The still image shows a woman wearing a light-colored wide-brimmed hat at a lectern with multiple microphones; the caption identifies her as Marian Anderson. Behind her, men in suits and ties crowd together with a uniformed police officer, indicating the official speakers’ stand at the Lincoln Memorial. The photograph was taken on August 28, 1963 during the rally of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, one of the largest demonstrations of the U.S. civil rights movement. Anderson, one of the most renowned concert singers of her time, performed in the program at the Lincoln Memorial—the same location where she had sung publicly in 1939 after being excluded from a concert hall. The image thus stands for the connection between cultural and political engagement and for the broad public visibility of demands for civil rights and equal employment opportunities.