The original caption for the photograph reads: A Senior Citizens’ March to protest inflation, unemployment and high taxes stopped along Lake Shore Drive in Chicago to hear speeches from various officials. The rally was headed by the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Signs read: “Senior Citizens Demand Tax the Rich Not the Poor” and “Jobs for All – Full Employment – Stop Inflation – End High Prices – End Unequal, Unfair Taxes – Coalition for Jobs and Economic Justice – Phone: 373-3550.”
This photograph was taken as part of the Documerica project – a social and environmental photography project sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency during the 1970s.
