair wages—illustrates the dual character of the rally as both a civil rights and labor demonstration. With approximately a quarter million participants, the march is considered one of the largest political rallies in post-war United States history and a milestone on the path to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.