The photograph shows a densely packed group of African American participants in the march procession of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In the foreground, a young woman raises her arm; other demonstrators shout or sing. Above the crowd, multiple printed signs bearing the inscription “WE MARCH FOR HIGHER MINIMUM WAGES COVERAGE FOR ALL WORKERS NOW” are visible, documenting the dual objectives of the large-scale demonstration: civil rights and concrete socioeconomic demands for living wages and labor protections. The photograph documents broad participation in one of the largest rallies of the U.S. civil rights movement, which that same summer in Washington, D.C. culminated in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial.