A woman at a rally against the war in Iraq holding a sign about the tragedy after Hurricane Katrina, Washington, 2005.
A photograph from a rally against the Iraq war in Washington, D.C. in September 2005, shows a woman holding a sign that reads, "The Iraqis didn't leave me on a roof to die." The photo was taken a month after the devastating Hurricane Katrina exposed the problems of social inequality in the United States.
At a rally against the Iraq War in Washington, D.C. in September 2005, a powerful and symbolic photograph was taken of a woman holding a sign that read, "The Iraqis Didn't Leave Me on My Roof to Die." The sign was a reference to Hurricane Katrina, which had devastated Louisiana the previous month, leaving black residents without help. Many were forced to flee to the roofs of their flooded homes because government services failed to promptly organize evacuations and aid.
The photo became a symbol of disillusionment with a government that protesters felt was too busy fighting a war abroad to ignore its own citizens in trouble at home.
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