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Thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C., on Friday to march against racial injustice and police brutality, an event that also commemorated the anniversary of the 1963 March …

The march, scheduled for Aug. 28, will coincide with the original March … August 28, 2020 | 8:49pm Yolanda Renee King, granddaughter of the Rev.

"But we're having a moral reckoning right now, and the march is going to be part of that.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” address from the same location.

Protesters gathered to call for criminal justice reform, racial equality and to honor the 57th anniversary of the Rev.

"And yet, while the struggle for equality has in essence remained the same since the civil rights movement in the 1960s, Hopkinson says, the methodology as well as the optics have changed.Unlike King, who wore a suit and tie, spoke about reconciliation and called for non-violence, this summer's protests were held by outraged, young activists - many donning shorts and T-shirts and prone to chants such as "F*** Trump.

The march will coincide with the 57th anniversary of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr's iconic "I Have A Dream" speech. He's pouring more gasoline on the fire," Biden told MSNBC on Thursday.Over the past 57 years, observers and activists say, conditions for Black Americans have improved, in part because of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination based on race.But inequality, systemic racism and police brutality continue, said Danielle Belton, editor-in-chief at digital magazine The Root, and these have proven difficult to overcome. The rally comes amid fresh outrage after police shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, multiple times in the back.

March on Washington 2020: After COVID-19 cancels trip, Chicagoans work for change at home Nearly 6 decades ago Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington D.C. "That's why we need to keep talking about them, that's why we need to keep marching, that's why we need to keep organising. "We're at a time when anti-racism and this fight against police brutality is at the forefront," said Lopez Matthews, a historian and digital librarian at Howard University in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON — The Rev. "It is one of the keys to MLK's greatness," Cleveland told Al Jazeera.

"What's he doing? " "That's very significant because it's a signal that it's not about respectability politics, you don't have to be respectable to have human rights," Hopkinson said.This summer's protests around the country were organised and energised by the Movement for Black Lives, a national coalition of more than 150 Black-led organisations of young activists formed after the 2014 killing of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old unarmed Black man shot dead by a white police officer.The movement is demanding more radical changes than the legacy civil rights groups organising Friday's march.

Months of widespread protests and unrest over the police killings of Black Americans will culminate this Friday with a national march on Washington, DC that commemorates a historic 1963 civil rights march.Tens of thousands are expected to gather at the Lincoln Memorial in the United States capital to take part in the "Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" Commitment March demanding equality and policing reforms. Kenosha protests in wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake remained under control as calls for change were amplified by civil rights leaders Thursday.The protest comes after the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.WASHINGTON -- Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, civil rights advocates began highlighting the scourge of police and vigilante violence against Black Americans at a commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.Copyright © 2020 by The Associated Press. "He was the person to both be aspirational and practical. The in-person march will require people to wear masks and organisers said that hand sanitising stations and temperature checks would be conducted.Civil rights groups organising the event, the NAACP and the National Action Network, have encouraged people to join the march virtually, or participate in satellite rallies in Kentucky, South Carolina and Texas, where outdoor large screens will livestream the Washington rally.Natalie Hopkinson, assistant professor in Howard University's Department of Communication, Culture and Media Studies, said a smaller crowd could potentially affect the impact of the rally, but it will not undermine the sense of urgency around addressing racial justice and inequality in the country. A 2020 March on Washington – convened by Martin Luther King III and black activist Al Sharpton through his National Action Network – seized on the protests’ energy to … Al Sharpton and the National Action Network are preparing for this year's March on Washington. Blake's father will speak on Friday.