Against the background of a damaged brick building, the solitary figure in Victim of the City Streets #2 bows her head as she shuffles down the sidewalk. Her posture and tattered footwear, along with the stark setting and intense color palette, convey the bleak circumstances of urban life for some African Americans during the period. John Biggers depicted the struggles of those living in his community in order to call attention to racial and economic injustices.