THERE WAS A CONCERTED EFFORT 
AFTER THE DEATH OF MICHAEL 
BROWN.  
AND FREDDIE GRAY IN BALTIMORE 
AND ERIC GARNER AND THAT MY 
MIND.  
TO CHANGE POLICE DEPARTMENTS 
AND CHANGE THEIR TRAINING TAB?
,  GO TO THE TYPE OF TACTICS 
THAT ALLOW POLICE TO GET OUT IN 
THE COMMUNITY MORE AND TO GET 
TO KNOW PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
, AND WAYS THEY DON'T USUALLY 
HAVE THE TIME TO DO BECAUSE 
THEY ARE SO BUSY RUNNING FROM 
CALL TO CALL.  
THERE WAS AN EFFORT BY THE 
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION TO 
BRING BOTH SIDES TOGETHER, THE 
ACTIVISTS AND IN SOME CASES 
REPRESENTING THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY AS WELL AS POLICE 
COMMANDERS, POLICE LEADERSHIPS 
IN THIS COUNTRY.  
PRESIDENT OBAMA BROUGHT THEM 
AROUND A TABLE IN A FORUM IN 
THE WHITE HOUSE AND THEY WERE 
HASHING OUT THESE ISSUES.  
BASED ON MY RESEARCH, I HAVE 
DONE ON THIS ISSUE THESE ARE 
TOP CONVERSATIONS.  
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS 
TAKEN A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO 
POLICE REFORM IN THIS COUNTRY.  
THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED CHANGES 
SINCE THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD,
BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN THIS 
OUTREACH TO ACTIVISTS.  
THERE HAS BEEN AN OUTREACH TO 
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY 
WHICH IS STAUNCHLY SUPPORTIVE 
OF THIS PRESIDENT.  
BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN 
EFFORT TO BRING BOTH SIDES 
TOGETHER TO CALM THE TENSIONS.  
WHILE SOME PEOPLE SAY THERE HAS 
BEEN DRAMATIC CHANGE SINCE 
FERGUSON.  
BODY CAMERAS, MORE THAN EVER TO 
BE TRANSPARENT AFTER POLICE 
INVOLVED SHOOTINGS OR EXCESSIVE 
FORCE CASES.  
THERE ARE STILL MANY, AS YOU 
WILL HEAR TODAY FROM THE 
SPEAKERS, WHO BELIEVE THERE IS 
SO MUCH MORE TO DO TO BRING 
RACIAL EQUALITY AND REFORM TO 
POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN 
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
>> INDEED.  
JEFF WE KNOW YOU WILL BE THERE 
ALL DAY LONG, WE APPRECIATE 
YOUR INSIGHT.  
YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH 
AND WRITTEN A FEW BOOKS, WE 
REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING YOU.  
THANK YOU.  
>>> DON'T FORGET WE WILL HAVE 
LIVE COVERAGE OF SPEECHES FROM 
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON 
STARTING AT 11:00 AM EASTERN 
RIGHT HERE ON CBSN.  
STILL TO COME, THE POWER OF 
AUGUST.  
WILL PREVIEW THE NEW CBSN 
SPECIAL FOCUSING ON THE 
POWERFUL MOMENTS  IN AMERICAN 
CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY THAT TOOK 
PLACE IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.  
HOST MARIE STALOCK JOINS US 
AFTER THE BREAK SO KEEP IT 
HERE, YOU ARE STREAMING CBSN .  
>>> THIS IS HOT, IN FACT IT IS 
BLAZING HOT.  
MAYBE IT IS A COINCIDENCE, 
MAYBE IT'S NOT.  
MAYBE IT IS DIVINE.  
THE POWER OF AUGUST BROUGHT US 
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT, THE 
MARCH ON WASHINGTON, IT OPEN 
OUR EYES OF THE LYNCHING OF 
EMMETT TILL AND OPENED OUR EYES 
UP OF THE MODERN DAY LYNCHING 
IN FERGUSON, MISSOURI.  
>> EMMETT TILL'S DEATH WAS A 
MOMENT, A SNAPSHOT THAT 
GALVANIZED MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
.  
>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO BATTLE 
THIS THING, UNTIL EVERY MAN, 
WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE UNITED 
STATES, CAN BUT GO BEFORE A 
COURT OF JUSTICE AND GET 
JUSTICE.  
>> WHEN EMMETT TILL WAS LAID 
OUT IN HIS CASKET HIS MOTHER 
INSISTED IT BE AN OPEN CASKET, 
SO SHE SAID PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT 
THEY DID TO HIM.  
>> WE ARE PART OF HUMANITY AND 
WHATEVER HUMANITIES PROBLEMS ARE
, THEIR HOURS TO 
>> A BASIC AMERICAN RIGHT THAT 
A CITIZEN SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT 
TO AN EDUCATION.  
>> AUGUST 28, 1962 THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON TOOK PLACE 
>> THIS IS A NATIONAL ISSUE.  
>> LET US NOT FORGET, WE ARE 
INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS SOCIAL 
REVOLUTION.  
>> YOU SAW A SNEAK PEEK OF THE 
NEW CBSN SPECIAL CALLED THE 
POWER OF AUGUST AND IT REALLY 
EXPLORES  KEY CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY 
THIS MONTH, THE MONTH OF 
AUGUST.  
FOR MORE LET'S BRING IN MAURICE 
DUBOIS, ANCHORING THE SPECIAL.  
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.  
I THINK THE FIRST LITTLE CLIP 
AND WHAT WE ROLLED SORT OF SAYS 
A LOT ABOUT THE MONTH OF 
AUGUST, THE TEMPERATURE IS HOT 
BUT PEOPLE ARE HOT, IN TERMS OF 
PEOPLE ARE ANGRY.  
WE SEE IT MOMENT AFTER MOMENT 
THAT IN AUGUST THE FRUSTRATION 
AND ANGER BUBBLES OVER.  
I WILL NOT GO WAY BACK, JUST A 
FEW YEARS, AUGUST 2014, MICHAEL 
BROWN WAS KILLED BY POLICE AND 
IT SET OFF WIDESPREAD PROTESTS. 
WHAT WAS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 
THAT MOMENT AND HOW IT PLAYS 
INTO THE AFTERMATH, WHAT WE ARE 
SEEING NOW.  
THIS SUMMER, GEORGE FLOYD, 
BREONNA TAYLOR AND OTHERS WHO 
HAVE DIED AT THE HANDS OF 
POLICE.  
>> 
>> Reporter: THE LIST GOES ON 
AND ON.  
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, I'M SO 
PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH 
THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, IT IS 
MOVING AND EMOTIONAL AND 
LITERALLY THE BEST AND WORST OF 
TIMES THE PAST 65 YEARS IN 
AMERICA.  
YOU TALK ABOUT THE PAST SIX 
YEARS, 2014 WHEN MICHAEL BROWN 
WAS KILLED, I DISTINCTLY 
REMEMBER AS THE PROTESTERS 
STARTED FILLING THE STREETS OF 
OUR CITIES.  
NEW YORK IN PARTICULAR, AS I 
WAS HERE AT THE TIME IN 
FERGUSON, CITIES ALL AROUND THE 
COUNTRY.  
THIS GALVANIZING OF ENERGY AND 
THE BIRTH OF THE BLACK LIVES 
MATTER MOVEMENT.  
THAT IS LITERALLY WHERE IT 
STARTED.  
IT STARTED A NEW GENERATION OF 
PROTESTS, ENGAGEMENT, ACTIVISM 
OF YOUNG PEOPLE BEING INVOLVED 
IN THE PROTEST FOR EQUALITY.  
YOU THINK ABOUT MICHAEL BROWN, 
THERE IS ALSO ERIC GARNER IN 
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK.  
TRAYVON MARTIN DONNA FLORIDA.  
A NATIONAL AWAKENING TO THE WAY 
THE COUNTRY HAS TREATED BLACK 
MEN AND BLACK PEOPLE IN 
PARTICULAR.  
THE WORST OF TIMES BEST OF 
TIMES DICHOTOMY WE TALKED ABOUT.
THE BIRTH OF THIS ACTIVISM IN 
ENERGY OVER SOMETHING SO AWFUL 
AND UNIQUELY AMERICAN.  
YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE WE 
AS A NETWORK THE PATH OF 
DESTRUCTION LEFT BY HURRICANE 
LAURA, ALSO THE GULF COAST.  
LEADING THOUSANDS OF THE POWER 
OR RUNNING WATER.  
YOUR MEMBER IN AUGUST.  
HURKA AND FIVE HIT THE SAME 
AREA.  
REMIND OUR VIEWERS WHAT IMPACT 
THIS HURRICANE IN THIS TRAGEDY 
HAD ON BLACK AMERICANS AT THE 
TIME, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW 
THE GOVERNMENT RESPONDED.  
>> Reporter: IT WAS ANOTHER 
MOMENT WERE LAID BARE THE WAY 
AMERICANS HAVE BEEN TREATED IN 
THIS COUTRY.  
1800 PEOPLE AND MORE WERE 
KILLED IN KATRINA.  
$165 BILLION IN DAMAGE.  
YOU CANNOT PREVENT A NATURAL 
DISASTER, EVERYONE CAN GRASP 
THAT, BUT IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT 
RESPONSE IN THE WAY THEY 
PREPARED.  
THEY DIDN'T REALLY REPAIR, 
PREPARE OR RESPOND TO THE 
TRAGEDY AT HAND.  
YOU REMEMBER CONWAY WEST 
ACCUSING GEORGE BUSH, OF NOT 
CARING ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE.  
YOU REMEMBER HIM SAYING, YOU'RE 
DOING A HECKUVA JOB DESPITE THE 
STRUGGLES OF F.E.M.A. 
WAS HAVING.  
YOU REMEMBER THE MAYOR OF 
NORLIN'S STRUGGLING TO TAKE 
CARE OF HIS PEOPLE.  
WHAT IT DID, IT LAID BARE THE 
WAY AMERICA LOOKS AT BLACK 
PEOPLE.  
THIS WAS A MONSTER TRAGEDY, ALL 
OF THESE PEOPLE WERE LEFT IN A 
SITUATION OF CHAOS.  
DESPAIR, THE POPULATION OF NEW 
ORLEANS DIMINISHED BY HALF AND 
HAS SINCE COME BACK BY ANOTHER 
QUARTER.  
IT WAS LAID BARE, AS HAPPENS A 
REVIEWERS RIGHT.  
IT LAYS BARE THE WAY AMERICA 
HAS TREATED BLACK PEOPLE THAT 
WAS NO EXCEPTION.  
BRIGHT SPOTS IN AUGUST, AUGUST 
6, 1965, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT 
WAS SIGNED INTO LAW.  
IN 2013 THE SUPREME COURT 
STRUCK DOWN A KEY PROVISION IN 
THE LAW, WEEKEND IT, TOOK THE 
TEETH OUT OF IT.  
CAN WE TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE 
SIGNIFICANCE, WHAT THIS REALLY 
MEANT FOR BLACK AMERICANS 
ACROSS THE NATION?  
>> Reporter: THE VOTING RIGHTS 
ACT, WHAT A TRIUMPHANT MOMENT.  
JOHN LEWIS RIGHT?  
ALL THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS 
BACK IN THE DAY.  
THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT REQUIRES 
STATES WITH A HISTORY OF VOTER 
SUPPRESSION TO GET FEDERAL 
PERMISSION BEFORE THEY CHANGED 
THE VOTING LAWS.  
SEVEN YEARS AGO THE SUPREME 
COURT NARROWED DECISION, 5-4, 
JOHN ROBERTS, THE SUPREME COURT 
CHIEF JUSTICE SAYING, WE ARE 
PAST THE TIME WHEN THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO MONITOR THE 
STATES.  
STATES WERE GIVEN THE ABILITY 
TO CHANGE VOTER LAWS WITHOUT 
PERMISSION.  
WHAT WE'VE SEEN ACTIVISTS WILL 
TELL YOU SINCE THEN, IS A 
TIGHTENING OF RESTRICTIONS ON 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS.  
RESTRICTIVE POLICIES.  
VOTER SUPPRESSION AND THAT HAS 
BEEN THE RESULT.  
THAT IS KEY RIGHT NOW, IN THE 
ELECTION, AND GOING FORWARD.  
>> WE TALK ABOUT THE POWER OF 
AUGUST, LIKE YOU I AM SO PROUD 
TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS 
SPECIAL.  
THE FIRST PRODUCED DOCUMENTARY 
FROM OUR CULTURE UNIT, BUT I 
THINK THE KEY POINT WE SHOULD 
ALSO MAKE, IS THERE HAS BEEN 
TRIUMPHANT MOMENTS IN AUGUST.
ANNE-MARIE ALLUDED TO ONE OF 
THEM AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT IN 
THE SPECIAL AS WELL .  
>> THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AS A 
HIGH POINT.  
YOUR PIECE WHICH WAS 
BEAUTIFULLY DONE.  
KUDOS TO YOU, EMMETT TILL, 1955,
THE MURDER, IT'S BONDS THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.  
ROSA PARKS INSPIRED TO SIT ON 
THE BUS, IN THE FRONT OF THE 
BUS IN THE MONTGOMERY BUS 
BOYCOTT, MARTIN LUTHER KING, 
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, 
PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST 
MOMENTS IN AMERICAN CIVIL 
RIGHTS HISTORY AND THE SPEECH 
BY DR. KING, ONE OF THE 
MOUNTAINTOPS OF AMERICAN 
HISTORY.  
AND ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA IN 
2008, SHOWED BLACK AMERICANS A 
VOTING POWER.  
YOU THINK ABOUT THE TURNOUT OF 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS FOR THE OBAMA 
ELECTIONS.  
65% IN 2008, 66% IN 2012, AND A 
2016 AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTER 
TURNOUT DOWN TO 59 1/2% OR SO.  
YOU SAW THE RESULT OF THAT.  
YOU LOOK AT THE ELECTION 
LANDSCAPE RIGHT NOW, KAMALA 
HARRIS IS ON THE TICKET YOU SAWN
NATIONAL CONVENTION THERE'S A
MARGIN THERE THAT'S GOING TO
MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN NOVEMBER.
WHAT YOU HEAR FROM CIVIL RIGHTS
ACTIVIST IS REGISTER AND VOTE
AND GET IT EARLY AND GET IT
DONE.
>> THAT IS A VERY STRONG
MESSAGE.
I ALWAYS THINK WHEN I THINK
ABOUT THE BRUTALIZATION AND
KILLING OF EMMIT TILL.
THANK YOU MY FRIEND.
VERY MUCH.
IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE YOU
WITH US.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS.
PRRZ
>>> THE POWER OF AUGUST IS AN
HOUR-LONG SPECIAL LOOKING BACK
AT THE TRANSFORMATIONAL MOMENTS
IN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS
HISTORY.
IT WILL PREMIER TONIGHT AT
8:00 P.M.
EASTERN AND IT WILL
AIR AGAIN AT 11:00 P.M.
AND
2:00 A.M.
RIGHT HERE ON CBSN.
>>> AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
DEATH AND THE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, YOU CAN
VISIT CBS.COM/CBSVILLAGE WHERE
WE REPORT ON A RANGE OF ISSUES
ACROSS THE NATION.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADS TO NEW
HAMPSHIRE TODAY FOR A RALLY.
TODAY'S RALLY IS SCHEDULED FOR
6:00 P.M.
EASTERN TIME AND IT
WILL BE HELD IN A HANGER AT
MANCHESTER BOSTON REGIONAL
AIRPORT.
THE PRESIDENT HAS KEPT HIS EYE
ON THE GRANITE STATE AFTER
NARROWLY LOSING NEW HAMPSHIRE TO
HILLARY CLINTON IN 2016.
THE LATEST CBS NEWS BATTLEGROUND
TRACKER SHOWS HIM TRAILING
BEHIND JOE BIDEN BY 10 POINTS.
LET'S BRING IN STEPHANIE MURRAY.
YOU ARE THE ONE TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND
THERE?
>> I THINK TONIGHT IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE, YOU CAN EXPECT TO
HEAR PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKE SOME
SWINGS AT VICE PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN.
THE PRESIDENT REALLY WANTS TO
WIN IN 2020 BECAUSE HE LOST IT
SO NARROWLY TO HILLARY CLINTON
IN 2016.
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY WAS A
BIG VALIDATETOR FOR TRUMP FOUR
YEARS AGO AND NARROWLY LOSING
THAT STATE IN THE GENERAL
ELECTION, THE CAMPAIGN HAS HAD
EYES ON NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR A
COUPLE OF YEARS NOW SAYING IT
WAS ONE OF THOSE PURPLE STATES.
BUT BIDEN AS A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT LEAD THERE.
SO YOU CAN EXPECT HIM TO THROW
SOME PUNCHES AT THE FORMER VP.
>> HOW IS PRESIDENT TRUMP HOPING
TO APPEAL TO VOTERS THERE AFTER
LOSING THE STATE TO HILLARY
CLINTON BACK IN 2016.
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S TOUGH
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS DEALING WITH ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY.
THE ELECTION HAS REALLY BECOME
ALL ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC, THE ECONOMY AND WHAT
IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH SCHOOLS.
HE'S ENDORSED A FEW REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES WHO ARE RUNNING IN
PRIMARIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IN
SEPTEMBER.
SO I'LL HAVE MY EYE ON HOW THOSE
CANDIDATES DO AS WELL TO KIND OF
GET THROUGH THE LITHMUS TEST AND
HOW THEY'LL FEEL ABOUT HIM IN
NOVEMBER.
>> WELL, THAT WAS GOING TO BE
MY QUESTION BECAUSE THERE ARE A
PRIMARY ELECTION IS GOING TO BE
HELD SEPTEMBER 8TH.
OF COURSE, IT'S A TUESDAY.
SO YOU MENTIONED THAT THE
CANDIDATES BEING ENDORSED BY THE
PRESIDENT.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE KEEPING A
CLOSE EYE ON THEM.
WHAT ARE THESE KEY RACES?
>> SO THE RACES THAT I'M LOOKING
AT ARE THE GOLF'S RACE, THE
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR CHRIS
ANEWNEW AND A COUPLE OF
PRIMARIES FOR THE SENATE SEAT
AND ONE OF THE HOUSE SEATS.
AND REPRESENTED BY CHRIS PAPET
AND ANOTHER ONE RUNNING FOR
SENATE.
>> AS YOU KNOW, NEARLY 40,000
VOTERS HAVE ALREADY CAST THEIR
BALLOTS FOR THE PRIMARY THANKS
TO THE TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF
ABSENTEE VOTING.
OF COURSE, DUE TO THE
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS.
DO YOU EXPECT A SIMILAR RESPONSE
FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN
NOVEMBER?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS
PRIMARY IS SOMETHING OF A TEST
RUN FOR HOW VOTE-BY-MAIL IS
GOING TO WORK.
BASED ON ALL THE POLLING WE'VE
SEEN BUT ALSO ON DEMOCRATS.
REPUBLICAN VOTERS ARE A LITTLE
MORE WEARY OF IT EVEN THOUGH
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS RAISED A LOT
OF QUESTIONS ABOUT VOTERS.
HERE WHERE I AM IN
MASSACHUSETTS, WE HAVE A PRIMARY
IN A FEW DAYS.
OVER A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
REQUESTED BALLOTS TO VOTE BY
MAIL.
ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT STATES
ARE PLANNING THEIR VOTE-BY-MAIL
PROGRAM AND IT WILL BE
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MANY
PEOPLE USE THAT IN NOVEMBER
ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S SOME SORT
OF COVID SPIKE WHICH EXPERTS SAY
MAY HAPPEN.
>> YEAH, WE'VE BEEN SEEING
THOSE STARK NUMBERS, THOSE
PREDICTIONS POPPING UP.
STEPHANIE MURRAY, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
.
>>> ALL RIGHT.
WE WANT TO TAKE YOU TO OUR
NATION'S CAPITAL NOW WHERE
THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS HAVE
GATHERED FOR A MARCH ON
WASHINGTON.
THE GOAL, RACIAL JUSTICE AND
POLICE REFORM.
LET'S DIP IN.
>>> BUT ALSO DEVELOP A LIST OF
FEDERAL AND LOCAL DEMANDS THAT
WOULD SAVE BLACK LIVES.
PLEASE WELCOME, ELIAH ESMON.
>>> I AM ONE OF THE MILLIONS OF
YOUNG BLACK WOMEN WHO MAKE UP
THE BACKBONE OF THE AMERICAN
PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT.
LIKE TOO MANY OF US, MY JOURNEY
OF ACTIVISM STARTED BY SENSELESS
ACT OF GUN VIOLENCE WHEN A
FELLOW STUDENT OPENED FIRE IN MY
CLASSROOM IN PARKLAND FLORIDA.
AS BULLETS RIDDLED BY
CLASSMATES.
AS MY SCREAMS MELTED INTO THE
CRIES OF THE WOUNDED, I WAS THEN
BORN AGAIN WITH WITH I VOICE
THAT CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE
MUZZLED.
WHILE THE DETAILS OF MY STORY
MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER
IMPACTED YOUTH, MY BRUSH OF
DEATH BY A GUN IS EXPERIENCED BY
-- IS AN EXPERIENCE THAT'S
SHARED BY TOO MANY OF MY
GENERATION.
I'M NOT THE FIRST OF MY FAMILY
TO BE AFFECTED BY GUN VIOLENCE.
MY UNCLE PATRICK WAS GUNNED DOWN
IN THE STREETS OF BROOKLIN NEW
YORK AT JUST THE AGE OF 18.
THE NYPD DEEMED HIS BLACK BODY
IN A WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD A
THREAT.
GUN VIOLENCE.
THIS VIOLENCE IS NOT INHERITED
OR COINCIDENCE.
IT IS A RESULT OF POOR CHOICES
MADE BY POLICY MAKES THAT ALL
TOO OFTEN HAVE RACIAL TONES
ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
JUST MONTHS AFTER BEING BEATEN
BY NYPD WHO DEEMED HIS BLACK
BODY IN A WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD A
THREAT.
GUN VIOLENCE IS PERVASIVE AND
EXTENDS WELL BEYOND HIGH PROFILE
MASS SHOOTINGS.
THIS VIOLENCE IS NOT INHERITED
OR A COINCIDENCE.
IT IS A RESULT OF POOR CHOICES
MADE BY POLICY MAKERS THAT ALL
TOO OFTEN HAVE RACIAL UNDERTONES
ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
THE FLOW OF GUNS INTO ALREADY
STRUGGLING COMMUNITIES IS OFTEN
FACILITATED BY WHITE GUN STORE
OWNERS WHO LOOK THE OTHER WAY AS
TRAFFICKERS BUY GUNS USED TO
TERRORIZE BLACK COMMUNITIES.
GUN VIOLENCE EXTENDS BEYOND THE
PATH OF A BULLET AND CREATES
SOCIAL.
LAWMAKERS HAVE FAILED TO PREVENT
THE FLOW OF GUNS INTO BLACK
COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS
PERPETUATED VIOLENCE.
STUDIES SHOW THAT PERSISTENT GUN
VIOLENCE IN POOR COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR RESULT IN ECONOMIC
DEPRIVATION.
IN MANY WAYS, GUN VIOLENCE IS
THE LAST LINE TO FALL.
BUT THIS IS NOT INEVITABLE.
COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTION
PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
HAVE PROVEN A WHOLISTIC,
CULTURALLY SENSITIVE TO STOP
VIOLENCE BEFORE IT STARTS.
WE'VE SEEN THE SHOOTING FROM MY
HIGH SCHOOL GAIN WORLDWIDE
ATTENTION, BUT THE MASS SHOOTING
THAT HAPPENED IN SOUTHEAST DC
THREE WEEKS AGO WHERE
17-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER BROWN
LOST HIS WIFE AND 20 PEOPLE WERE
WOUNDED GOT NO ATTENTION.
BE OUTRAGED EQUALLY FOR BLACK
LIVES.
IT'S IMPORTANT AS I TALK ABOUT
GUN VIOLENCE I ADDRESS POLICE
VIOLENCE.
THERE'S A NEED FOR A NATIONAL
CONVERSATION OF DEFUNDING POLICE
DEPARTMENTS AND REFUNDING OUR
COMMUNITIES INSTEAD.
WE MUST REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS
INTO SCHOOLS, JOBS, AND NEEDS
FOR A COMFORTABLE LIFE.
WE NEED TO REVISIT THE USE FORCE
PRACTICES AND ELIMINATE CONDUCT
THAT PLACES SUSPECTS AT EXTREME
HARM ONCE IN CUSTODY.
AS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED,
OFFICERS NATIONWIDE LACK
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR AN OFFICER
WHO KNOWS HE CAN KILL AN UNARMED
BLACK MAN OR WOMAN, ANYTHING
LESS THAN THAT IS BUSINESS AS
USUAL.
WE MUST CHANGE THIS REALITY AND
EMPOWER CITIZENS OF THE
COMMUNITIES BEING POLICED TO
HOLD THEIR LOCAL FORCES
ACCOUNTABLE.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
RECOGNIZE THAT THE SYSTEMIC
OPPRESSION THAT CONTINUES TO
MARGINALIZE OUR COMMUNITIES IS
NOT AN ACCIDENT.
AMERICA WAS BUILT ON A SYSTEM
THAT'S STILL DOING ITS JOB.
POLICE VIOLENCE IS GUN VIOLENCE.
AND GUN VIOLENCE IS A LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH FOR BLACK YOUTH.
WE DEMAND 0 LIVE IN PEACE.
WHERE BLACK MEN ARE MORE LIKELY
TO HAVE A PICKET FENCE.
WHERE OUR TRANSSISTERS AND
BROTHERS DON'T FEAR BEING
THEMSELVES.
BUT THIS DREAM THAT I, THAT REV
AL SHARPTON, THAT MARTIN LUTHER
KING III CANNOT BE REALIZED THAT
WE HAVE A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
ENGAGED IN A CAMPAIGN TO REMOVE
BARRIERS TO CASTING A BALLOT.
MAKING VOTE BY MAIL AVAILABLE TO
ALL ENSURING BALLOT DROP BOXES
ARE DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY,
RESTORING THE VOTING RIGHTS OF
AMERICANS WHO HAVE PAID THEIR
DEBT TO SOCIETY.
WE HAVE SO MUCH GOOD TROUBLE TO
GET INTO.
I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS OF NATIONAL ACTION
NETWORK AND ESPECIALLY THEIR
ORGANIZER IN CHIEF, THE REVEREND
AL SHARPTON AND MARTIN LUTHER
KING III FOR THE WORK THAT THEY
DO NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY
AND GIVING US A PLACE AT THE
TABLE.
AS I RETURN TO LOUISVILLE, IT'S
STILL CLEAR THAT BLACK WOMEN ARE
STILL UNPROTECTED.
AS I STAND HERE IN PAIN FROM THE
AFTERMATH OF TEAR GAS AND RUBBER
BULLETS, I REALIZE THAT BLACK
WOMEN ARE STILL THE BACKBONE OF
THIS MOVEMENT.
I'M AN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TEAM
MEMBER.
CO-POUNDER AND CO-ORGANIZER.
A GRASS ROOTS GROUP OF YOUNG
BLACK ORGANIZERS DEMANDING TRUE
LIBERATION FOR YOUNG BLACK
PEOPLE.
THANK YOU.
>>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARCUS
W. KING.
AS SECOND GENERATION TEAMSTERS,
KING HAS BEEN A MEMBER SINCE
1983 AFTER HE WAS ASKED TO JOIN
THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF
TEAMSTERS AS A FIELD
REPRESENTATIVE.
ONE OF HIS ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDED
LOCAL 331.
THE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL ASKED
KING TO STAY ON AS HE WAS
SUCCESSFUL IN BEING ELECTED IN
2009.
RE-ELECTED IN 2012, 2015, AND
2018.
KING HAS SERVED ON THE UPS
SUPPLEMENT NEGOTIATION COMMITTEE
FOR PHILADELPHIA METRO AREA AND
THE NATIONAL MASSIVE FREIGHT
SUPPLEMENT PANEL.
PLEASE WELCOME, MARCUS W. KING.
>>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU REVEREND AL SHARPTON,
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. III AND
THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK FOR
ASSEMBLE US HERE TODAY.
THIS IS AN AWESOME EVENT.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS GOOD
MORNING.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE WITH YOU AS
THE YOUNG LADY JUST SAID, MY
NAME IS MARCUS KING.
I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF
TEAMSTERS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND
DIVERSITY COMMISSION AND I BRING
YOU GREETINGS ON BEHALF OF OUR
GENERAL PRESIDENT JAMES P.
HOFFER.
THE TEAMSTERS UNION HAS A LONG
HISTORY OF STANDING NOT ONLY FOR
MEMBERS, BUT FOR THOSE AMERICANS
WHO HAVE BEEN DISCRIMINATED AND
OVERLOOKED.
FOR 57 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST
MARCH ON WASHINGTON, THE
TEACHERS HAVE AGAIN STAND WITH
YOU PROUD TO REAFFIRM OUR
SUPPORT FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC
EQUALITY IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE TEAMSTERS BROTHERS AND
SISTERS, BLACK, WHITE, MEN,
WOMEN, ALL STOOD WITH DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. TO FIGHT FOR
JUSTICE.
AND NOW, WE MUST FINISH THE
FIGHT.
WE MUST FINISH THIS FIGHT.
WE MUST COMPLETE ADMISSION FOR
GENUINE EQUALITY.
THERE ARE FORCES OUT THERE
WORKING AGAINST US TO DISMANTLE
THE UNION AND LABOR LAWS.
THEY HAVE SIR COUPLE VENNED SIFL
RIGHTS LAWS IN OUR COURTS.
THEY HAVE MANIPULATED OUR
ELECTIONS TO BLOCK OUR VOTE.
THEY HAVE DENIED THIS JOB
PROMOTION BECAUSE OF THE COLOR
OF OUR SKIN.
THEY HAVE STOLEN WAGES FROM US
BY PERPETUATING MINIMUM WAGE
STANDARDS THAT NO ONE AND
SURVIVE ON.
YES, THEY EVEN ARE GOING AFTER
OUR LABOR UNIONS.
THEY HAVE TRIED TO
SYSTEMATICALLY STIR UP A WAY THE
VOICE TO PROTECT WORKERS AS WE
FIGHT FOR FAIR WAGES, EQUAL PAY,
GOOD HEALTH CARE, AND A DECENT
PENSION FOR RETIREMENT.
AND NOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO
SEPARATE AMERICAN LABOR BY
PUTTING A GAP BETWEEN THE HAVE
AND THE HAVE-NOTES.
AS IT GETS WIDER AND WIDER JUST
LOOK AT WHAT JEFF BEZ OVPDS WHAT
HE MADE THIS YEAR.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IT'S TIME
FOR ACTION.
WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH.
WE WILL NOT BE IGNORED ANY
LONGER.
WE CAN CHANGE IT NOW.
SO THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT I'M
GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO.
ONE, LOBBY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
TO PASS HR71, THE JUSTICE AND
POLICING ACT.
GEORGE FLOYD ACT.
TWO, LOBBY HR4, THE JOHN R.
LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
BUT MOST IMPORTANT, NUMBER
THREE, WE MUST VOTE.
THIS COMING NOVEMBER, WE MUST
VOTE.
WE HAVE TO TELL THIS COUNTRY,
TAKE THE KNEE OFF OUR NECKS.
USE YOUR VOICE FOR THOSE WHO CAN
NO LONGER BE WITH US.
MAKE YOUR VOICE COUNT.
JACOB BLAKE, GEORGE FLOYD,
BREONNA TAYLOR, AHMAUD ARBERY,
DO IT FOR MY BROTHER TEAMSTER
PHILANDO CASTILLE WHO WAS KILLED
BY MINNESOTA POLICE OR DO IT FOR
YOU.
MAKE YOUR VOICE COUNT.
MAKE A BETTER PLACE FOR US AND
OUR CHILDREN.
BLACK LIVES DO MATTER BECAUSE
OUR LIVES MATTER.
STAY SAFE.
GOD BLESS YOU.
ALL OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
IN THE MOVEMENT TEAMSTER STRONG.
MY NAME IS MARCUS KING AND I'M
THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND
DIVERSITY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL
TEAM TERS UNION.
THANK YOU.
>>> NEXT, WE HAVE ALLEN
ROSSCOFF.
SERVED AS ITS CHIEF LOBBYIST.
IN 2004, HE FORMED THE JIM ALVES
WHICH IS A CITY WIDE LGBTQ
ORGANIZATION SERVING ALL OF NEW
YORK CITY.
HI CURRENTLY SERVES AS SECRETARY
OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM BUILT
IN HARLEM, NEW YORK UNDER
LEADERSHIP OF REVEREND AL
SHARPTON.
LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE.
>>> I'M HERE TO TELL EVERYBODY
THAT THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL,
AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IS
PART OF THIS STRUGGLE.
WE JOIN WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER.
WE MARCH WITH YOU.
WE GET ARRESTED, WE RISK
ARRESTS, AND WE GET BRUTALIZED
IN SUPPORT.
AFTER ALL, THE GAY RIGHTS
MOVEMENT WAS FORMED BECAUSE OF
BRUTALITY OF THE POLICE IN A BAR
KNOWN AS STONEWALL.
UNTIL THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS
RECOGNIZED AS AN EQUAL
COMMUNITY, UNTIL POLICE
HARASSMENT, AND THE POLICE
KILLINGS.
WE WILL STAND UNITED.
WE ARE ALL ONE.
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE WILL
CONTINUE DEMONSTRATING.
WE WILL CONTINUE MARCHING.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROTEST.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPSET THE
POWER STRUCTURE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO RISK
ARRESTS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ARRESTED.
WE WILL BE PART OF THIS
MOVEMENT.
AND IN ALL THE DEMONSTRATIONS
AND PROTESTS IN NEW YORK AND
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, YOU CAN SEE
OUR RAINBOW FLAGS AND OUR
RAINBOW BANNERS.
BLACK LIVES MATTER IS ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS AND
MOVEMENTS.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
MOVEMENTS IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN
HISTORY.
I THANK YOU ALL.
I THANK REVEREND AL SHARPTON AND
THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK FOR
PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND BEING
SUCH A GOOD FRIEND TO THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY.
TOGETHER, TO VICTORY, AND VOTE
OUT THE RACIST IN THE WHITE
HOUSE AND VOTE OUT HIS ENTIRE
ADMINISTRATION.
AND HIS SUPPORTERS.
THANK YOU.
>>> SO WE ARE WATCHING THE MARCH
ON WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO JUST SWITCH OVER
TO OTHER CAMERAS.
THIS IS LOOKING AT THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE RALLYING ATHE LINCOLN
MEMORIAL FOR RACIAL EQUALITY AND
IT COMES ON THE 57TH ANNIVERSARY
OF REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING
JR.'S "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH.
WE HAVE A LIST OF TEAKERS ALL
DAY LONG.
THE EXPECTATION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
HERE, BUT THE EXPECTATION WAS
ABOUT 50,000 PEOPLE WOULD BE
ATTENDING THIS RALLY AND I THINK
WE CAN DIP BACK IN RIGHT NOW.
>> WE TOOK A 750-MILE TREK
ACROSS THE COUNTRY DO GET HERE.
I'LL LET FRANK SPEAK ON THE
JOURNEYS AND SOME OF THE THINGS
WE'VE FACED DURING THIS JOURNEY.
BUT I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR
FACEBOOK FRIENDS.
I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR
PHOTOGRAPHERS, OUR
VIDEOGRAPHERS.
I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE
MARCHERS WHO MARCHED WITH US AND
ALL THE MEDIC AND CARAVAN CREWS
WHO CAME WITH US.
LOVE YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
>> HOW ARE YA'LL DOING OUT
THERE.
THEY ONLY GAVE ME 2 MINUTES.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT
MY JOURNEY.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I
CAME HERE TO TALK ABOUT.
EVERY THREE MONTHS WHEN A BLACK
PERSON GETS KILLED, THAT
SHOULDN'T BE THE ONLY TIME WE
FIND OUT ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE
GETTING KILLED BY THE POLICE.
WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER AS A
NATION OF ACTIVISTS.
WE NEED TO DEMAND CHANGE, NOT
ACTUAL CHANGE.
THEY THINK THIS IS A
NEGOTIATION.
THIS IS NOT A NEGOTIATION.
I'M HERE TO DEMAND CHANGE.
I'M TIRED.
ARE YA'LL TIRED?
BECAUSE I'M TIRED.
MY GRANDSONS AIN'T GOING TO BE
MARCHING FOR THE SAME STUFF MY
GRAND DADDY MARCHED FOR.
THIS IS A REVOLUTION.
WE JUST WALKED 750 MILES 24 DAYS
TO GET HERE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
GOING TO STOP UNTIL WE GET
CHANGE.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IN THIS
COUNTRY.
ALL YA'LL THAT CAME TODAY, I
KNOW YA'LL BEEN MARCHING IN
CITIES.
WE'RE GOING TO ORGANIZE.
THEY DON'T EXPECT THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO COME TOGETHER
BECAUSE THEY DON'T EXPECT THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO DEMAND CHANGE
BECAUSE THEY DON'T EXPECT THAT.
W'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE OUR KIDS
MARCHING.
BLACK PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE
MARCHING FOR THE SAME STUFF.
I'M TIRED OF ASKING FOR JUSTICE.
I JUST WANT IT TO STOP.
WE DON'T WANT JUSTICE.
WE NEED THEM OUT OF THE POLICE.
WE NEED ALL THESE RACIST PEOPLE
GONE.
WE NEED CHANGE AND WE CAN GET
THAT BY VOTING.
NOW WHILE WE MARCHED THE
750 MILES, EVERYBODY THAT CAME
AND CHASTIZED US.
EVERYBODY THAT CAME MESSING WITH
US HAD TRUMP SIGNS.
TRUMP 2020.
THAT'S THE NEW WAY THAT THEY
GENERATE RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY
AND HIDE BEHIND IT.
IF IT'S TIME TO VOTE, WE'RE
GOING TO VOTE.
IF YA'LL SEE ME OUT HERE, STOP
ME OUT THERE SO WE CAN ORGANIZE.
THIS IS THE REVOLUTION.
>>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID
CLOONEY.
HE'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE BLACK ECONOMIC ALLIANCE.
THE NATION'S ONLY COALITION OF
BUSINESS LEADERS AND ALIGNED
ADVOCATES COMMITTED TO
PROSPERITY IN THE BLACK
COMMUNITY WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS
ON WORK, WAGES AND WEALTH.
DAVID LED THE STATE AND LOCAL
NATIONS TEAM.
HE'S A GRADUATE OF HOWARD
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW WHERE
HE WAS EDITOR AND CHIEF OF THE
LAW REVIEW AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
ALBANY, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW
YORK AND SITS ON THE BOARD OF
THE NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE.
PLEASE WELCOME DAVID G. CLOONEY.
>>> I'M DAVID CLOONEY.
I LEAD THE BLACK ECONOMIC
ALLIANCE.
A GROUP OF BLACK BUSINESS
LEADERS AND ALLIES DEDICATED TO
IMPROVING WORK, WAGES AND WEALTH
FOR BLACK PEOPLE.
WE KNOW THE 1963 MARCH ON
WASHINGTON WAS A MARCH FOR JOBS
AND FREEDOM.
IN OVER 50 YEARS, THE WEALTH GAP
BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE
AMERICANS HAS NOT CHANGED
SIGNIFICANTLY.
BY SOME MEASURES, IT'S EVEN
WHITER TODAY.
BUT WE'RE AT AN INFLECTION
POINT.
IT MAY HAVE TAKEN 400 YEARS,
PLUS 8 MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS TO
GET HERE BUT THERE IS AN
INCREASING RECOGNITION THAT
SYSTEMIC RACISM IS IN EVERY PART
OF AMERICAN LIFE.
WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS MOMENT?
WE ALSO NEED TO FIGHT FOR
ECONOMIC INJUST FROM OUR ELECTED
LEADERS AND IN THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY.
WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR BETTER
WORK, WAGES, AND WEALTH FOR
BETTER BLACK PEOPLE.
THAT'S SKILLED WORK FOR THE
PEOPLE.
AND BUILDING GENERATIONAL WEALTH
FOR BLACK FAMILIES.
RIGHT NOW, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO
VOTE.
CONGRESS SHOULD PASS THE JOHN
LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND JUST
LIKE WE'RE SHOWING UP TO MARCH
ACROSS AMERICA.
WE HAVE TO SHOW UP AND VOTE.
OVER 40 STATES WILL ALLOW EARLY
VOTING THIS YEAR, SO VOTE EARLY
IF YOU CAN.
MAKE A PLAN AND MAKE SURE YOUR
VOTE IS COUNTED WELL BEFORE
ELECTION DAY.
WE OWE IT TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS
GIANTS WHO MARCHED, BLED, AND
DIED FOR US.
WE OWE IT TO THE FAMILIES OF
COUNTLESS BLACK PEOPLE LOST TO
UNCHECKED INSTITUTIONAL RACE
ITCH.
WE OWE IT TO AMERICA.
I AM SO INSPIRED BY THE DEMAND
FOR JUSTICE THESE EMANATING FROM
EVERY CORNER OF AMERICA RIGHT
NOW.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THIS MARCH
ON EVERY PLATFORM WE HAVE.
IN THE STREETS, IN THE HALLS OF
CONGRESS, IN THE CORPORATE BOARD
ROOMS AND WITH OUR VOTE.
SO WE CAN FINALLY ACHIEVE SOCIAL
AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.
THANK YOU.
>>> COMING TO THE STAGE IS
PORSCHE TAYLOR.
SHE'S A BRAND BUILDER, MUSIC
LOVER, SPORT BIKE RIDER.
PORSCHE TAYLOR IS THE FOUNDER OF
BLACK GIRLS RIDE.
THE COMMUNITY ORIGINALLY
LAUNCHED AS A PLACE FOR WOMEN OF
COLOR TO RIDE.
WHAT INSPIRED HER TO LAUNCH
BLACK GIRLS RIDE WAS THE LACK OF
REPRESENTATION THAT SHE SAW WHEN
SHE STARTED RIDING.
NOT DEVELOPING BRAND CAMPAIGNS,
SPINNING AT THE HOTTEST PARTIES
OR ON HER WAY UP TO QUOTE OCCUPY
THE GYM, PORSCHE CAN BE FOUND
ROLLING IN HER PINK HABAYA.
I DON'T EVEN RIDE.
AND ALWAYS LIVING HER BEST LIFE.
PLEASE WELCOME, PORTIA TAYLOR.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M PORTIA TAYLOR AND I'M HERE
AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF BLACK
GIRLS RIDE.
MORE THAN A MAGAZINE, WE ARE A
MOVEMENT OF WOMEN PASSIONATE
ABOUT MOTOR SPORTS.
OVER 100 WOMEN RODE ACROSS
AMERICA TO BE WITH YOU HERE
TODAY.
WE ARE OUR ANCESTORS' WILDEST
DREAMS.
WOMEN OF COLOR ON GROUND
TRAVELING ACROSS THE LAND OF THE
FREE.
WE ARE YOUR MOTHERS, YOUR
GRANDMOTHERS, YOUR AUNTS, YOUR
SISTERS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS.
OUR RIDE STARTED MONDAY IN LONG
BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
AS WE RODE THROUGH TEXAS, I
THOUGHT ABOUT ASANGA BLAND AND
HOW A SIMPLE TRAFFIC STOP.
AS HE CRIED FOR HELP.
THE HEART BREAKING DEATH OF
BREONNA TAYLOR.
AND LESS THAN A WEEK AGO, JACOB
BLAKE WAS SHOT SEVEN TIMES IN
THE BACK AND PARALYZED WITH EACH
ACT OF SENSELESS VIOLENCE, WE
FEEL IT STIRRING IN OUR
COLLECTIVE SOUL.
WHEN A CALL TO MARCH WAS ISSUED,
WE KNEW IT WAS TIME TO MOUNT UP.
WE PACKED UP OUR BIKES AND RODE
THOUSANDS OF MILES AND PROTESTS
AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY.
WE RIDE UNAPOLOGETICALLY FOR
BLACK LIVES.
WE RIDE TO ENSURE THE FREEDOM OF
OUR FUTURE LEADERS.
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY, BUT OUR
JOURNEY IS NOT OVER.
IN NOVEMBER, BLACK GIRLS RIDE
WILL REV OUR ENGINES.
WE WILL LEAD THE RIDE TO THE
POLLS AND FILL THE BALLOT BOXES
OF THIS NATION.
WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN IN THIS
AND VOTE LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS
ON IT.
THANK YOU.
>>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER REALLY
NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION AND STAYS
ON THE FRONTLINE.
CONGRESSWOMAN IANA PRESLEY.
SHE'S AN ACTIVIST, A LEGISLATOR,
A SURVIVOR AND THE FIRST WOMAN
OF COLOR TO BE ELECTED TO
CONGRESS FROM THE COMMON WEALTH
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
THROUGHOUT HER CAREER AS A
PUBLIC SERVANT, SHE HAS FOUGHT
TO ENSURE THOUGH THOSE CLOSEST
TO THE PAIN ARE CLOSEST TO THE
POWER DRIVING AND INFORMING
POLICY MAKING.
PRIOR TO HER BEING ELECTED TO
CONGRESS, SHE SERVED ON THE
BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FOR EIGHT
YEARS AND WAS THE FIRST WOMAN OF
COLOR ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL IN
ITS 1 HUSHS YEAR HISTORY.
PLEASE WELCOME CONGRESSWOMAN
IANA PRESLEY.
YOU
>>> GOOD MORNING BELOVED.
TODAY, I AM THINKING OF THE
ANCESTORS NOT JUST THE ONES
RECORDED IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS
BUT THE JUSTICE SEEKERS, THE
FREEDOM RIDERS, THE ORGANIZERS
THE COMMUNITY BUILDERS.
EVERY LOVED ONE THAT PACKED A
BROWN BAG LUNCH, LED A FREEDOM
SONG, RISKED THEIR LIFE AND
LIVELIHOOD THAT SENT UP A
PRAYER.
THEIR SACRIFICE AND
SELF-DETERMINATION SHAPED
HISTORY AND BROUGHT US TO THIS
MOMENT.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, WE
ARE BECAUSE OF THEM, WE ARE
BLACK WITH A CAPITAL B.
WE ARE THE MANIFESTATION OF THE
MOVEMENT.
WE ARE A SYMBOL OF SOCIAL
POLITICAL AND CULTURAL PROGRESS.
IF MY GRAND DADDY, THE REVEREND
E. JAMES ECHOLS WERE HERE.
HE WOULD WHISPER IN MY EAR AND
SAY GRAND BABY, MAKE IT PLAY.
AND I INTEND TO DO JUST THAT.
MAKE IT PLAY.
WE ARE IN UNPRECEDENTED,
UNCERTAIN TIMES.
WE ARE CHALLENGED BY THE STATE
OF THE NATION AND THE CRISIS WE
FACE, BUT THE STATE OF OUR
MOVEMENT, IT IS STRONG.
AND ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE.
YES, IT IS POSSIBLE TO LEGISLATE
JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
PEOPLE OVER PROFITS.
JOY OVER TRAUMA.
FREEDOM OVER FEAR.
YES, IT IS POSSIBLE TO WRITE
BUDGETS THAT ACTUALLY VALUE
BLACK LIVES.
IF IT FEELS UNFAMILIAR, THAT'S
BECAUSE IT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE
IN AMERICA.
WE WILL MEET THE MOMENT.
WE WILL WORK TOWARDS HEALING,
JUSTICE, AND COLLECTIVE
LIBERATION LIKE OUR LIVES DEPEND
ON IT BECAUSE THEY DO.
WE WILL MARCH ON CLEAR IN OUR
CONVICTION ROOTED IN OUR FAITH,
GROUNDED IN OUR HISTORY
INTENTIONAL AS WE BUILD.
LET ME MAKE IT PLAY BLACK LIVES
MATTER.
>>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS
REPRESENTATIVE ADRIANA ESPIOT.
PROUDLY REPRESENTING NEW YORK'S
13 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, FIRST
ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN 2016.
ESPIOTT IS SERVING HIS SECOND
TERM IN CONGRESS WHERE HE SERVES
AS A MEMBER OF THE INFLUENTIAL
U.S. HOUSE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE.
AND THE HOUSE SMALL BUSINESSES
COMMITTEE.
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER AND PUBLIC
SERVICE, THE CONGRESS MAN HAS
BEEN A VOCAL ADVOCATE FOR
PROTECTING TENANTS AND IMPROVING
SCHOOLS AND MAKING SERIOUS,
SMART INVESTMENTS IN ECONOMIC
INVESTMENT.
JOB CREATION, ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION.
PRIOR TO COMING TO CONGRESS, HE
SERVED AS A NEW YORK STATE
SENATOR DURING WHICH HE
REPRESENTED THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF
MARLBORO HILL, WASHINGTON
HEIGHTS, HAMILTON HEIGHTS, WEST
HARLEM, UPPER WEST SIDE, HELL'S
KITCHEN.
PLEASE WELCOME U.S.
REPRESENTATIVE ADRIANO ESPIOTT.
>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU REVEREND AL SHARPTON.
THANK YOU NATIONAL ACTION
NETWORK.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE ON
THIS GREAT MORNING.
I BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM
HARLEM.
THE CAPITAL OF THE AFRICAN DIE
AS PRA IN THE WORLD.
FROM EAST HARLEM, THE LAUNCHING
PAD OF THE LATINO EXPERIENCE IN
NEW YORK STATE.
FROM IMMIGRANT WASHINGTON
HEIGHTS, HAMILTON HEIGHTS,
INWOOD AND WORKING CLASS
NORTHWEST BRONX.
OVER 50 YEARS AGO, THE GREAT
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND JOHN
LEWIS STOOD HERE AND SHARED
THEIR DREAMS WITH ALL OF YOU.
TODAY, AS A FIRST FORMALLY
UNDOCUMENTED MEMBER OF CONGRESS,
I STAND HERE WITH YOU TODAY TO
SAY THAT, YES, I AM A MAN THAT,
YES, WE SHALL OVERCOME.
THAT, YES, BLACK LIVES MATTER.
AND THAT, YES, WITHOUT NO
JUSTICE, THERE WILL BE NO PEACE.
WE COME HERE TODAY BURRYING THE
SCARS AND THE WOUNDS OF 400
YEARS OF STRUGGLE TO SAY THAT
WHETHER YOUR ANCESTORS PICKED
COTTON, OR SUGAR CANE, WE'RE ALL
IN THE SAME BOAT RIGHT NOW.
WE MUST PASS LEGISLATION TO
ENSURE THERE'S POLICE REFORM.
WE MUST PASS THE PIECES OF
LEGISLATION HIGHLIGHTED IN THE
HARLEM MANIFESTO OF POLICE
BRUTALITY ALL INCLUDED IN THE
GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE AND
POLICING ACT.
LET'S GET RID OF THE CHOKE HOLD.
LET'S GET RID OF THE KNEE.
WE ALSO MUST PASS THE JOHN LEWIS
VOTER'S RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT
TO ENSURE THAT WE'LL ALL BE ABLE
TO VOTE.
WE MUST ENACT CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM.
LET'S DO AWAY WITH THE DEATH
PENALTY.
LET'S DO AWAY WITH SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT.
LET'S DO AWAY WITH MANDATORY
MINIMUMS.
I AM A MAN.
WE SHALL OVERCOME.
NO JUSTICE , NO PEACE AND BLACK
LIVES MATTER.
GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP THE
FAITH.
>>> UP NEXT IS REPRESENTATIVE
CHARLES BOOKER.
A 36-YEAR-OLD STATE LEGISLATOR
BORN IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.
HE SUCCESSFULLY RAN FOR STATE
HOUSE IN KENTUCKY IN 2018
BECOMING THE YOUNGEST AFRICAN
AMERICAN IN THE HOUSE AND MORE
THAN 90 YEARS WHERE HE FOUGHT
FOR COMMON SENSE GUN SAFETY
REFORM, PRESCRIPTION GUN COST
RELIEF, VOTER PROTECTION AND
RESTORATION IN SUPPORT OF LABOR
UNIONS FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE
AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE AND
MORE.
REPRESENTATIVE BOOKER RECENTLY
FOUNDED HOOD TO THE HOLLER, A
501 C4 TO CAPTURE THE ENERGY AND
INFRASTRUCTURE HE BUILT IN HIS
RUN TO CONTINUE TO BUILD POWER,
WORK ON VOTER REGISTRATION AND
MORE AND TO HELP POSITIVELY
TRANSFORM OUR FUTURE.
PLEASE WELCOME REPRESENTATIVE
CHARLES BOOKER.
>>> WE STAND HERE IN THE LEGACY
OF THE DREAM.
THE DREAM THAT DR. KING LIFTED
UP.
THAT WHITNEY YOUNG PUSHED FOR.
THAT MATE JONES FOUGHT FOR.
THAT MY GRAND DAD LINDSEY E
HENRY SIDNEY DEMANDED
WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE KNOW
THAT DREAM IS NOT DONE.
ALTHOUGH THEY MARCHED FOR US
THEN.
THE CRIES WE'RE HEARING ACROSS
THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW FROM
KENOSHA TO KENTUCKY.
FROM THE HOOD TO WHERE I'M FROMS
TO EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN.
THOSE CRIES KNOW WE HAVE MORE
MARCHING TO DO.
AND IT IS IN THIS MOMENT WHERE
WE MUST RISE UP TOGETHER BECAUSE
LISTEN, WE ARE BUILT FOR THIS
MOMENT.
WE ARE ON THE SHOULDERS OF
GIANTS, BUT WE MUST STEP OFF OF
THOSE SHOULDERS AND LEAD
OURSELVES.
WE ARE THE DREAM, BUT WE MUST
TURN THAT DREAM INTO DEMANDS.
DEMANDS FOR REAL JUSTICE.
DEMANDS FOR HUMANITY.
DEMANDS FOR AN END TO POVERTY.
DEMANDS FOR AN END TO RACISM.
AND I AM A LIVING WITNESS AS THE
YOUNGEST BLACK STATE LEGISLATOR
IN KENTUCKY SINCE THE FIRST ONE,
AND, YES, I DID STAND UP TO RUN
AGAINST MITCH McCONNELL.
I AM A PERSONAL WITNESS THAT WE
ARE READY FOR THIS MOMENT.
WE'RE BUILT FOR THE WORK WE MUST
DO.
AND IF WE COME TOGETHER, ALL OF
US, IF WE STAND UNITED, IF WE
MARCH TOGETHER, IF WE BEND THAT
ARK TOGETHER, THERE IS NOTHING
WE CAN'T DO.
THERE'S NO MOUNTAIN WE CAN'T
MOVE AND THERE IS NO ROOT OF
RACISM WE CANNOT PULL UP.
SO WE'VE GOT TO DO IT RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT TO DO IS YESTERDAY, SO
WE DEFINITELY GOT TO DO IT NOW.
AND I STAND HERE AS A YOUNG MAN
IN THE LEGACY OF A GIANT
CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS WHO SAID
57 YEARS AGO SOME WORDS THAT
STILL RING TRUE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE TO RELIFT OUR VOICES
TOGETHER AND SAY TO AMERICA,
WAKE UP.
WAKE UP, AMERICA, BECAUSE WE
CAN'T STOP.
WE CANNOT QUIT.
AND WE CANNOT BE PATIENT.
LET'S WIN TOGETHER.
LET'S FIGHT TOGETHER.
LET'S TRANSFORM OUR FUTURE.
BREONNA, I'M REPRESENTING YOU
RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU ALL.
>>> NEXT, WE HAVE TYREK
McMILLEN.
HE IS A POLICY ADVISOR FOR THE
NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK.
A RECENT GRADUATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA ANT STATE UNIVERSITY.
TYLEKE IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE
ADA CHAPTER AND HOPES TO ONE DAY
SERVE AS A LEGISLATOR ON THE
HILL.
PLEASE WELCOME TYLEEK McMILLEN.
>>> I GIVE HONOR TO THE
CONVENERS, MY BOSS AND MENTOR
REVEREND AL SHARPTON AND MARTIN
LUTHER KING III.
I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
YOUNG LEADERS STANDING BEHIND ME
FROM NAN YOUTH HUDDLE AND NAN
COLLEGIATE.
WE FIND OURSELVES HERE IN THE
SPIRIT OF JOHN LEWIS MAKING
TROUBLE, NECESSARY TROUBLE.
BECAUSE THE SOUL OF OUR
DEMOCRACY IS DEPENDING ON IT.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO ASK FOR
JUSTICE.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO NEGOTIATE
JUSTICE, BUT WE ARE HERE TO
DEMAND JUSTICE.
FAR TOO MANY TIMES WE HAVE BEEN
CUT OUT.
FAR TOO MANY TIMES WE HAVE BEEN
BUDGETED OUT, COUNTED OUT,
RESOURCED OUT.
IT'S TIME FOR LEGISLATORS TO
INVEST IN EDUCATION.
IT'S TIME FOR LEGISLATORS TO
INVEST IN MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES.
IT'S TIME TO INVEST IN
COMMUNITIES AND I LOVE MY 1891,
IT'S TIME TO INVEST IN
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES.
BECAUSE WE DESERVE, WE DON'T
DESERVE JUST A HALF A DOLLAR.
WE DON'T JUST DESERVE THE
QUARTER OF THE DOLLAR, BUT WE
DESERVE THE WHOLE DOLLAR.
DR. KING SPOKE ABOUT THE CHECK
THAT BOUNCED IN THE BANK OF
JUSTICE, AND WE'VE COME TO LET
THE TELLER KNOW AT THE BANK THAT
THIS CHECK BETTER NOT BOUNCE.
BECAUSE WE WILL MARCH AND WE
WILL FIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
WE DESERVE.
IN THE WORDS OF DR. KING AND
CLOSING AND AGAIN WE COME TO
CAST THE CHECK, A CHECK THAT IS
WILLING TO DEMAND THE RICHES OF
FREEDOM AND SECURITY OF JUSTICE.
THANK YOU.
NO JUSTICE.
NO PEACE.
>>> I HEAR YOU BACK THERE.
NO JUSTICE.
>> NO PEACE.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE JANET
MORIGA.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED
THE PROMISE OF THE AMERICAN
DREAM FIRSTHAND, JANET HAS
DEVOTED HER CAREER IN PUBLIC
SERVICE TO HOPE OPENING THE DOOR
TO THAT DREAM TO MILLIONS OF
AMERICAN FAMILIES.
SHE CONTINUES THIS MISSION AS
PRESIDENT AND CEO OF UNITE US
U.S.
A LARGE NATIONAL HISPANIC CIVIL
RIGHTS AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION
IN THE U.S.
WELCOME HER TO THE STAGE.
>>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS JANET MORGILLA AND
I'M PRESIDENT AND CEO OF UNIDOS
U.S.
THE LARGEST ADVOCACY
ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY.
I WANT TO TELL YOU WHY I AM
HERE.
I AM HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE STOOD
AND ALWAYS WILL STAND WITH
REVEREND SHARPTON AND MARTIN
LUTHER KING IIIAND OUR BROTHERS
AND SISTERS IN THE BLACK
COMMUNITY UNTIL SYSTEMIC AND
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN OUR
SOCIETY IS ERADICATED.
I AM HERE BECAUSE 25% OF MY
COMMUNITY IS AFRO LATINO.
SO WE DON'T JUST EMPHASIZE, WE
IDENTIFY WITH THE BLACK
COMMUNITY.
I AM HERE BECAUSE WE NEED LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO GET THEIR KNEES
OFF THE NECKS OF OUR BLACK AND
LATIN YOUNG MEN.
I AM HERE BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE
SEEN.
A MAN SHOT IN THE BACK AND
PARALYZED.
PEACEFUL PROTESTS SHOT AND
KILLED BY WHITE NATIONALISTS
VIGILANTES.
AS POLICE TURNED A BLIND EYE AND
SILENCE FROM THE MAN WHO HOLDS
THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND.
THAT IS IMMORAL AND
UNACCEPTABLE.
I AM HERE BECAUSE OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE BURRYING THE
BRUNT OF A PANDEMIC BOTH IN LYES
AND LIVELIHOODS.
THAT IS ONLY GETTING WORSE YET.
I AM HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE IN
COMMON WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON IS
FAR GREATER THAN WHAT DIVIDES
US.
AS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
WROTE TO CAESAR CHAVEZ IN 1966,
"OUR SEPARATE STRUGGLES ARE
REALLY WON FOR FREEDOM, DIGNITY
AND HUMANITY .".
I AM HERE BECAUSE WE MUST
SUPPORT THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF
EVERY BACKGROUND HERE AS THEY
RISE UP.
MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD AND TELL
THOSE OF THEIR GENERATION ABOUT
THE AMERICA THAT THEY WANT TO
SEE BECAUSE WE MUST REJECT
BIGGOTRY AND HATE AND INSIST
THAT OUR COUNTRY LIVE UP TO ITS
IDEALS AND THE VALUES THAT WE
SHARE.
I AM HERE BECAUSE I AM STANDING
ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS LIKE
CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS TO SAY
YOUR FIGHT IS MY FIGHT.
I AM HERE
BECAUSE BLACK LIVES MATTER
>>> UP NEXT, WE HAVE REVEREND
DR. RICHARDSON WHO SERVES ON THE
BOARD OF SEVERAL CORPORATIONS
AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
IS CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN OF THE
BOARD FOR THE NATIONAL ACTION
NETWORK.
REVEREND DR. W. FRANKLIN
RICHARDSON LEADS THE LARGEST
AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH IN WEST
CHESTER COUNTY.
DESPITE THE INTERACTION WITH
U.S. PRESIDENTS AND HEADS OF
STATES, HE HAS MADE SURE TO USE
THE POWER OF THE PULPIT TO USE
UP LOCAL ISSUES.
DR. RICHARDSON BELIEVES THAT
GRACE MUST BE AT THE VANGUARD OF
LIBERATION AND EMPOWERMENT OF
AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE THROUGH
OUR CHRISTIAN FAITH.
: GOOD
AFTERNOON.
LET'S GIVE OURSELVES A
CELEBRATION.
LOOK AT HOW WE'VE TURNED OUT IN
THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC.
IN THE MIDST OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US.
WE LAY OURSELVES ON THE LINE
BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT.
ON BHAEF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD OF THE NATIONAL ACTION
NETWORK.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE
VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE
COLLABORATED WITH US TO BRING
THIS TO WE CELEBRATE THE GREAT
LEADERSHIP OF OUR PRESIDENT
REVEREND AL SHARPTON AND MARTIN
LUTHER KING III HAVING CONVENED
US TOGETHER.
BUT OUR COMING TOGETHER FOR THE
SPEECHES AND THE RHETORIC OF THE
MOMENT WILL BE MEANINGLESS IF WE
DO NOT ACTIVATE AND GET INVOLVED
AND FIGHT THE FIGHT AND VOTE AND
ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO ARE NOT.
WE ARE AT A CROSS ROADS IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
WE'RE AT THE INTERSECTION OF
PARISH OR PROMISE.
IF WE FAIL TO DELIVER IN
NOVEMBER, WE WILL PARISH.
IF WE FAIL TO BRING OUT OUR
VOTES.
WE'RE AT A MOMENT THAT ALL WE
HAVE FOUGHT FOR ALL THAT OUR
FORE FATHERS AND MOTHERS HAVE
DIED FOR IS AT RISK OF BEING
LOST.
BLOOD HAS BEEN SHED.
FOR OUR FREEDOMS IS ON THE LINE
AND WE CANNOT PARISH.
WE MUST FIGHT AND ENGAGE IN
EVERY RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE.
WE STILL BELIEVE IN AMERICA'S
PROMISE.
WE ARE ON THE PRESS BUS OF
REALIZING A PROMISE AND THE
PROMISE OF A NATION WHEREVER
PERSON BLACK OR WIET, YELL, RED,
MALE, FEMALE.
EVERY DIMENSION OF OUR HUMANITY
IS IN THE PROMISE OF AMERICA AND
SO I CHALLENGE US ALL TO BELIEVE
IN A BETTER DAY.
TO MAKE THE SACRIFICES.
TO MAKE SURE WE GO BACK TO OUR
CITIES AND CALL OUR FRIENDS
BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A SHAM IF
WE FAIL TO BRING OUT A VOTE ON
NOVEMBER THE 3RD.
THIS WILL BE MOCKERY IS FWE DO
NOT DELIVER OURSELVES TO THE
POLLS.
THIS WILL BE A DISGRACE AND OUR
FORE FATHERS AND MOTHERS WHO LAY
IN THE CEMETERIES WILL WANT TO
TURN OVER OUR GRAVES AND GRASP
WHAT THEY FOUGHT FOR.
GOD BLESS YOU, LET'S GO.
LET'S GET THIS DONE.
WE'RE ABLE, WE'RE POWERFUL.
USE OUR CODE THAT'S ON THE
SCREEN THAT TALKS ABOUT THE
BLACK CHURCH.
75 VOTES.
ALL OF US MUST BE ENGAGED.
GOD BLESS YOU AND I LOOK TO SEE
NEW THE NEAR FUTURE AT THE
VICTORY CELEBRATION.
GOD BLESS YOU.
>>> NEXT UP, PLEASE WELCOME
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST MAYA
BARRY.
SHE'S THE CIVIL EXECUTIVE.
PLEASE WELCOME MAYA BARRY
>>> THANK YOU TO THE NATIONAL
ACTION NETWORK.
TO THE FAMILIES YOU I'M HUMBLE
TO STAND AND MARCH ALONGSIDE YOU
TODAY AND EVERY DAY.
MY NAME IS MAYA BARRY AND I'M
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE.
ON BEHALF OF 3.7 MILLION ARAB
AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, I
STAND HERE TODAY WITH YOU AND
DEFEND SOME BLACK LIVES.
WE DO SO BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT AND
REGRETTABLY BECAUSE IT IS
NECESSARY TO DECLARE THAT BLACK
LIVES MATTER.
WE DO SO BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND
THAT UNTIL THE KILLING OF BLACK
MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN STOPS,
UNTIL SYSTEMATIC RACISM AND
ANTI-BLACKNESS IS ADDRESSED.
THE AMERICA WE ALL DESIRE CANNOT
BE REALIZED.
FOR EACH LIFE TAKEN, EACH FAMILY
DESTROYED, EACH NEIGHBORHOOD
BRUTALLY PATROLLED, AND FOR EACH
PROTESTER TAKING TO THE STREETS
TO DEMAND THAT ALL THIS STOP
TARGETED BY THE SAME SYSTEM OF
POLICING.
JUSTICE WILL NOT BE SERVED.
HERE'S THE SIMPLE TRUTH.
IT'S BEEN 168 DAYS SINCE BREONNA
TAYLOR WAS KILLED IN HER OWN
HOME.
NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.
IT IS WORKING AS IT'S DESIGNED
AND WE MUST CHANGE IT.
TODAY, WE MUST RECOMMIT TO
DEFEND BLACK LIVES TO END POLICE
BRUTALITY.
AND THE RACIST SYSTEM THAT
UPHOLDS IT.
WE MUST RECOMMIT TO FIGHT VOTER
SUPPRESSION AND THE IMPACT OF A
POLITICIZED CENSUS LIKE WE HAVE
NEVER SEEN.
JUST LIKE THE 1963 MARCH AND THE
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT AND THE VOTING
RIGHTS ACT, WE MUST NOT STOP
UNTIL WE HAVE SECURED THE
PASSAGE OF THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING
RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT.
AND THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE AND
POLICING ACT.
JUST AS MATTER IS THE MINIMUM,
THESE IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE
PRIORITIES MUST BE WHERE WE
START.
THANK YOU.
>>> PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE,
DR. JAMAL BRYANT.
HE'S A VISIONARY.
COMBINES SOUND BIBLICAL
TEACHING.
POLITICAL INSIGHT TO PROPEL THE
BODY OF CHRIST TO ACTION AND
GREATER LEVELS OF FAITH.
SOCIAL, ECONOMIC
ONLY EXPERIENCING THE LICENSED 
CHANGING AWFUL GOSPEL OF -- 
LIFE-CHANGING GOSPEL OF JESUS 
CHRIST COMING TO FOR 
ENTREPRENEURS, HOMEOWNERS, AND 
LIKE DR. BRIAN, IS A SENIOR  
PASTOR OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN 
GEORGIA. 
PLEASE WELCOME DR. JAMAAL 
BRYANT. 
♪
>>> TO OUR ORGANIZER AND 
VISIONARY, THE MAN WHO GOD HAS 
ANOINTED FOR THIS HOUR, 
REVEREND AL SHARPTON, WE THANK 
HIM FOR HIS COURAGE AND FOR HIS 
FAITH, AND FOR HIS DISTINCTION, 
AS WELL AS HIS COMMITMENT TO 
CIVIL RIGHTS DOWN THROUGH THE 
YEARS. 
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, NOT SINCE 
44 BC, WHERE MARCUS EARLIEST, 
JUNIUS, BRUTUS LED 59 
ACCOMPLICES TO STAB JULIUS 
CAESAR IN THE BACK. 
HAS THERE BEEN SUCH A HEINOUS 
CRIME AS THE SLAYING OF JACOB 
BLAKE. 
SEVEN TIMES THEY SHOT HIM IN 
THE BACK. 
AND TODAY, WHILE IT IS THAT YOU 
STAND, JACOB FINDS HIMSELF 
PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN. 
NOT FROM THESE STEPS, BUT DR. 
KING SAID THAT WE, AS A PEOPLE, 
SHOULD NOT FIND OURSELVES CAUGHT
IN THE PARALYSIS OF ANALYSIS. 
IN OTHER WORDS, ARE COMING 
TOGETHER IS IN BEING IF WE JUST 
TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEMS. 
BUT DON'T TRY TO COURSE TOWARDS 
A SOLUTION. 
HARRIET TUBMAN, WHO SAID, I 
FREED THOUSANDS OF SLAVES, BUT 
I WOULD'VE FREED HUNDREDS MORE, 
HAD THEY KNOWN THEY WERE SLAVES.
I ONLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT WHEN 
I SAW THE SLAVES ON TV THIS WEEK
ENDORSING DONALD TRUMP. 
I SAID, IF ONLY THEY KNEW THEY 
WERE SLAVES. 
THEY COULD'VE BEEN RENDERED 
FREE. 
WE CANNOT REMAIN PARALYZED. 
BEING PARALYZED, WONDERING 
WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO 
SUPPORT THE VERY FIRST BLACK 
FEMALE VICE PRESIDENT IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
DON'T TELL ME ABOUT WHAT IT IS 
THAT SHE DID IN THE PAST. 
AND YOU NOT TALK ABOUT WHAT SHE 
WANTS TO DO IN AMERICA IN THE 
FUTURE. 
SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 
GET RID OF PRIVATIZED PRISONS. 
THAT THERE ARE NO MORE 
MANDATORY MINIMUMS, AND 
MARIJUANA IS NO LONGER AN 
ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE. 
WE CANNOT BE PARALYZED KNOWING 
THAT SHE GRADUATED JUST A FEW 
MILES FROM HERE, FROM THE 
ORIGINAL H YOU, AND THOSE OF US 
THAT ARE PRODUCTS OF HBCU,  YOU 
OUGHT TO BE MAKING NOISE RIGHT 
NOW, KNOWING WHAT IT CAN 
DEVELOP AND DELIVER. 
WE CANNOT BE PARALYZED. 
WE CANNOT ALLOW WHITE 
EVANGELICALS TO PARALYZE US. 
SAYING THAT THEY CANNOT SUPPORT 
OUR AGENDA, BECAUSE THEY ARE 
FOR PRO-LIFE. 
DON'T TELL ME YOU ARE FOR PRO-
LIFE AND WHITE EVANGELICALS ARE 
SILENT WHEN BLACK PEOPLE ARE 
DYING IN THE STREET, LIKE DOGS. 
WE CANNOT BE PARALYZED. 
THE BLACK CHURCH, YOU CANNOT BE 
PARALYZED. 
SAYING THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING 
TO SUPPORT BLACK LIVES MATTER, 
BECAUSE OF THREE FEARLESS BLACK 
SISTERS WHO HAPPEN TO BE 
LESBIAN. 
WE'VE GOT TO LOVE OUR LGBTQ 
COMMUNITY, REALIZING THAT THOSE 
ARE OUR SONS AND THOSE ARE OUR 
DAUGHTERS, WE CANNOT BE 
PARALYZED. 
WE CANNOT BE PARALYZED IN 
BELIEVING MR. JONES WATER IS 
COLDER. 
THIS IS THE TIME WHERE WE GOT 
TO SUPPORT BLACK BUSINESSES, 
BECAUSE TOO MANY OF THEM ARE 
CLOSING DOWN, BECAUSE OF COVID 
19, NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE 
ADEQUATE SERVICE, BUT BECAUSE 
THEY DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE 
SUPPORT, BUT WHAT AMERICA HAS 
TO KNOW ABOUT THE TENACITY OF 
BLACK PEOPLE IS THAT, EVEN WHEN 
YOU RENDER US PARALYZED, WE 
STILL KNOW HOW TO CRAWL. 
AND ON NOVEMBER 3rd, NO MATTER 
WHAT YOU DO, WE ARE GOING TO 
CRAWL TO THE POLLS. 
IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE MAILBOX, 
WE ARE STILL GOING TO CRAWL. 
YOU TAKE AWAY THE POLLING 
STATIONS, AWAY FROM OUR 
COMMUNITY, WE STILL ARE GOING 
TO CRAWL. 
WE ARE GOING TO SING THE 
ORIGINAL GANGSTER RAP MUSIC 
BEFORE I'D BE A SLAVE, I WILL 
BE BURIED IN MY GRAVE AND GO ON 
TO MY LORD AND BE FREE. 
WE ARE STILL GOING TO CRAWL. 
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT US 
THAT UNDERSTANDS THAT WE STAND 
TODAY WITH OUR BROTHER, JACOB, 
REALIZING THAT EVEN IF WE FIND 
OURSELVES PARALYZED, AND YOU 
FORCE US TO CRAWL, WE ARE LIKE 
BUTTERFLIES, BECAUSE 
BUTTERFLIES ONLY HAVE TWO 
OPTIONS. 
THEY CRAWL, AND THEN THEY FLY. 
AND WE UNDERSTAND IN THIS HOUR, 
THIS IS THE HOUR FOR BLACK 
PEOPLE TO FLY. 
MY AND LOU SAID YOU CAN WRITE 
ME DOWN IN HISTORY WITH YOU ARE 
BITTER TWISTED LIES, BUT STILL 
LIKE DUST, WE RISE, WE RISE, WE 
RISE. 
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW MAYA 
ANGELOU,  THE LEAST YOU CAN DO 
IS KNOW THE AMIGOS AND UNTIL 
NOVEMBER THIRD, WE'VE GOT TO 
WALK IT LIKE WE TALK IT, WE'VE 
GOT TO KEEP MOVING UNTIL OUR 
GENERATION TAKES THE BATON, 
CHANGES THE COUNTRY, AND MAKES 
AMERICA GREAT, FOR THE VERY 
FIRST TIME. 
BLACK PEOPLE, RISE UP AND 
ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU WILL. 
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>> ALL RIGHT, I WAS JUST TOLD 
THAT WE HAVE A BIG GROUP OF 
MOTHERS FROM GEORGIA, ARE YOU 
IN THE HOUSE? 
GEORGIA CAME, ALL RIGHT. 
NEXT UP, PLEASE WELCOME 
CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE
. SHE IS SERVING HER 13th TERM 
AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED 
STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SHE SERVES THE 18th 
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS
, CENTERED IN HOUSTON. 
THE ENERGY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD,
AND SITS ON THREE CONGRESSIONAL 
COMMITTEES, THE HEALTH 
COMMITTEE, THE JUDICIARY AND 
HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE, 
AND THE CRUCIAL BUDGET 
COMMITTEE. 
SHE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE 
EMANCIPATION NATIONAL HISTORIC 
TRAIL STUDY ACT, AND THE LEAD 
SPONSOR OF HR 40, THE 
COMMISSION TO STUDY AND DEVELOP 
PREPARATION PROPOSALS FOR 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS. PLEASE 
WELCOME CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA 
JACKSON LEE. 
[ MUSIC ] 
>> I AM A BLACK MOTHER, WHO 
HAPPENS TO BE A CONGRESSWOMAN. 
IMA BLACK MOTHER, WHO HAPPENS 
TO UNDERSTAND THAT BLACK LIVES 
DO MATTER, EVERY SINGLE DAY OF 
MY LIFE. 
STANDING ON THESE HISTORIC 
STEPS, GRABBING ONTO THE 
HISTORY OF WHAT THE LINCOLN 
MONUMENT MEANS TO ALL OF US, 
WHO HAVE A BIRTH RIGHT IN THIS 
NATION, TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN 
DIGNITY, I UNDERSTAND THE WORDS 
OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WHO 
SAID,  THAT THE NEGRO  PEOPLE 
HAVE GIVEN A BAG CHECK, A CHECK 
TO BE MARKED INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.
TODAY WE STOP THE INSUFFICIENT 
FUNDS AND WE PUT MONEY IN THE 
BANK, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HEAL 
THIS NATION. 
SO I SAY TO YOU, WHY WE CAN'T 
WAIT, WHY WE CAN'T WAIT WHEN 
THOSE ASSIGNED TO PROTECT AND 
SERVE ARE ABLE TO GRAB THE T-
SHIRT OF A BLACK MAN NAMED 
JACOB, AND POINTED A GUN IN HIS 
BLACK SKIN AND SHOOT SEVEN TIMES
, WHY WE CAN'T WAIT. WHY WE 
CAN'T WAIT WHEN THOSE WHO ARE 
SIGNED TO PROTECT AND SERVE CAN 
TAKE BIG FLOYD, PUT A KNEE ON 
HIS NECK AND SAY, I CAN'T 
BREATHE. 
AND THEN, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE 
TO CHANGE THIS NATION, WHEN WE 
HAVE BREONNA TAYLOR, MET ARBERY,
TRAYVON MARTIN, ERIC GARNER, 
AND MICHAEL BROWN, MANY OTHERS. 
SO TODAY, WE COME TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT WE ASK AMERICA, NOT TO 
FEAR US, WE ASK YOU NOT TO SEND 
TWEETS THAT WE ARE ATTACKING 
YOU AS A MOB BECAUSE OF MILITIA 
WALK AROUND FREELY AND SHOOTS 
US WITHOUT ANYONE'S CONCERN. 
AND SO WE ARE STANDING HERE 
TODAY TO SAY WHY WE CAN'T WAIT. 
WE WANT AN AMERICA THAT WILL 
STOMP OUT THE DIVISIVENESS, THE 
INTIMIDATION, AND THE THREAT. 
WE WANT A WHITE HOUSE WHO 
STANDS AS A HEALER IN CHIEF, 
WHO UNDERSTANDS BLACK MOTHER'S 
PAIN AND UNDERSTANDS YOUR PAIN. 
THEN OF COURSE, WE WANT TO MAKE 
SURE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 
THAT AS WE DO THIS, WE KNOW 
THAT HR 40 IS INTERTWINED WITH 
A BILL I HELPED WRITE, WHICH IS 
THE BILL OF GEORGE FLOYD 
JUSTICE AND POLICING ACT. 
SO HERE WE ARE TODAY, ASKING 
THE QUESTION, HOW DID THIS 
HAPPEN? 
BECAUSE OF INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
, AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT 
WE MUST HAVE THE COMMISSION TO 
STUDY AND DEVELOP, AS MY 
BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE SAID, 
PREPARATION PROPOSALS, WE MUST 
ANSWER THE CALL OF 
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM. 
WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT 
THE SOCIAL ECONOMICS, 
PSYCHOLOGICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND 
EDUCATIONAL GOVERNMENT SANCTION 
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM, STOPS 
RIGHT NOW. 
AND AS I TOLD A 12-YEAR-OLD, AS 
I WALK AND TOLD MARTIN LUTHER 
KING THE THIRD DAUGHTER THAT 
NOW, TODAY, THIS ATTACK ON US, 
AS PEOPLE OF COLOR, WHO DIED ON 
THE BATTLES OF WARFARE, WHO 
HAVE DIED ON THE STREETS FOR 
CIVIL RIGHTS, IT'LL STOP TODAY. 
THANK YOU, REVEREND SHARPTON 
AND THE NETWORK FOR 
UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF 
THE CONGRESS OVER 150 
COSPONSORS IN THE HOUSE, 
PASSING HR 40. WE WILL HEAL THE 
NATION, BUT WE WILL NOT STOP 
UNTIL THE NATION KNOWS BLACK 
LIVES MATTER AND REPARATIONS 
ARE PAST, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT 
CIVIL RIGHTS REGISTRATION 
LEGISLATION OF THE 21st 
CENTURY. 
NOW IS THE TIME WHY WE CAN'T 
WAIT. 
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>> REPARATIONS NOW, LET'S HEAR 
IT FOR CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA 
JACKSON LEE. 
REPARATIONS, NOW. 
OUR NEXT SPEAKER, FROM OHIO, IS 
A POWERHOUSE WHO SAYS STANDS 
WITH THE PEOPLE SERVING AS VICE 
CHAIR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL 
BLACK CAUCUS, AND FIRST EVER 
CHAIR OF THE DIVERSITY AND 
INCLUSION SUBCOMMITTEE. 
A SOUGHT AFTER PUBLIC SPEAKER 
AND PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED AS 
ONE OF EBONY MAGAZINES 150 MOST 
POWERFUL AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN 
THE UNITED STATES, SHE IS 
WRITTEN 93 PIECES OF LEGISLATION
AND COSPONSOR OVER 1600 BILLS. 
SHE IS CALLING ON CONGRESS TO 
RECOGNIZE RACISM AS A NATIONAL 
CRISIS. 
AND WE HAVE DELTA APPEAR, DELTA 
SIGMA THETA SORORITY. 
ANY DELTAS HERE? 
AND SHE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE 
LINKS, PLEASE WELCOME 
CONGRESSWOMAN JOYCE BEATTY. 
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
I AM JOINED BY MEMBERS OF THE 
POWERFUL CONGRESSIONAL BLACK 
CAUCUS. 
WE ARE HERE TODAY, BECAUSE 
PEOPLE DIED AND WERE DENIED 
CIVIL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS. 
WE ARE HERE TODAY, BECAUSE 57 
YEARS AGO, PEOPLE MARCHED FOR 
JOBS AND FREEDOM, AND STOOD 
HERE WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
AND MARTIN LUTHER KING. 
WE ARE HERE TODAY, BECAUSE 
GEORGE FLOYD HAD A KNEE ON HIS 
NECK, 8 MINUTES 46 SECONDS, 
BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
WE ARE HERE, AND I STAND 
REPRESENTING THE CONGRESSIONAL 
BLACK CAUCUS, 54 MEMBERS STRONG
, WHO UNDERSTAND SILENCE IS NOT 
AN OPTION, BECAUSE BLACK PEOPLE 
FACE A SYMBOLIC CHOKEHOLD, 
EVERY TIME WE WALK, SPEAK UP, 
SHOP, JOG, DRIVE, AND, YES, 
BREATHE. 
SO WE MUST TEAR DOWN THE WALLS 
OF INJUSTICE. 
I AM STANDING HERE AND SAYING 
AS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SAID, 
IN AMERICA, A RIOT IS THE 
LANGUAGE OF UNHEARD PEOPLE. 
AND WHAT IS IT THAT AMERICA HAS 
FAILED TO HEAR? 
PROMISES, AND FREEDOM. AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
SAY THEIR NAMES, AHMAUD ARBERY, 
BREONNA TAYLOR, GEORGE FLOYD,  
JACOB BLAKE, AND THE LIST GOES 
ON. 
BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
SO LET US PASS THE GEORGE FLOYD 
JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT YORK NO 
MORE IMMUNITY FOR OFFICERS WHO 
LOOK BOLDLY INTO CELL PHONE 
CAMERAS AS THEY KILL OUR 
BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 
MANDATORY DATA BASES. TAMARA 
RICE WOULD'VE LIVED TO SEE HIS 
18th BIRTHDAY. A BAN ON 
CHOKEHOLD AND NO KNOCK WARRANTS
, ERIC GARNER AND BREONNA TAYLOR
WOULD STILL BE ALIVE TODAY. 
WE ARE PUSHING TO RECOGNIZE 
RACISM AS A NATIONAL CRISES. WE 
ARE FIGHTING FOR JOBS, HOUSING 
RELIEF, ACCESS TO CAPITAL, AND 
A REPARATIONS BILL. 
KNOW THAT IT WAS A BLACK MAN, 
THE BROTHERS OF THE 
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS, WHO 
WROTE THE FIRST STEP ACT. 
KNOW THAT IT IS A POWERFUL 
BLACK MAN IN LEADERSHIP LEADS 
THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS 
LEGISLATION. 
DEMAND, DEMAND, DEMAND THE 
SENATE TO PASS THE JOHN LEWIS 
VOTING RIGHTS ACT. 
THAT RESTORES JUSTICE, DIGNITY, 
AND EQUAL ACCESS TO THE BALLOT 
BOX. 
I SAY TO YOU, STAND WITH US AND 
STAND WITH THE REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON, AND THE NATIONAL 
ACTION NETWORK, FOR THIS MARCH, 
AND DEMANDING THAT WE GET 
PEOPLE REGISTERED TO VOTE. 
AND THAT WE VOTE, THAT WE 
COMPLETE OUR SENSES, SAY IT 
WITH ME. 
GO VOTE, GO VOTE, GO VOTE, GO 
VOTE. AND LET ME SAY, TELL THEM 
TO GET THEIR KNEES OFF OF OUR 
NEXT. 
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK 
YOU. 
AND, YES, I'M CONGRESSWOMAN 
JOYCE BEATTY. 
AND I APPROVE OF THIS MESSAGE. 
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>> THANK YOU TO CONGRESSWOMAN 
BEATTY. 
AS WE SAID BEFORE, GOING BACK 
TO 1963, ORGANIZED LABOR HAS 
BEEN A PART OF THIS. 
HERE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
1.7 MILLION-MEMBER AMERICAN 
FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AFL-CIO, 
WHICH REPRESENTS TEACHERS, 
PARAPROFESSIONALS, SCHOOL 
-RELATED PERSONNEL, HIGHER 
EDUCATION FACULTY AND STAFF, 
NURSES AND OTHER HEALTHCARE 
PROFESSIONALS, LOCAL STATE AND 
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND EARLY 
CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS. 
PLEASE WELCOME THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF 
TEACHERS, RANDI WEINGARTEN. 
SHE WILL BE JOINED ON STAGE BY 
EVERETT KELLY OF THE AMERICAN 
FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT 
EMPLOYEES. AND OUR BROTHER CAN 
FROM THE UNION. YOU ARE WELCOME 
THEM AS THEY COME. 
ORGANIZED LABOR, GIVE THEM A 
ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
>> GOOD EVENING BROTHERS AND 
SISTERS. 
I WANT TO THANK MAN AND 
REVEREND AL SHARPTON MELISSA 
KING THE THIRD FOR CONVENING 
THIS MUCH. 
I AM HERE TODAY TO REPRESENT 
700,000 MEN AND WOMEN MAKING UP 
A FTE, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF 
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. 
IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE. 
WE ARE A DIVERSE UNION. 
WE ARE FROM ALL ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
ALL AGES, ALL ABILITIES. 
WE HAVE ABOUT EVERY SINGLE TYPE 
OF SERVICE TO THE AMERICAN 
PUBLIC. 
WHAT UNITES US?  
WHAT BRINGS US TOGETHER AS ONE 
BIG LABOR UNION. 
FTE, WE BELIEVE IN FAIRNESS. 
WE BELIEVE IN DUE PROCESS. 
AFG BELIEVES EVERY AMERICAN 
DESERVES A GOOD JOB AND EVERY 
AMERICAN DESERVES DECENT PAY 
AND FULL BENEFITS. 
EVERY SINGLE PERSON DESERVES 
THAT. 
AFG BELIEVES IN UNIVERSAL 
HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, UNIVERSAL 
EDUCATION, UNIVERSAL AND EQUAL 
JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW. 
WE BELIEVE IN THE VA SYSTEM, 
SOCIAL SECURITY AND ALL THE 
PROGRAMS AND THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT THAT MAKES PEOPLE 
LIVE BETTER. 
WE BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT 
SHOULD BE A FORCE FOR GOOD THAT 
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD PROTECT US
AND NOT SCARE US. 
NOT SURPRISE US. 
SO, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO LET 
YOU KNOW THAT WE WILL STAND 
WITH YOU. 
CAN WE DO THIS TOGETHER?  
CAN WE DO THIS TOGETHER?  
IF WE CAN DO THIS TOGETHER, LET 
ME HEAR YOU SAY TOGETHER. 
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY, I USED 
TO HEAR MY GRANDMOTHER SAY I 
DON'T FEEL NO WAYS TIRED. 
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT THEN BUT 
I UNDERSTAND IT NOW. 
I DON'T FEEL TIRED. 
I'M READY TO MARCH, MOVE AND 
MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
LET'S CHANGE THIS COUNTRY, 
THANK YOU. 
>> RUP ATS IN THE HOUSE, WHERE 
ARE YOU AT?  
SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING. 
I AM GENERAL PRESIDENT OF THE 
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS 
AND ALLIED TRADES. 
THE BUILDING TRADES UNION. 
YOU MAY THINK IT'S UNUSUAL FOR 
US TO BE HERE. 
THIS ME GROWING UP WITH THE 
FATHER WITH MY MOTHER LOOK LIKE 
ME, BLACK LIVES MATTER, BLACK 
LIVES MATTER, BLACK LIVES MATTER
I STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF MY 
FATHER AND TRADESMEN WHO FOUGHT 
FOR BETTER WAGES AND CONDITIONS.
WITHOUT THEIR FIGHT I WOULDN'T 
BE HERE TODAY. 
WE CELEBRATED THE 100th 
ANNIVERSARY OF OUR UPA TO LOCAL 
LOCAL 1332. 
THAT IS ONE OF OUR UNIONS THAT 
WAS A TRADITIONAL AFRICAN-
AMERICAN UNION. 
FORMED OVER 100 YEARS AGO 
BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T BE IN THE 
REGULAR UNION. 
BUT 100 YEARS LATER, STILL UP 
AND FIGHTING AND PART OF OUR 
ORGANIZATION. 
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US. 
WHEN I SEE THE STREET, I DON'T 
JUST SEE PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE 
ME. 
I SEE AMERICA. 
THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO GO 
FORWARD AND OUR OPPORTUNITY TO 
GROW AND OUR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
A COUNTRY THAT HAS THE VISION 
THAT WE HAVE. 
ALL LIVES BLADDER, BUT BLACK 
LIVES MATTER ON TOP. 
BLACK LIVES MATTER FIRST. 
SOMEBODY SAID IT'S EASY, BLACK 
LIVES MATTER. 
>> SEVEN BULLETS IN A MAN'S 
BACK AT POINT RANGE. 
AMY PRESSED INTO A MAN'S NECK 
FOR 8 MINUTES. 
HOW MUCH PAIN MUST BLACK PEOPLE 
AND/OR. WHEN WILL JUSTICE 
PREVAIL. 
WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH. THERE IS 
PAIN IN THIS COUNTRY IN 
LOUISIANA AND TEXAS. 
IN CALIFORNIA IN THE MIDST OF 
ARRANGING FIRES ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY WITH DONALD TRUMP WITH 
180,000 PEOPLE DEAD FROM COVID 
AND AND SO MANY FAMILIES HEARTS 
OVER THE SHOOTING OF JACOB LAKE 
THERE IS PAIN. SO, REVEREND 
SHARPTON, HOW MANY TIMES OVER 
HOW MANY DECADES HAVE I AND MY 
UNION JOINED IN THIS JOURNEY 
FOR JUSTICE?  
THE 63 MARCH STARTED AS A 
LABORER MARCH FOR JOBS AND 
JUSTICE. 
PHILIP RANDOLPH AND BYRON 
RESTON INVITED MARTIN LUTHER 
KING JR. TO SPEAK THAT DAY AND 
KING SAID, WE HAVE COME TO 
DRAMATIZE A SHAMEFUL CONDITION. 
THAT SHAMEFUL CONDITION, 
PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION, 
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY HAS BEEN 
METASTASIZED. 
UNDER PRESENT SCHOOLS, VOTER 
SUPPRESSION, SUBSTANDARD 
HOUSING HEALTHCARE AND 
TRANSPORTATION. 
INSUFFICIENT WAGES, HIGH 
UNEMPLOYMENT, DISCRIMINATORY 
POLICING MASS INCARCERATION. 
BLACK AMERICANS, WHO WEATHER 
FROM THEIR HIGHER RATE OF 
DEATHS FROM ASTHMA OR FROM COVID
HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO BREATHE 
LONG BEFORE ERIC GARDNER AND 
GEORGE FLOYD WERE SUFFOCATED AT 
THE HANDS OF AUTHORITIES. 
JUSTICE AND FREEDOM MUST APPLY 
TO ALL. THE FIGHT FOR 
OPPORTUNITY AND FREEDOM MUST BE 
ALL OF OUR FIGHTS. 
AND, THOSE OF US WHO ARE WHITE, 
WE NEED TO BE REAL ALLIES, REAL 
LISTENERS AND REAL SUPPORTERS. 
MY SYNAGOGUES CREDO IS THE 
PSALM, AND I QUOTE, THAT THE 
STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS 
REJECTED HAS BECOME THE 
CORNERSTONE. 
THERE IS ROOM FOR ALL OF US. 
BUT, WE MUST CALL OUT THOSE WHO 
CLING SO TIGHTLY TO THEIR 
PRIVILEGE THAT IS AN OPPRESSIVE 
TOOL AGAINST EQUALITY. 
SO, MY FRIENDS, MY COLLEAGUES, 
NOVEMBER 3 IS COMING. 
WE NEED TO GET IN GOOD TROUBLE. 
WE NEED TO VOTE. 
WE NEED TO HAVE HELP. 
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL 
SIGN IT THE BILLS THAT THE 
HOUSE HAS PASSED TO MAKE THIS 
COUNTRY MORE FAIR, MORE JUST, 
MORE EQUAL. THAT IS OUR JOB 
THIS DAY AND EVERY DAY. 
THANK YOU. 
>> ALSO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, NEED 
TO RECOGNIZE THE POSTAL WORKERS 
UNION. 
>> THANK YOU. 
ALL RIGHT. 
>> LET'S HEAR IT FOR ORGANIZED 
LABOR. 
GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
THE POSTAL WORKERS UNION IS IN 
THE HOUSE, PRAY FOR OUR POSTAL 
WORKERS. 
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IN THE OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION SERVED AS THE 
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR 
SECRETARY OF RIGHT. NOW TODAY, 
HE IS THE CHAIR OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE. 
PLEASE WELCOME TOM PEREZ. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
GOOD AFTERNOON. 
THANK YOU REVEREND SHARPTON AND 
MELISSA KING THE THIRD FOR YOUR 
EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP. 
THANK YOU TO THE NATIONAL 
ACTION NETWORK. 
I LIVE IN MARYLAND. 
WE LOST A REMARKABLE PERSON 
LAST YEAR WHEN MY FELLOW 
MENTOR, ELIJAH CUMMINGS, PASSED 
AWAY. 
BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY, HE 
REMINDED US ALL OF OUR CIVIC 
DUTY. 
HE SAID WHEN WE ARE DANCING 
WITH THE ANGELS, THE QUESTION 
WILL BE ASKED, WHAT DID WE DO 
TO MAKE SURE WE KEPT OUR 
DEMOCRACY IN TACT?  
DID WE STAND ON THE SIDELINES 
AND SAY NOTHING, OR DID WE 
FIGHT BACK?  
DID WE FIGHT BACK FOR JUSTICE?  
DID WE FIGHT BACK FOR EQUALITY? 
DID WE FIGHT BACK FOR BLACK 
LIVES?  BY BEING HERE TODAY, 
YOU'RE ANSWERING ALL OF THOSE 
QUESTIONS WITH A RESOUNDING 
YES. 
WE ARE ALL FIGHTING BACK. 
OUR FIGHT CANNOT END HERE. 
JUST AS WE MARCH TO THE SMALL, 
WE MUST MARCH TO CONGRESS. 
TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE IN 
PARTICULAR, TO DEMAND PASSAGE 
OF THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS 
ACT AND THE GEORGE FLOYD 
JUSTICE AND POLICING ACTS. 
JUST AS WE MARCHED TO THE SMALL,
WE MUST MARCH TO THE BALLOT BOX.
OR THE MAILBOX TO DEMAND THE 
LEADERSHIP WE DESERVE. AND, WE 
MUST EXERCISE THE RIGHT THAT 
PROTECTS ALL OTHERS. 
THE RIGHT TO VOTE. 
AS YOU WELL KNOW, OUR NATION IS 
HURTING RIGHT NOW. 
OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
COMMUNITIES ARE HURTING. 
WE ARE HURTING FROM A PANDEMIC 
THAT HAS TAKEN 180,000 LIVES. 
HURTING FROM AN ECONOMIC CRISIS 
THAT HAS COST PLANS OF JOBS. 
FROM A CLIMATE EMERGENCY THAT 
THREATENS THE AIR WE BREATHE 
AND THE WATER WE DRINK. 
HURTING FROM AN EPIDEMIC OF 
VIOLENCE AND RACISM. 
A CANCER OF THE SOUL. 
WE ARE HURTING FROM A KNEE ON 
THEIR NECK, A BULLET ON THE BACK
HURTING FROM LEADERSHIP THAT 
TREATS THEM LIKE THEIR LIVES 
DON'T MATTER. 
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, YOU WOULD 
NOT RECOGNIZE TODAY'S 
REPUBLICAN PARTY. OUR AFRICAN-
AMERICAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS 
ARE NOT ALONE. DR. KING SPOKE 
OF THE INESCAPABLE NETWORK OF 
MUTUALITY. IN THIS MOMENT OF 
CRISIS, SO MANY AMERICANS ARE 
BOUND TOGETHER AND THE MUTUAL 
STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE, DIGNITY 
AND OPPORTUNITY. 
FROM THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES,
CONFRONTING COVID AND THE DELAY 
OF STIMULUS FUNDING TO NEXT 
CHILDREN BEING SEPARATED FROM 
PARENTS AT THE BORDER, TO ASIAN 
AMERICANS FACING HEAT FIELD 
ATTACKS, TO WORKING FAMILIES 
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY STRUGGLING 
WITH POVERTY, WE CAN CHANGE ALL 
OF THIS WITH THE RIGHT 
LEADERSHIP, WE CAN HEAL OUR 
WOUNDS. 
WE CAN TURN HARDSHIP INTO HOPE, 
DESPAIR INTO JAMES. 
WE CAN RESTORE THE SOUL OF OUR 
NATION. 
ONLY IF WE DO IT TOGETHER. 
MOVEMENTS ARE BUILT BY THE 
MANY, NOT THE FEW. 
THEY ARE BUILT BY THE HARD AND 
UNGLAMOROUS WORK OF GRASSROOTS 
ORGANIZING. 
THEY ARE BUILT IN THE WORDS OF 
THE LATE GREAT JULIAN BOND BY 
THE MARCHERS WHO FEED HAVE 
GROWN TIRED, WHOSE VOICES HAVE 
GROWN HORSE, WHOSE SHIRTS ARE 
STAINED WITH SWEAT, DIRT AND 
BLOOD. 
JOHN LEWIS LEFT US WITH THESE 
MARCHING ORDERS. 
GO TO I WILL VOTE.COM. CHECK 
YOUR REGISTRATION STATUS. 
TELL YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND 
NEIGHBORS TO MAKE A PLAN TO 
VOTE. 
REMEMBER, NOVEMBER 3 IS THE 
LAST DAY TO VOTE, BUT IT IS NOT 
THE FIRST DAY TO VOTE. 
MAKE A PLAN, GET OUT THERE, DO 
NOT LET YOUR VOICE GO UNHEARD, 
DO NOT LET YOUR VOICE GO 
UNCOUNTED. 
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 
ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME. 
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DECIDE 
THE OUTCOME, THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
>> TODAY, WE COMMEMORATE THE 
57th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
HISTORIC MARCH ON WASHINGTON 
FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM. 
I WAS BORN INTO AN ACTIVIST 
FAMILY WITH MY PARENTS, AUNTS 
AND UNCLES PUSHING ME IN A 
STROLLER THROUGH BAY AREA 
STREETS MARCHING FOR JUSTICE IN 
THE YEARS FOLLOWING THE MARCH 
ON WASHINGTON. 
THIS MOMENT IS A REMINDER THAT 
WE MUST ALWAYS HONOR THE 
SACRIFICE OF THE LEADERS WHO 
MADE THAT MARCH HAPPEN. 
FROM THE NAMES WE KNOW LIKE 
RANDOLPH, FARMER, YOUNG AND 
KING, TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED 
BEHIND THE SCENES AND 
SACRIFICED QUIETLY BUT 
PROFOUNDLY, FAR FROM THE LIKES 
OF HISTORY. 
I HAVE TO BELIEVE IF THEY WERE 
WITH US TODAY, THEY WOULD SHARE 
IN OUR ANGER AND FRUSTRATION AS 
WE CONTINUE TO SEE BLACK MEN 
AND WOMEN SLAIN IN OUR STREETS 
AND LEFT BEHIND WITH ECONOMY 
AND JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT HAVE 
DENIED BLACK FOLKS OUR DIGNITY 
AND RIGHTS. 
THEY WOULD SHARE OUR ANGER AND 
PAIN. 
NO DOUBT, THEY WOULD TURN IT 
INTO FUEL. 
THEY WOULD BE LACING UP THEIR 
SHOES, LOCKING ARMS AND 
CONTINUING ALONGSIDE US TO 
CONTINUE IN THIS ONGOING FIGHT 
FOR JUSTICE. 
WE DON'T HAVE TO WONDER IF WE 
ARE MAKING THEM PROUD, BECAUSE 
A GIANT FROM THAT MARCH AND THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS ERA OF THAT DAY, 
JOHN LEWIS, HE LIVED TO TELL US 
HOW WE ARE DOING. 
IN HIS PARTING ESSAY, HE WROTE 
TO ALL OF US WHO HOPE TO CARRY 
HIS LEGACY IN THE LAST DAYS AND 
HOURS OF MY LIFE, YOU HAVE 
INSPIRED ME. 
HE FILLED ME WITH HOPE ABOUT 
THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THE GREAT 
AMERICAN STORY WHEN YOU USE TWO 
HORSEPOWER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE 
IN OUR SOCIETY. 
FOR CONGRESSMAN LEWIS, THE 
BRUTAL MINOR MURDER OF EMMETT 
TILL IS WHAT SHOOK LOOSE THE 
ACTIVIST INSIDE HIM. 
IT WAS THE START OF A LIFELONG 
JOURNEY TOWARD SERVICE AND 
DRIVING CHANGE. 
THE SAME JOURNEY THAT COUNTLESS 
YOUNG LEADERS ARE BUILDING UPON 
AS WE SPEAK. 
AS JOHN PUT IT, EMMETT TILL WAS 
MY GEORGE FLOYD HE WAS MY RAY 
SHORT BROOKS, SANDRA BLAND AND 
BREONNA TAYLOR.  
THE ROAD AHEAD IS NOT GOING TO 
BE EASY. 
IF WE WORK TOGETHER TO 
CHALLENGE EVERY INSTINCT OUR 
NATION HAS TO RETURN TO THE 
STATUS QUO AND COMBINED THE 
WISDOM OF LONGTIME WARRIORS FOR 
JUSTICE WITH THE CREATIVE 
ENERGY OF THE YOUNG LEADERS 
TODAY, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 
TO MAKE HISTORY RIGHT HERE 
RIGHT NOW. 
SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 
INVITING ME TO CELEBRATE WITH 
YOU. 
LET'S MARCH ON IN THE NAME OF 
OUR ANCESTORS AND IN THE NAME 
OF OUR CHILDREN AND 
GRANDCHILDREN. 
THANK YOU. 
>> LET'S HEAR IT FOR SENATOR 
KAMALA HARRIS. 
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ON THE 
LEGACY ORIGINAL ORGANIZATIONS 
THAT WAS HERE IN 1963. 
PLEASE WELCOME THE FORMER MAYOR 
OF NEW ORLEANS, THE PRESIDENT 
AND CEO OF THE NATIONAL URBAN 
LEAGUE, MARK MORALE. 
>> BLOCK LIVES MATTER! 
I WANT TO THANK REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON AND THE NATIONAL 
ACTION NETWORK. 
MY FRIEND AND BROTHER, AS WELL 
AS MARTIN LUTHER KING THE THIRD 
FOR ASSEMBLING AS A YEAR TO 
AUGUST 28 IN THE YEAR 2020. 
IN 1963, COURAGEOUS MEN AND 
WOMEN DESCENDED ON THIS SITE, 
LED BY SIX LEGACY CIVIL RIGHTS 
ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE 
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE. 
AT THAT TIME, THE NATIONAL 
URBAN LEAGUE WAS LED BY ONE OF 
THE GREAT AMERICANS OF THE 20th 
CENTURY. 
WHITNEY M YOUNG JUNIOR. 
HE STATED FROM THIS VERY PLACE 
AT THAT TIME AND ON THAT DAY ON 
AUGUST 28, 1963 THAT OUR CIVIL 
RIGHTS, OUR VOTING RIGHTS, 
RIGHTS TO HUMAN DIGNITY WERE 
NOT NEGOTIABLE. 
TRANSFORMING OUR CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE SYSTEM AND PURGING IT 
OF MASSACRE SEPARATION AND 
SYSTEMIC RACISM IS NOT 
NEGOTIABLE. 
PROTECTING OUR SECRET RIGHT TO 
VOTE FROM SUPPRESSORS, BE THEY 
LEGISLATORS, BE THEY 
PRESIDENTS, BE THEY RUSSIANS IS 
NOT NEGOTIABLE. 
THAT DEFENDING OUR RIGHT TO 
WAGE SO THAT EVERY AMERICAN CAN 
LIVE IN DIGNITY IS NOT 
NEGOTIABLE. 
THAT DISLODGING STRUCTURAL 
RACISM, THAT INFECTS EVERY 
INSTITUTION IN AMERICAN LIGHT 
IS NOT NEGOTIABLE. 
THAT EQUITABLY FUNDING ALL OF 
OUR SCHOOLS SO ALL OF OUR 
CHILDREN CAN LEARN AND PROVIDE 
THEM WITH COMPUTERS AND 
BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY AND THEY 
CAN LIVE AND THRIVE WITH THEIR 
GOD-GIVEN TALENT IS NOT 
NEGOTIABLE. 
BUT A FAIR AND ACCURATE SENSES, 
SO ALL OF US ARE COUNTED IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION
IS NOT IN 2020, NEGOTIABLE. 
ELIMINATING THE STRUCTURAL AND 
SHAMEFUL DESPERATE IMPACT OF 
COVID-19 IN 2020 IS NOT 
NEGOTIABLE. 
THAT PERFORMING POLICE POLICIES 
AND POLICE CULTURE AND 
REALLOCATING FUNDING TO SUMMER 
JOBS FOR USE, TO MENTAL HEALTH 
SERVICES, TO HOMELESS SERVICES 
AD END THE VIOLENCE AGAINST 
OUR BLACK MEN IS NOT NEGOTIABLE.
HANDS UP, I CAN'T READ. 
HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT. 
IN 1963, WHEN THEY GATHERED ON 
THIS SITE, BROTHERS AND SISTERS
, JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THEY 
GATHERED, THAT GREAT CIVIL 
RIGHTS LEADER WAS ASSASSINATED 
ON THE FRONT LAWN OF HIS HOME 
IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. 
AT THAT TIME, THEY WERE 
FIGHTING A POLL TAX, A LITERACY 
TAX, A LITERACY TEST THAT DID 
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PREVENT 
US FROM VOTING. 
IN 2020, WE COME HERE WHEN THE 
VERY SUCCESS OF 1963, THE 
VOTING RIGHTS ACT, HAS BEEN 
GUTTED BY THE SUPREME COURT. 
WE COME IN 2020 WERE JACOB 
BLAKE AND GEORGE FLOYD AND ERIC 
GARDNER AND TAMIR RICE  AND 
SANDRA BLAND AND TOO MANY BLACK 
MEN AND WOMEN, BREONNA TAYLOR, 
HAVE DIED OR BEEN DISABLED AT 
THE  HANDS OF THE POLICE. 
SO, WE ARE HERE TO MAKE SOME 
DEMANDS. 
NUMBER ONE, WE WANT THE GEORGE 
FLOYD JUSTICE AND POLICING ACT 
TO PASS NOW, NOT TOMORROW, NOT 
NEXT WEEK, NOT NEXT YEAR. 
SAY IS, PAST THE GEORGE FLOYD 
JUSTICE AND POLICING ACT. 
NUMBER TWO, WE WANT TO PASS THE 
H.E.R.O.S ACT. 
NUMBER THREE, WE WANT TO PASS 
THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS 
ADVANCEMENT ACT. 
NUMBER FOUR, WE WANT TO PASS HR 
40 TO LOOK AT REPARATIONS IN 
THIS COUNTRY. 
>> IF WE HAVE TO WALK, IF WE 
HAVE TO, WE WILL VOTE. 
>> LET'S HEAR IT FOR OUR 
BROTHER MARTIN IN THE LEAD. 
NUL.ORG. 
ALL RIGHT. 
HERE TO INTRODUCE THE MAN WHO 
IS THE NAMESAKE OF THE PERSON 
WHO SPOKE HERE AUGUST 28, 1963. 
HE INTRODUCED ONE OF OUR MEN OF 
THE HOUR, MARTIN LUTHER KING 
THE THIRD IS NONE OTHER THAN 
THE CONGRESSMAN REPRESENTING 
THE NINTH CONGRESSIONAL 
DISTRICT OF TEXAS, CONGRESSMAN 
AL GREEN. 
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 
IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE 
A MAN WHOSE NAME IS SYNONYMOUS 
WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMAN 
RIGHTS MOVEMENT. 
A MAN WHOSE FATHER STOOD HERE 
57 YEARS AGO. A MAN WHO 
FOLLOWED HIS FATHER FOOTSTEPS 
AND I WAS THERE WITH HIM TO 
INDIA WHERE HE TRACED THE STEPS 
OF GANDHI. 
A MAN WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS 
IS A FULL-TIME JOB. 
HE IS NOT A PART-TIME FREEDOM 
FIGHTER. 
HE IS NOT AN EVERYDAY FREEDOM 
FIGHTER, HE IS AN ALL THE TIME 
FREEDOM FIGHTER. 
I AM HERE TO INTRODUCE A MAN 
WHO IS A MOREHOUSE GRADUATE. 
A MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT IT FEELS 
LIKE TO SUFFER THE PAINS 
ASSOCIATED WITH THE HUMAN 
RIGHTS MOVEMENT. 
WHEN HE LOST HIS FATHER AT THE 
AGE OF 10, HE COULD HAVE GIVEN 
UP, BUT HE DIDN'T. 
HE STAYED IN AND HAS FOUGHT THE 
GOOD FIGHT. 
I AM HERE TO INTRODUCE THE 
HONORABLE MARTIN LUTHER KING 
THE THIRD. 
WOULD YOU SHOW HIM SOME LOVE, 
PLEASE?  
IF YOU BELIEVE IN LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL, STAND UP AND 
SHOW HIM JUSTICE FOR ALL IF YOU 
BELIEVE FOR LIBERTY FOR PEOPLE 
AND ALL THE PEOPLE, STAND UP 
AND SHOW HIM SOME LOVE. 
SHOW THEM SOME LOVE, GOD BLESS 
YOU. 
GOD BLESS THE KING FAMILY. 
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. 
I AM SO HONORED TO BE HERE. 
BEFORE I SAY SOMETHING, I WANT 
YOU TO HEAR FROM THE FUTURE OF 
OUR NATION. 
THE ONLY GRANDDAUGHTER OF 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND 
CORETTA SCOTT KING, MY DAUGHTER 
AND ANDREA'S DAUGHTER, YOLANDA 
RENC KING. 
>> SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER 
THAT TWO YEARS AT THE MARCH FOR 
OUR LIVES, I SAID SPREAD THE 
WORD, HAVE YOU HEARD ALL ACROSS 
THE NATION, WE ARE GOING TO BE 
A GREAT GENERATION. THAT WAS IN 
2018. 
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WHAT HIT US 
IN 2020, A PANDEMIC THAT SHUT 
OUR SCHOOLS AND PUT OUR YOUNG 
LIVES ON HOLD. 
MORE KILLINGS OF UNARMED BLACK 
PEOPLE BY POLICE. 
ATTACKS ON OUR RIGHT TO VOTE. 
THE WORST ECONOMIC CRISIS SINCE 
THE GREAT DEPRESSION THAT WE 
LEARNED ABOUT IN SCHOOL AND 
MORE EXTREME WEATHER THAN EVER 
BEFORE. 
BUT, GREAT CHALLENGES PRODUCE 
GREAT LEADERS. 
WE HAVE MASTERED THE SELFIE AND 
TIKTOK'S. 
NOW WE MUST  MASTER OURSELVES. 
MY GRANDFATHER PREDICTED THIS 
VERY MOMENT. 
HE SAID THAT WE WERE MOVING 
INTO A NEW PHASE OF THE STRUGGLE
. THE FIRST PHASE WAS THE CIVIL 
RIGHTS. 
AND THE NEW PHASE IS GENUINE 
EQUALITY. GENUINE EQUALITY IS 
WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY AND WHY 
PEOPLE ARE COMING TO, ALL 
ACROSS THE WORLD, FROM NEW 
ZEALAND TO NEW JERSEY. 
HE SAID WE MUST NOT FORGET THE 
DAYS OF MONTGOMERY. 
WE MUST NOT FORGET THE SIT INS 
MOVEMENTS. 
WE MUST NOT FORGET THE FREEDOM 
RIDES, THE BIRMINGHAM MOVEMENT 
AND SOMA. 
PAPA KING, WE WON'T. 
>> MY GENERATION HAS ALREADY 
TAKEN TO THE STREETS PEACEFULLY 
AND WITH MASKS AND SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED TO PROTEST RACISM. 
I WANT TO ASK THE YOUNG PEOPLE 
HERE TO JOIN ME IN PLEDGING 
THAT WE HAVE ONLY JUST BEGUN TO 
FIGHT, AND THAT WE WILL BE THE 
GENERATION THAT MOVES FROM LEE 
TO -- ME FROM WE. 
WE WILL AND SISTERS TO RACISM 
ONCE AND FOR ALL. 
WE ARE GOING TO BE THE 
GENERATION THAT CALLS A HALT TO 
POLICE FATALITY AND GUN 
VIOLENCE ONCE AND FOR ALL NOW 
AND FOREVER. 
WE ARE GOING TO BE THE 
GENERATION THAT DESERVES 
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THINGS OUR 
PLANET ONCE AND FOR ALL NOW AND 
FOREVER. 
AND WE WILL BE THE GENERATION 
THAT ENDS POVERTY IN AMERICA, 
THE WEALTHIEST NATION ON EARTH 
ONCE AND FOR ALL, NOW AND 
FOREVER. 
PLEASE STAND AND MARCH FOR LOVE 
AND WE WILL FULFILL MY 
GRANDFATHER'S DREAM. 
SO, SHOW ME WHAT DEMOCRACY 
LOOKS LIKE, THIS IS WHAT 
DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE, THIS IS 
WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE. 
SHOW ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE, THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY 
LOOKS LIKE. 
ONE LAST TIME. 
SHOW ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE, THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY 
LOOKS LIKE. 
OKAY, THEN, LET'S SHOW THEM. 
>> A PROUD DAD. 
WITH ME THANK GOD THAT WE HAVE 
BEEN ABLE TO ASSEMBLE TODAY AND 
THINK REVEREND SHARPENED AND 
THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK AND 
ALL OF THE CONVENERS THAT ARE 
ACTUALLY HERE TODAY. 
AND MOST OF ALL, THESE FAMILIES 
THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY 
POLICE BRUTALITY AND 
MISCONDUCT. 
WE HAVE COME TO BEAR WITNESS TO 
REMEMBER FROM WHERE WE HAVE 
COME INTO CAREFULLY CONSIDER 
WHERE WE ARE GOING. 
WHETHER YOU ARE HERE IN PERSON, 
ONLINE OR WATCHING ON MSNBC AND 
OTHER NETWORKS, THANK YOU FOR 
JOINING US FOR THIS MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON. 
TOGETHER, WE ARE TAKING A STAND 
AND WE ARE TAKING A GIANT STEP 
FORWARD. 
LET ME ALSO THINK OF GREEN FOR 
THE WARM INTRODUCTION, MY DEAR 
FRIEND. 
WE ARE TAKING A STEP FORWARD ON 
AMERICA'S ROCKY BUT RIGHTEOUS 
JOURNEY TOWARD JUSTICE. 
AUGUST 28 IS A DAY TO REMEMBER 
THE TRAGEDIES THAT HAVE TAKEN 
PLACE IN OUR HISTORIC STRUGGLE 
FOR RACIAL JUSTICE. 
TODAY, WE COMMEMORATE THE MARCH 
ON WASHINGTON TO JOBS AND 
FREEDOM IN 1963 WHERE MY FATHER 
DECLARED HIS DREAM. 
WE MUST NEVER FORGET THE 
AMERICAN RACIST VIOLENCE 
EXEMPLIFIED WHEN EMMETT TILL 
WAS MURDERED ON THIS DAY IN 1955
AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM 
FAILED TO CONVICT HIS KILLERS. 
65 YEARS LATER, WE STILL 
STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE. 
D MILITARIZING THE POLICE, 
DISMANTLING MASS INCARCERATION 
AND DECLARING AND DETERMINEDLY, 
AS WE CAN, THAT BLACK LIVES 
MATTER. 
IN OUR STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE, 
THERE ARE NO PERMANENT 
VICTORIES. 
FOR ON THIS DAY, 12 YEARS AGO, 
I WAS HONORED TO ADDRESS THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 
IN DENVER. 
ON THAT NIGHT AND THAT EVENING, 
OUR SPIRITS WERE SOARING AS THE 
DEMOCRATS NOMINATED BARACK 
OBAMA, WHO WOULD GO ON TO 
BECOME THE FIRST AFRICAN-
AMERICAN PRESIDENT OF THESE 
UNITED STATES. 
BUT, THE PROGRESS WE CELEBRATED 
THEM IS IMPERILED YET AGAIN. 
AND NOW, WE MUST MARCH TO THE 
BALLOT BOX AND MAIL BOXES TO 
DEFEND THE FREEDOMS THAT 
EARLIER GENERATIONS WORKED SO 
HARD TO WIN. 
IN SO MANY WAYS, WE STAND 
TOGETHER TODAY IN THE SYMBOLIC 
SHADOW OF HISTORY. 
BUT, WE ARE MAKING HISTORY 
TOGETHER RIGHT NOW. 
WE ARE MARCHING WITH THE 
LARGEST AND MOST ACTIVE OF 
MULTI GENERATIONAL, MULTI-
MOVEMENT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS SINCE 
THE 1960S. 
FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO 
SENIOR CITIZENS, BLACK AS WELL 
AS WHITE, LATINO, ASIAN-
AMERICAN, NATIVE AMERICAN, 
PACIFIC ISLANDERS, AMERICANS 
ARE WHAT MARCHING TOGETHER, 
MANY FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WE 
ARE DEMANDING REAL LASTING AND 
STRUCTURAL CHANGE. 
WE ARE MARCHING TOGETHER FOR 
TIME ON ARTICLES AND IN TIMELY 
WAYS. 
WE ARE COURAGEOUSLY CONSCIOUS 
OF OUR HEALTH. 
WE ARE SOCIALLY DISTANCED AND 
SPIRITUALLY UNITED. 
WE ARE MASKING OUR FACES, BUT 
NOT OUR FAITH AND FREEDOM. 
WE ARE TAKING OUR STRUGGLE TO 
THE STREETS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. 
THE NATION HAS NEVER SEEN SUCH 
A MIGHTY MOVE IN CONNECTION 
WITH WHAT MY FATHER CALLED THE 
COALITION OF CONSCIENCE. 
IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PURPOSE 
AND PASSION, WE WILL COMPLETE 
THE WORK SO BOLDLY BEGAN IN THE 
1960S. 
WE ARE MARCHING TO OVERCOME 
WHAT MY FATHER CALLED THE 
TRIPLE EVILS POVERTY, RACISM 
AND VIOLENCE. 
TODAY, THOSE EVILS HAVE 
EXACERBATED FOUR MAJOR 
CHALLENGES THAT CURRENTLY FACE 
OUR COUNTRY. 
FIRST, COVID-19 TRAGICALLY 
KILLED 175,000 AMERICANS. 
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFRICAN 
AMERICANS, LATINO AND LOW 
INCOME PEOPLE AND EVERY 
BACKGROUND. 
SECOND, 30 MILLION AMERICANS 
ARE NOT EMPLOYED AGAIN, 
DISPROPORTIONATELY PEOPLE OF 
COLOR. 
COVID-19 LAID BARE THE 
STRUCTURAL INEQUALITIES IN OUR 
ECONOMY THAT KEPT TOO MANY 
PEOPLE TRAPPED IN THE POVERTY. 
POLICE BRUTALITY AND GUN 
VIOLENCE AND KILLING SO MANY 
UNARMED AFRICAN-AMERICANS. 
TODAY, WE MARCH WITH THEIR 
FAMILIES AND SAY THEIR NAMES. 
GEORGE FLOYD, BREONNA TAYLOR, 
ERIC  CONNOR, MICHAEL BROWN, 
TAMIR RICE , YOU SUFFER TO, 
TERRENCE CRUTCHER, TREY VON 
MARTIN, AHMAUD ALBURY, ELISHA 
McLEAN  AND SO MANY OTHERS. AND 
FOR OUR VOTING RIGHTS ARE UNDER 
ATTACK. 
WE MUST VIGOROUSLY DEFEND OUR 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
BECAUSE THOSE RIGHTS WERE PAID 
FOR WITH THE BLOOD OF THOSE 
LYNCHED FOR SEEKING TO EXERCISE 
THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. 
THEY WERE PAID FOR WITH THE 
BLOOD OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS, 
SUCH AS SIMEON JUNIOR, GOODMAN, 
SQUARELY AND CHENEY, JANET LEE 
JACKSON, VIOLET WIESEL, JAMES 
REES, THOSE RIGHTS WERE PAID 
FOR THROUGH THE SACRIFICES MADE 
BY HEROES SUCH AS CT VIVIAN, 
FANNY LOU HAMER, JOSE WILLIAMS 
AND JOHN LEWIS. 
SINCE THE UNITED STATES SENATE 
HAS FAILED TO RENEW THE VOTING 
RIGHTS ACT, WE HAVE HAD TO 
OVERCOME A WHOLE NEW TRICK 
BACKS OF TACTICS TO SUPPRESS 
OUR VOTES?  DISCRIMINATORY 
VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS, CUTBACKS 
IN EARLY VOTING AND VOTE BY 
MAIL, VOTER PURGES, TARGETING 
THOSE WHO HAVE MISSED SEVERAL 
ELECTIONS AND DISENFRANCHISING 
THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR TIME AND 
PAID THEIR DEBT TO SOCIETY. AND 
NOW COVID-19 IS MAKING IT'S 
DANGEROUS, EVEN DEADLY TO STAND 
IN LINE AT POLLING PLACES. 
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO RISK OUR 
LIVES TO CAST OUR VOTES. WE 
NEED TO DO WHAT PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP DOES, VOTES BY 
MAIL. 
NOW, WE ARE STRUGGLING TO 
OVERCOME THE DISMANTLING OF THE 
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE FOR THE 
EXPRESS PURPOSE OF SUPPRESSING 
OUR VOTE. 
WITH ALL OF THESE THREATS TO 
OUR LIVES AND LIBERTIES, OUR 
CHALLENGE IS TO USE THIS MOMENT 
TO EXPAND THIS MOVEMENT, A 
MOVEMENT THAT NOT ONLY RAISES 
HIS VOICE, BUT CAST ITS VOTES, 
PURSUES ITS VISION AND MAKES 
LASTING CHANGE. 
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS WHERE THERE 
IS NO VISION, THE PEOPLE PERISH.
OUR VISION IS BEST EXPRESSED BY 
A PHRASE WE MUST NEVER FORGET. 
THAT IS THE BELOVED COMMUNITY. 
WITH THOSE WORDS, MY FATHER 
JOHN LEWIS, ELLA BAKER, ROSA 
PARKS AND SO MANY HISTORIC MEN 
AND WOMEN IN AMERICA WHOSE 
DRAMATIC PRACTICE AS GOOD AS 
IT'S PROBABLY PROMISED. 
AMERICA WILL BE REPLACED BY 
PEACE, JUSTICE AND SHARED 
ABUNDANCE. 
OVER THE WEEKS AHEAD, 
CULMINATING ON ELECTION DAY, WE 
NEED TO VOTE AS IF OUR LIVES 
AND OUR LIVELIHOODS, OUR 
LIBERTIES DEPEND ON IT, BECAUSE 
THEY DO. NO PERSON, NO PEOPLE 
ARE MORE KEENLY AWARE OF THE 
RISK OF DISENFRANCHISEMENT THAN 
THOSE WHO SUFFERED FROM IT. 
THERE IS ANY UPON THE NECK OF 
úDEMOCRACY. 
OUR NATION CAN ONLY LIVE SO 
LONG WITHOUT THE OXYGEN OF 
FREEDOM. 
THE STRENGTH MUST BE EXERCISED 
BY MORE THAN RHETORIC AND MORE 
THAN MARCHING. 
THE SIMPLE CHALLENGE BEFORE US 
IS THAT EVERYONE CAN CAST A 
BALLOT AND EVERYONE WHO CAN 
MUST CAST A BALLOT. 
AND THAT BALLOT MUST BE COUNTED.
IN THE RESULT MUST BE 
TRANSPARENT AND KNOWN TO THE 
WHOLE WORLD. 
TODAY, I CAN CALL ON EVERYONE 
WITH THE MEANS TO DRIVE PEOPLE 
TO THE POLLS, TO MAKE A PLAN 
FOR YOURSELF, FOR YOUR FAMILY 
AND NEIGHBOR. 
FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND 
COMPANIES THAT CARE ABOUT 
DEMOCRACY, I CALL ON YOU TODAY 
TO OFFER YOUR RESOURCES INTO A 
CAPACITY TO MAKE SURE EVERY 
BALLOT IS COUNTED. 
IF OUR FOREFATHERS WERE WILLING 
TO DIE FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE, 
WE CAN WORK FOR THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE AND I WILL CONTINUE TO 
CALL ON YOU TO ACT IN THE 
COMING DAYS. 
MY FATHER WAS ASSASSINATED IN 
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE WHILE 
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH 
POOR WORKING PEOPLE, SANITATION 
WORKERS, WHOSE SLOGANS I AM A 
MAN WITH A STATEMENT, THAT THEY 
WERE HUMAN BEINGS WITH RIGHTS 
THAT SHOULD BE RESPECTED AND 
ACKNOWLEDGED. 
THEY WERE ASKING FOR SAFE 
WORKING CONDITIONS, A LIVING 
WAGE, AND HUMAN DIGNITY. 
THEY SUMMED UP THEIR STRUGGLE 
WITH THOSE FOUR WORDS, I AM A 
MAN. 
THAT IS SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL 
SLOGAN IMPAIRS MOVEMENTS TODAY 
FROM BLACK LAST MATTER TO FIGHT 
FOR 15 AND TO THE ME TO 
STRUGGLE AGAINST SEXUAL 
HARASSMENT AND ABUSE. 
MOVEMENTS OF MARGINALIZED 
AMERICANS ARE STILL TRYING TO 
CLAIM THE DIGNITY THEY HAVE 
BEEN DENIED. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. FOUGHT 
FOR THE DIGNITY OF WORK. 
AND THAT FIGHT IS NEVER ENDING. 
IN 1963, THE WATCH ON MARTIAN 
10 DEMENTED JOBS AND FREEDOMS. 
THE MEMPHIS SANITATION STRIKE 
WORKERS DEMANDED AND THE POOR 
PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN INSISTED THAT 
WORKING PEOPLE SHOULD NOT LIVE 
IN LABOR AND POVERTY. 
THOSE FIGHTS FORESHADOWED OUR 
STRUGGLE TODAY TO MAKE THE 
MINIMUM WAGE A LIVING WAGE, NOT 
A POVERTY WAGE. 
AND WE ARE FIGHTING ALONGSIDE 
THE FRONT-LINE WORKERS. 
SANITATION WORKERS, HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS, GROCERY WORKERS, 
TRANSPORT WORKERS, FOOD SERVICE 
WORKERS AND SO MANY MORE. 
THEY ARE PRAISED FOR BEING 
ESSENTIAL BUT TREATED AS IF 
THEY ARE EXPENDABLE. 
WHILE STANDING WITH SANITATION 
WORKERS IN MEMPHIS, THEY HAVE 
SAID SO OFTEN WE OVERLOOK THE 
WORK AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 
THOSE NOT IN PROFESSIONAL JOBS 
AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT UNDER BIG 
JOBS. 
LET ME SAY TONIGHT, THAT 
WHEREVER OR WHENEVER YOU ARE 
ENGAGED IN WORK THAT SERVES 
HUMANITY AND ITS FOR THE 
BUILDING OF HUMANITY, IT HAS 
DIGNITY AND WORTH. 
NOW WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO 
CONFESSES GREATNESS WITH 
GRANDIOSITY. 
MY FATHER KNEW BETTER. 
EVERYONE, HE SAID, CAN BE 
GREAT, BECAUSE EVERYONE CAN 
SERVE. 
HE UNDERSTOOD THE HUMAN 
YEARNING FOR RECOGNITION. 
IN HIS FAMOUS SPEECH, HE 
EXPLAINED EVERYONE WANTS TO BE 
THE LEADER OF THE MARCHING 
BAND. 
AND HE CHALLENGED US TO 
CHALLENGE OUR DRUM MAJOR 
INSTINCT AND SPEAK INTO 
BECOMING MAJORS FOR JUSTICE. 
WHILE WE HONOR OUR HISTORY, WE 
MUST BE A LIVING MOVEMENT, NOT 
A MONUMENT. 
IF THAT WERE HERE TODAY, I AM 
SURE HE WOULD IMPLORE US NOT TO 
DEIFY HIM OR SELECTIVELY QUOTE 
HIM WHEN CONVENIENT. 
HE WILL WANT US TO BE DRAMA 
MAJORS FOR JUSTICE TO CHAMPION 
IDEALS HE PROMOTED, RACIAL 
JUSTICE, SOCIAL EQUALITY AND 
PEACE AND HE WOULD GENTLY BUT 
INTENSELY CHALLENGE US NOT TO 
DWELL UPON THE PAST BUT LIVE IN 
LABOR IN WHAT HE CALLED THE 
FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW. 
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SAVIOR,
GET UP AND FIND A MIRROR.
AND US,IT IS ALL OF US.  
IN 1963 AFTER MY FATHER SPOKE, 
AND ARE OF THE MARCH ASKED 
PARTICIPANTS TO JOIN IN 
DEMANDING CONGRESS PASSED 
STRONG CIVIL RIGHTS AND VOTER 
RIGHTS LAWS.  
MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY LATER 
AND WE MUST DEMAND THE UNITED 
STATES SENATE STOP BLOCKING 
PASSAGE OF THE GEORGE FLOYD 
JUSTICE AND POLICING ACT.  
AND THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING 
RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT.  
SO WHEN WE CONCLUDE TODAY, 
LET'S REMEMBER, THIS IS THE 
COMMITMENT MARCH.  
IN THE SPIRIT OF 1963, I ASK 
YOU TO JOIN AND PLEDGING TO ACT 
IN THREE WAYS.  
FIRST, BECAUSE OUR CIVIL HUMAN 
RIGHTS ARE AT STAKE IN THIS 
ELECTION, I ASK YOU NOT ONLY TO 
REGISTER TO VOTE TO PUT MAKE 
SURE ONE OTHER PERSON REGISTERS 
TO VOTES.  
SECOND, ASK YOU TO COMMIT TO 
SERVICE AND STRUGGLE IN YOUR 
COMMUNITY, FROM VOTER 
REGISTRATION, TO RAISING THE 
MINIMUM WAGE.  
2-D MILITARIZING THE POLICE.  
GET INVOLVED, WITH MANY 
WORTHWHILE STRUGGLES IN YOUR 
COMMUNITY.  
THIRD, I ASK YOU TO PLEDGE AS 
MY FATHER, AND JOHN LEWIS DID, 
TO GET INTO GOOD TROUBLE AND DO 
IT NONVIOLENTLY.  
REMEMBER, AND THE FIGHT AGAINST 
INJUSTICE, NONVIOLENCE DOES NOT 
MEAN PASSIVE ACCEPTANCE.  
IT MEANS PEACEFUL RESISTANCE.  
WE MUST COME TOGETHER AND JOIN 
THE BLACK LIVES MOVEMENT, TO 
RAISE OUR VOICES AND SAY ENOUGH 
IS ENOUGH.  
WE MUST COME WITH THE POOR 
PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN, THE CLIMATE 
CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
JUSTICE MOVEMENT.  
THE WOMEN'S MARCHED AND THE ME 
TO MOVEMENT.  
THE PARKLAND SHOOTERS, AND 
MARCH FOR OUR LIVES.  
AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.  
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., 
FAMOUSLY SAID THE MORAL ARK OF 
THE UNIVERSE BENDS TOWARDS 
JUSTICE.  
BUT HE WAS ALSO THE FIRST TO 
SAY, IT DOESN'T BEND ALL ON ITS 
OWN.  
WE MUST DO WORK OURSELVES.  
IN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIS LIFE 
HE WROTE IN HIS LAST BOOK, 
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE, CHAOS 
OR COMMUNITY?  
MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND 
DEAR FRIENDS, IN THIS DEFINING 
MOMENT, FOR HISTORY AND COUNTRY
, WE MUST ANSWER DR. KING'S 
QUESTIONS.  
WILL OUR ANSWER BE CHAOS OR 
COMMUNITY.  
I BELIEVE SOME HAVE CHOSEN THE 
ANSWER IS CHAOS, INCLUDING THE 
CURRENT OCCUPANT IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE TODAY.  
BUT WE WHO BELIEVE MUST CHOOSE 
COMMUNITY.  
IF WE CHOOSE COMMUNITY WE CAN 
AVOID WATCHING THE DREAM TURN 
INTO A PERMANENT NIGHTMARE.  
IF WE CHOOSE COMMUNITY, 50 
YEARS FROM NOW PEOPLE WILL SAY 
WE WERE ABLE TO REDEEM THE SOUL 
OF AMERICA AND BEGIN TO FULFILL 
THE PROMISE OF DEMOCRACY.  
BY SYSTEMATICALLY ELIMINATING 
SYSTEMATIC RACISM AND 
EXPLOITATION.  
MY FRIENDS, IF WE CHOOSE 
COMMUNITY WE WILL BE ABLE TO 
ANSWER AND AFFIRMATIVE TO THE 
SCRIPTURE.  
HERE COMES THAT DREAMER.  
CALM, LET'S SLAY HIM.  
AND WE SHALL SEE WHAT WILL 
BECOME OF HIS DREAM.  
FINALLY, THIS AFTERNOON, I WANT 
TO SAY TO YOU.  
NOT ONLY DO I COME AS A 
PROTESTER, BUT I COME AS A 
VICTIM.  
MY DADDY WAS KILLED WHEN I WAS 
10 YEARS OLD.  
GONE DOWN, YOU KNOW THAT, BY AN 
ASSASSIN'S BULLET.  
SOME OF YOU KNOW BUT MAY NOT 
KNOW, SIX YEARS LATER MY 
DADDY'S MOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER 
WAS GUNNED DOWN IN THE CHURCH 
WHILE PRAYING THE LORD'S PRAYER.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO 
LOSE A LOVED ONE.  
BUT I WAS SO THANKFUL THAT MY 
GRANDMOTHER, AND MY MOTHER AND 
MY AUNTS AND UNCLES TAUGHT ME 
ABOUT LOVE.  
I GRANDDADDY USED TO SAY, I 
REFUSE TO ALLOW ANY PERSON TO 
REDUCE ME TO HATRED.  
THE MAN THAT KILLED MY LOVELY 
WIFE AND THE MAN THAT KILLED MY 
SON, I REFUSE TO ALLOW THEM 
EVEN TO REDUCE ME TO HATRED.  
I LOVE EVERYBODY.  
IF WE ARE GOING TO RESOLVE 
THESE ISSUES IN AMERICA, WE 
HAVE TO COME TOGETHER.  
THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT IN 
THE SERMON, LEVELS OF LOVE.  
HE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THEM, I 
WILL TALK ABOUT THE HIGHEST 
LEVEL OF LOVE.  
THE LOVE THAT SEEKS NOTHING IN 
RETURN.  
THAT LOVE THAT IS TOTALLY 
UNSELFISH.  
YOU LOVE SOMEONE, IF THEY ARE 
YOUNG, YOU LOVE THEM IF THEY'RE 
ALL.  
YOU LOVE THEM IF THEY ARE BLACK 
OR WHITE.  
YOU LOVE THEM IF THEY ARE 
NATIVE AMERICAN, YOU LOVE THEM 
IF THEY ARE HISPANIC OR LATINO 
AMERICAN.  
WE LOVE THEM IF THEY ARE 
AFRICAN, YOU LOVE THEM IF THEY 
ARE ASIAN.  
YOU LOVE THEM BECAUSE YOU KNOW 
GOD CALLS YOU TO DO THAT AND IF 
WE ARE GOING TO RESOLVE ALL OF 
THESE CONFLICTS AND CRISIS IS 
IN AMERICA WE HAVE TO FIND A 
WAY TO DO IT AND LOVE.  
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU, 
LET'S KEEP ON KEEPING ON.  
>> 
>> HELLO 57 MARCH ON WASHINGTON 
I ENJOY AND READ FROM CBSN AND 
I WISH I COULD BE THERE WITH 
YOU TODAY  AS REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON IS MY COLLEAGUE AND 
FRIEND, MY ALSO RECORD PASTOR 
AND MY BIG BROTHER.  
I ARRIVED IN EAST FLATBUSH FROM 
NEW YORK AND 1996 AT AGE 18, 
HAVING LEFT WHEN I WAS TWO 
YEARS OLD.  
IT WAS A YEAR WHEN BLACK LIVES 
MATTER MET MICHAEL GRIFFIS, USE 
OF HAWKINS, AMADOU DIALLO, 
PATRICK HORSMAN AND GAVIN CATO. 
IT MEANT THE CENTRAL PARK 5 AND 
THE REPLACEMENT OF NEW YORK 
CITY'S FIRST BLACK MAYOR DAVID 
DICKENS WITH GIULIANI TIME.  
A STAY AWAY IF YOU ARE BLACK 
BENSONHURST IN HOWARD BEACH, 
AND REVEREND AL SHARPTON WHO 
WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO SEEMED TO 
KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WHO CARED 
ENOUGH TO DO IT.  
A GENERATION EARLIER IT WAS 
JESSE JACKSON, AND BEFORE HIM 
DR. KING, BUT FOR MY GENERATION 
IT WAS REVEREND AL.  
LITTLE DID I KNOW MANY YEARS 
LATER I WOULD GET TO KNOW HIM 
AS A LOCAL PRODUCER AND HOST ON 
RADIO ONE, BUT HE WAS OUR 
NATIONAL HOST.  
HE WOULD BECOME MY COLLEAGUE AT 
MSNBC AND A GREAT MENTOR, 
SUPPORTER AND FRIEND.  
MEANWHILE THE NATIONAL ACTION 
NETWORK HAS NEVER STOPPED 
WORKING, EVEN AS THE NAMES HAVE 
CHANGED TO TRAYVON MARTIN, 
MICHAEL BROWN, ERIC GARNER, 
SANDRA BLAND, TAMIR RICE, 
FREDDIE GRAY, GEORGE FLOYD, 
BREONNA TAYLOR AND JACOB BLAKE. 
I MARCHED WITH REVEREND IN 
SELMA WHEN HE PULLED ME TO THE 
FRONT OF THE LINE SO I COULD BE 
THERE TO WITNESS HISTORY AND 
JOHN LEWIS IS SECOND TO LAST 
PUBLIC APPEARANCE.  
I WATCHED HIM NURTURE GRIEVING 
FAMILIES AS THEY CRY OUT FOR 
JUSTICE.  
HE HAS MARCHED ON PRESIDENTS 
AND HAD PRESIDENTS CONFIDE IN 
HIM.  
HE HAS INSPIRED ME TO USE MY 
GIFTS TO MAKE A REAL CHANGE.  
HE HAS BEEN OUR BACKSTOP IN OUR 
DEFENDER IN DARK TIMES.  
WE KNOW WHEN WE CALL HIM HE 
WILL BE THERE AND HE WILL DO 
SOMETHING AND CAUSES SOMETHING 
TO BE DONE.  
57 ANNIVERSARY MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON, PLEASE JOIN ME IN 
SALUTING OUR DEFENDER AND MY 
BIG BROTHER, REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON.  
>>> NO JUSTICE.  
>> NO PIECE 
>> NO JUSTICE.  
>> NO PIECE.  
>> NO JUSTICE.  
>> NO PIECE 
>> WHAT DO WE WANT?  
>> WHAT DO WE WANT?  
>> WHAT DO WE WANT?  
>> JUSTICE.  
WHEN WE WANT IT?  
>> WHEN DO WE WANT IT?  WHEN DO 
WE WANT IT.  
WHEN DO WE WANT IT.  
ALL RIGHT.  
57 YEARS AGO, IN 1963, THERE 
WAS A STRUGGLE IN BIRMINGHAM, 
ALABAMA.  
THERE WAS THE ASSASSINATION OF 
MEDGAR EDWARDS.  
THE HEAD OF THE MISSISSIPPI 
NAACP.  
IN THE MIDDLE OF STRUGGLE AND 
MURDER, THEY CAME TO WASHINGTON 
TO DEMAND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GIVE THEM A CIVIL RIGHTS ACT 
AND VOTING RIGHTS.  
THEY MARCHED THAT DAY, IN A 
HOT, BLISTERING DAY LIKE TODAY. 
SAYING THAT AS WE STRUGGLE WE 
NEED LEGISLATION, AND THEY 
STAYED ON THAT MOVEMENT.  
UNTIL THEY GOT THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
ACT OF 1964.  
AND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 
1965.  
THEY CAME, YOUNG AND OLD.  
THEY CAME FROM THE SOUTH.  
MANY OF THEM COULD NOT STOP ON 
THE ROAD TO USE THE BATHROOM.  
BEAUSE IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW. 
BUT THEY CAME ANYHOW.  
MANY OF THEM COULD NOT STOP AND 
EAT AND A RESTAURANT, THEY HAD 
TO PUT THEIR SANDWICH IN A 
PAPER BAG, BECAUSE NO 
RESTAURANT WOULD SERVE THEM, 
BECAUSE IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW. 
BUT THEY CAME ANYHOW.  
MANY OF THEM COULD NOT REST IN 
A MOTEL OVERNIGHT, BUT THEY 
CAME ANYWAYS.  BECAUSE IT WAS 
AGAINST THE LAW FOR THEM TO 
STOP.  
BECAUSE THEY CAME AND 63, WE 
WERE ABLE TO COME BACK IN 2020, 
WRITING WERE EVER WE WANT TO 
RIDE, STAYING IN WHATEVER HOTEL 
WAS AVAILABLE, THEY OPENED THE 
DOOR FOR US, BUT THERE ARE 
STILL DOORS WE HAVE TO OPEN AND 
SOME PEOPLE WE HAVE TO 
STRAIGHTEN OUT.  
2020.  
>>> 2020, WE MUST DEAL WITH 
THOSE WHO WANT TO ROB OUR RIGHT 
TO VOTE.  
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE HERE IN THE 
MIDST OF A PANDEMIC, SOCIALLY 
DISTANCING AND TELLING YOU ALL 
TO DISTANCE, I KEEP SAYING, 
SPREAD OUT.  
WE WANT TO COME TO SHOW THAT 
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.  
WHEN I WAS HEADED TO GEORGE 
FLOYD'S FUNERAL, I TALKED WITH 
MARTIN THE THIRD AND I SAID YOU 
KNOW, MAYBE WE NEED TO GO BACK 
TO WASHINGTON.  
HE SAID LET'S TALK IT OUT 
REVEREND AL.  
AS I WAS GIVING THE EULOGY I 
ANNOUNCED THIS MARCH.  
WE DO NOT KNOW HOW WE WOULD DO 
IT, HOW WE WOULD PLAN IT, HOW 
MANY WOULD COME, BUT WE DID IT. 
WHY ARE WE AND WASHINGTON?  
I HAVE TALKED WITH ONE OF THE 
LEADING MINDS OF OUR NATION, 
DR. MARY MICHAEL ERIC DYSON AND 
HE TOLD ME, REVEREND AL YOU 
HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT UNTIL 
THERE IS FEDERAL LEGISLATION, 
EVERY STATE WILL DO WHAT IT 
WANTS TO DO.  
WE HAVE PASSED IN THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES THE GEORGE FLOYD
POLICING AND JUSTICE ACT.  
NOW WE NEED TO PASS THE ACT IN 
THE SENATE.  
WE NEED MITCH McCONNELL AND THE 
U.S. SENATE TO MEET ON THE 
GEORGE FLOYD POLICING AND 
JUSTICE ACT, WE WILL MEET YOU 
SENATORS AT THE POLE NOVEMBER 
3, WHETHER WE HAVE TO MAIL AND, 
WALK IN, RIDE IN, CRAWL AND, WE 
WANT OUR BILL PASSED.  
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, JOHN LEWIS, 
AND OUTSTANDING CONGRESSMAN 
MADE HIS TRANSITION.  LAST TIME 
MARTIN AND I WERE HERE, HE WAS 
WITH US, JOHN LEWIS.  
HE AND REVEREND JOSC WHEELS, 
AND EMELIA BOYKIN, WERE ON THE 
EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGET AND TEAR 
GASSED AND IT LED TO THAT SELMA 
TO MONTGOMERY MARCH, AND IT GOT 
US THE RIGHT TO VOTE.  
THAT RIGHT LASTED TILL 2000, 
2013, WHEN THEY TOOK AND GUTTED 
THE MIDDLE OF THE BILL, TAKE IT 
AWAY.  
WHEN WE COME TO WASHINGTON, 
SAYING HOW DO YOU MEMORIALIZE 
JOHN LEWIS, AND ALLOW THE BILL 
HE STOOD FOR US TO DIE, WE WANT 
THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS 
BILL FOR THE CONGRESS.  
WE DIDN'T JUST COME TODAY TO 
HAVE A SHOW.  
DEMONSTRATION WITHOUT 
LEGISLATION.  
WILL NOT BE TO CHANGE.  
WE DID NOT COME AND STAND IN 
THIS HEAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T 
HAVE NOTHING TO DO.  
WE COME TO LET YOU KNOW, WE 
WILL COME OUT BY THESE NUMBERS 
AND THE HEAT AND STAND IN THE 
HEAT, THAT WE WILL STAND IN THE 
POLLS ALL DAY LONG.  
THEY KEEP TELLING ME ABOUT HOW 
IT IS A SHAME THAT BLACK 
APPEARANCE HAVE TO HAVE THE 
CONVERSATION WITH OUR CHILDREN. 
HOW WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT 
WHEN A COP STOPS YOU, DO NOT 
REACH FOR THE GLOVE 
COMPARTMENT, DO NOT TALK BACK, 
THE CONVERSATION.  
WE HAVE HAD THE CONVERSATION 
FOR DECADES, AND IT IS TIME WE 
HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH 
AMERICA.  
WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION 
ABOUT YOUR RACISM, ABOUT YOUR 
BIGOTRY, ABOUT YOUR HATE, ABOUT 
HOW YOU WOULD PUT YOUR KNEE ON 
OUR NECK WHILE WE CRY FOR OUR 
LIVES, WE NEED A NEW 
CONVERSATION.  WE DIDN'T COME 
TO START TROUBLE, WE CAME TO 
STOP TROUBLE.  
YOU ACT LIKE, IT IS NO TROUBLE 
TO SHOOT US IN THE BACK.  
YOU ACT LIKE IT IS NO TROUBLE 
TO PUT A CHOKE HOLD ON US WHILE 
WE SCREAM, I CAN'T BREATHE 11 
TIMES.  
YOU ACT LIKE IT IS NO TROUBLE TO
HOLD A MAN DOWN ON THE GROUND 
UNTIL YOU SQUEEZE THE LIFE OUT 
OF HIM.  
IT IS TIME FOR A NEW 
CONVERSATION.  
I WONDERED WHY, I ASKED DR. 
DYSON, WHY DID THEY HAVE THE 
MARCH AT LINCOLN'S MEMORIAL?  
WHY DIDN'T THEY GO TO THE 
JEFFERSON MEMORIAL, WHY DIDN'T 
THEY GO TO THE WASHINGTON 
MONUMENT?  
HE TOLD ME YOU HAVE TO 
UNDERSTAND REVEREND AL, 100 
YEARS BEFORE 63, 1963 WAS 1863. 
1863, ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED 
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, 
HE PROMISED US FULL CITIZENSHIP 
IF WE FOUGHT TO SAVE THE UNION. 
HE PROMISED US 40 ACRES AND A 
MULE.  
WE NEVER GOT THE FULL 
CITIZENSHIP.  
WE NEVER GOT THE REPARATIONS, 
WE COME TO LINCOLN BECAUSE YOU 
PROMISED, MR. LINCOLN, AND THE 
PROMISE HAS BEEN BROKEN.  
WE COME, LIKE DR. KING CAME 57 
YEARS AGO, TO SAY WE ARE TIRED 
OF BROKEN PROMISES.  
SOME SAY TO ME, REVEREND AL, 
YOU ALL OUGHT TO DENOUNCE THOSE 
THAT GET VIOLENT, THOSE THAT 
ARE LOOTING.  
ALL OF THE FAMILIES HAVE 
DENOUNCED LOOTING.  
WHAT WE HAVE NOT HEARD IS YOU 
DENOUNCE SHOOTING.  
WE WILL SPEAK AGAINST THE 
LOOTING, BUT WHEN WILL YOU SPEAK
AGAINST WRONG POLICE SHOOTINGS? 
I REMEMBER REVEREND DR. WYATT T 
WALKER SAID, REVEREND W FRAKER 
AND RICHARDSON WHO SPOKE TODAY 
FRANKLIN WITH BRITCHES AND I 
SPOKE TODAY AND SAT US DOWN AND 
SAID, AFTER THE MONTGOMERY 
BOYCOTT, AND THEY HAD GONE TO 
ALBANY, GEORGIA, AND THE 
MOVEMENT STALLED BECAUSE IN 
ALBANY THEY TREATED THEM WITH 
THE SAME KINDNESS.  
THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO FIND 
SOMEONE THAT WOULD DEMONSTRATE 
THE ROT DISREGARD FOR RIGHTS.  
AND AS THEY DID, THEY WENT ALL 
OVER THE SOUTH, AND REVEREND 
FRED TOLD THEM TO COME TO 
BIRMINGHAM.  
BECAUSE THERE WAS A POLICE 
CHIEF THERE NAMED BULL CONNOR.  
BULL CONNOR WOULD ACT IN 
SENSITIVE AND IN A BRUTAL WAY.  
IN 1963, IN 1964, THEY FOUGHT 
BULL CONNOR.  
HERE WE ARE IN 2020.  
WE HAVE GONE FROM FULL CONNOR 
TO BOWL TRUMP.  
WE HAVE GONE TO MEAN-SPIRITED 
SHERIFF TO A MEAN-SPIRITED 
PRESIDENT.  
WHOSE LIPS DRINK WITH THE WORDS 
OF INTERPOSITION AND 
NULLIFICATION.  
WE DO NOT WANT TO BE 
DISRESPECTED.  
HOW DO YOU SPEAK WHILE THIS 
YOUNG MAN, JACOB, LIES IN A 
HOSPITAL.  
AND YOU WILL NOT CALL HIS NAME. 
HOW DO YOU SIT WHILE BREONNA 
TAYLOR IS IN A GRAVE AND YOU 
WILL NOT CALL HER NAME.  
HOW DO YOU SIT, WHILE HE IS IN 
THE GRAVE AND YOU WILL NOT CALL 
HIS NAME.  
HOW DO YOU SIT WHILE GEORGE 
FLOYD IS LAYING IN A GRAVE AND 
YOU WILL NOT CALL HIS NAME.  
WELL MR. TRUMP, LOOK RIGHT DOWN 
THE BLOCK FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. 
WE COME TO WASHINGTON BY THE 
THOUSANDS.  
WE WILL CALL THEIR NAME.  
WE WILL CALL THEIR NAME.  
WE WILL NEVER LET AMERICA 
FORGET WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.  
CALL THEIR NAMES.  
THIS IS THE TIME, THIS IS THE 
TIME FOR LEGISLATIVE CHANGE.  
THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO VOTE 
LIKE WE NEVER VOTED BEFORE.  
DON'T JUST VOTE FOR THE TOP OF 
THE TICKET, VOTE ALL THE WAY 
DOWN.  
GO DOWN FROM THE TOP TO THE 
BOTTOM, VOTE ALL THE WAY TO THE 
DOGCATCHER.  
WE WANT TO GET RID OF ANYBODY 
THAT IS IN OUR WAY BECAUSE OUR 
PARENTS DIED TO GIVE US THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE.  
YOU CAN MESS WITH THE MAIL, BUT 
IT AIN'T THE SACRIFICE THAT 
GOOD MEN GAVE.  
OUR VOTE IS DIPPED IN BLOOD, 
OUR VOTE IS DIPPED IN THOSE 
THAT WENT TO THEIR GRAVE.  
WE DO NOT CARE HOW LONG THE 
LINE, WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO,
WE ARE GOING TO VOTE.  
NOT FOR ONE CANDIDATE OR 
ANOTHER BUT WE WILL VOTE FOR A 
NATION THAT WILL STOP THE 
GEORGE FLOYD'S, THAT WILL STOP 
THE BREONNA TAYLOR'S.  
THEY SAY, WHEN GEORGE ZIMMERMAN 
WAS ACQUITTED FOR THE MURDER, 
WHEN HE WAS ACQUITTED FOR THE 
MURDER OF TRAYVON MARTIN, THREE 
YOUNG GENIUS SISTERS WROTE THE 
SLOGAN BLACK LIVES MATTER.  
AND IT RESONATED, WHY DID IT 
RESONATE?  
BECAUSE TOO LONG, YOU ACTED LIKE
WE DIDN'T MATTER.  
THEY SAID WILL EVERYBODY 
MATTERS, BUT EVERYBODY HAS NOT 
A MATTER THE SAME IN AMERICA.  
THE REASON WE HAVE AND STILL 
HAVE TO SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER 
IS BECAUSE WE GET LESS 
HEALTHCARE.  LIKE WE DON'T 
MATTER.  
WE GO TO JAIL LONGER FOR THE 
SAME CRIME, LIKE WE DON'T 
MATTER.  
WE GET POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, 
DOUBLE THE OTHERS, LIKE WE 
DON'T MATTER.  
WE ARE TREATED WITH DISRESPECT 
BY POLICE MEN THAT WE PAID, 
THEIR SALARIES, LIKE WE DON'T 
MATTER.  
SO WE FIGURED WE WOULD LET YOU 
KNOW WHETHER WE ARE TALL OR 
SHORT, FAT OR SKINNY, LIGHT-
SKINNED OR DARK SKINNED, BLACK 
LIVES MATTER, AND WE WON'T STOP 
UNTIL IT MATTERS TO EVERYBODY.  
IF SHE WANTS TO HOLD UP HER 
FIST, LEAVE HER ALONE.  
>>> LET ME SAY, AS WE HEAR FROM 
SOME OF THE VICTIMS, AND AS WE 
GET READY TO MARCH OVER TO THE 
MEMORIAL, 1963, DR. KING TALKED 
ABOUT, HE HAD A DREAM.  
TODAY WE HEARD FROM ISAIAH AND 
HIS SON, MARTIN LUTHER KING THE 
THIRD, HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE ANDREA
AND HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, YOLANDA. 
AND THEY ARE, IN THEIR BLOODLINE
, THE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
OF THE DREAM.  
BUT WE, IN THE SAME SPIRITUAL 
IMAGE, BECAUSE I WANT THIS 
COUNTRY TO KNOW THAT EVEN WITH 
YOUR BRUTALITY, YOU CANNOT ROB 
US OF OUR DREAMS.  
YOUR BIGOTRY CANNOT ROB US OF 
OUR DREAMS.  
BECAUSE WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE 
DREAM BEYOND OUR CIRCUMSTANCE.  
WE ALWAYS HAD THE DREAM OF BEING
WHAT WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO BE. 
WE ARE THE DREAM KEEPERS WHICH 
IS WHY WE COME TODAY, BLACK AND 
WHITE AND ALL RACES AND 
RELIGIONS, AND SEXUAL 
ORIENTATIONS TO SAY THIS STREAM 
IS STILL A LIVE .  YOU MIGHT 
HAVE KILLED THE DREAMER BUT YOU 
CANNOT KILL A DREAM.  
BECAUSE TRUTH CRUSH SHALL RISE 
AGAIN.  
WE WILL RISE, NEVER TO FALL 
AGAIN.  
WE WILL STAND UP EVEN WHEN OUR 
LEGS ARE TIRED.  
WILL MAKE THIS DREAM COME TRUE. 
LET ME SAY THIS, LET ME SAY 
THIS.  
AS WE CLOSE, I WANT EVERYBODY 
TO BE ORDERLY.  
LET ME SAY THIS.  
WE ALL SHOULD LEAVE HERE 
COMMITTED TO KEEPING THIS DREAM 
A LIVE .  I WANT EVERYBODY THAT 
WENT TO THE WEBSITE, THE 
NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK, THAT 
WANTS TO HELP US ON ELECTION 
DAY.  
THE POLL WATCHERS TO PROTECT 
OUR VOTE I WANT YOU TO SIGN UP, 
EARLY VOTING STARTS IN TWO 
WEEKS.  
WE ARE THE NONPARTISAN WAY, WE 
WANT TO PUT PEOPLE ALL OVER 
THIS COUNTRY, THEY WANT TO 
SUPPRESS OUR VOTE, WE HAVE TO 
HAVE FOOT SOLDIERS THAT WILL 
PROTECT THE VOTE, AND THAT WILL 
BE OUT THERE.  
I WANT YOU TO SAY TO YOURSELF 
THAT YOU COULD HAVE BEEN SO 
MUCH MORE.  
YOU HAD IDEAS AND DREAMS, NOT 
ONLY AS A RACE BUT AS A PERSON, 
SOCIETY HAD THEIR KNEE ON YOUR 
NECK.  
WE COULD HAVE DEVELOPED AND 
BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL AS OTHERS 
SOCIETY HAD THEIR KNEE ON OUR 
NECK.  
WE ARE NOT GOING TO LAY AN 
CEMENT NO MORE.  
WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT.  
SOME HAVE DIFFERENT TACTICS BUT 
WE ALL ARE RISING UP.  
YOU WILL GET YOUR KNEE OFF OUR 
NECK, IF WE HAVE TO MARCH EVERY 
DAY, IF WE HAVE TO VOTE EVERY 
DAY, WE WILL GET YOUR KNEE OFF 
OUR NECK.  
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH IS 
ENOUGH.  
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
NO JUSTICE. 
>> NO PEACE 
>> NO JUSTICE. 
>> NO PEACE  
>> NO JUSTICE. 
>> NO PEACE  
>> ALL RIGHT.  
I WANT TO BRING OUT, I WANT YOU 
ALL TO BACK UP, I WANT YOU ALL 
TO BRING, TO MY LEFT, THE 
MOTHER OF BREONNA TAYLOR.  
>> WHERE IS THE OTHER FAMILY?  
>> SAY HER NAME.  SAY HER NAME. 
SAY HER NAME.  
>> SAY HER NAME.  LED US HERE 
FROM TAMIKA, THE MOTHER OF 
BREONNA TAYLOR.  
HI EVERYBODY.  FIRST I JUST 
WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO HAS 
BEEN IN SUPPORT OF GETTING 
JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR.  
SECOND, I JUST, I HAVE TO THINK 
LOUISVILLE, UNTIL FREEDOM, MY 
FAMILY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY 
KENNETH WALKER, FOR COMING OUT 
AND CONTINUING TO SAY HER NAME 
LOUDER.  
WHAT WE NEED IS CHANGE AND WE 
ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN GET 
THAT CHANGED, BUT WE HAVE TO 
STAND TOGETHER, WE HAVE TO VOTE.
THAT IS RIGHT.  
SAY HER NAME.  
>> BREONNA TAYLOR.  
>> SAY HER NAME.  
>> BREONNA TAYLOR.  
>> 
SAY HER NAME.  
SAY HER NAME.  
SAY HER NAME.  
ALL RIGHT.  
WAIT A MINUTE.  
I BROUGHT MR. LINCOLN, ALL THE 
BROKEN PROMISES, WE ALL STOP.  
WHEN A MAN IS KILLED WITH THE 
KNEE ON HIS NECK.  
NARRATED HIS OWN DEATH ON 
VIDEOTAPE AND DID NOT KNOW THEY 
WERE COURTING THEY WERE 
RECORDING.  
HIS DEATH HAS BEEN THE IMPETUS 
OF A GLOBAL MOVEMENT, I BRING 
YOU HIS BROTHER, THE BROTHER OF 
GEORGE FLOYD, PHILONISE FLOYD.  
>> GEORGE FLOYD.  
>> THANK YOU ALL, MY SISTER, 
BRIDGET.  MY ATTORNEY.  MY WIFE.
MY SISTER TANYA .  MY NEPHEW 
BRANDON.  
OKAY 
>> ALL RIGHT.  
I AM SO OVERWHELMED RIGHT NOW, 
WITH EVERYONE HERE RIGHT NOW.  
I WISH GEORGE WERE HERE TO SEE 
THIS RIGHT NOW.  
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE MARCHING 
FOR.  
WE ARE MARCHING FOR GEORGE, FOR 
BREONNA, FOR AHMAUD ARBERY,  
FOUR UP, FOR PAMELA TURNER, FOR 
MICHAEL BROWN, FOR TRAYVON 
MARTIN AND ANYONE ELSE WHO LOST 
THEIR LIVES.  
WHO ARE TO EVIL.  
IT HAS NEVER BEEN MORE CLEAR 
THAN CHANGE RIGHT NOW, IS 
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE 
DEMAND IT.  
EVERYONE HERE HAS MADE A 
COMMITMENT BECAUSE THEY 
WOULDN'T BE HERE FOR NO OTHER 
REASON RIGHT NOW.  
IT IS HOT AND I KNOW IT IS HOT, 
BUT AS OF NOW WE ARE HERE 
BECAUSE WE ARE BEING FRIED 
RIGHT NOW.  
>> I AM TRYING 
>> 
AS OF NOW EVERYONE OUT HERE 
RIGHT NOW, OUR LEADERS, THEY 
NEED TO FOLLOW US WHILE WE ARE 
MARCHING, TO ENACT LAWS TO 
PROTECT US.  
IT IS REALLY HARD MAN.  
I'M SORRY.  
MY BROTHER GEORGE, HE IS 
LOOKING DOWN RIGHT NOW AND HE 
IS THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING 
EVERYONE IS DOING RIGHT NOW.  
YOU ARE SHOWING A LOT OF 
EMPATHY AND PASSION AND I ENJOY 
EVERY LAST BIT OF IT RIGHT NOW. 
IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU ALL I 
DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE 
RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE 
KEEPING ME RUNNING.  
I HAVE TO ALLOCATE FOR EVERYONE 
MAN, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, JACOB 
BLAKE, IT IS HARD JUST TO TALK 
RIGHT NOW.  
SHOT SEVEN TIMES MAN, WITH HIS 
KIDS.  THAT IS PAINFUL.  
>> I AM DONE.  
>> 
>> I AM BRIDGET FLOYD, GEORGE 
FLOYD SISTER.  
I WANT YOU GUYS TO ASK YOURSELF 
RIGHT NOW, HOW WITH THE HISTORY 
BOOKS REMEMBER YOU?  WHAT WOULD 
BE YOUR LEGACY.  
WILL YOUR FUTURE GENERATIONS 
REMEMBER YOU FOR YOUR 
COMPLACENCY, YOU ARE AN ACTION, 
OR WILL THEY REMEMBER YOU FOR 
YOUR EMPATHY, YOUR LEADERSHIP, 
YOUR PASSION.  FOR WE KNOW 
THEIR EVILS AND INJUSTICES IN 
OUR WORLD.  
MARTIN LUTHER KING STOOD HERE 
57 YEARS AGO, AND HE TOLD THE 
WORLD HIS DREAM.  
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU ALL KNOW 
WE ARE HERE RIGHT NOW AND HAVE 
THE POWER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.  
I DON'T THINK YOU ALL HEAR ME.  
BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT TOGETHER. 
WE HAVE TO DO IT TOGETHER.  
FOR OUR GENERATIONS TO COME, 
OUR CHILDREN.  MY BROTHER 
CANNOT BE A VOICE TODAY.  
WE HAVE TO BE THERE VOICE.  
WE HAVE TO BE THE CHANGE, AND WE
HAVE TO BE HIS LEGACY.  
THANK YOU FROM THE FLOYD FAMILY.
GEORGE FLOYD.  
GEORGE FLOYD.  
GEORGE FLOYD.  
GEORGE FLOYD.  
GEORGE FLOYD.  
>> SAY HIS NAME.  
>> 
>>> NOW, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU ALL 
ARE TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, 
STRETCH YOUR ARMS OUT AND 
STRETCH OUT NOW.  
I KNOW WE ARE OUTSIDE AND YOU 
HAVE ON A MASK BUT DON'T GET 
THAT CLOSE.  
SPREAD YOUR ARMS AND SOCIAL 
DISTANCE.  
YOU ARE ALL TOO TIGHT OVER HERE.
A FEW DAYS AGO, A FEW DAYS AGO. 
ALL RIGHT GO AHEAD.  
GO AHEAD.  
COME ON SISTERS.  
GIVE A HAND TO FLOYD'S FAMILY 
AS WE GET READY.  
PLEASE HAVE ONE SPEAKER.  NOW.  
YOU ALL ARE TOO LOUD.  
>> NOW, A FEW DAYS AGO, I GOT A 
CALL AND TALKED TO A FATHER.  
WHOSE SON WAS SHOT IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN.  
SEVEN TIMES IN THE BACK.  
WHILE HE WAS RUNNING INTO HIS 
CAR, POLICEMAN HAD THE EDGE OF 
HIS T-SHIRT, THERE WAS NO 
WEAPON IN HIS HAND, THERE WAS 
NO THREAT TO THE POLICEMAN.  
BY LAW A POLICE MAN SHOULD ONLY 
USE DEADLY FORCE WHEN THERE ARE 
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.  
WHAT COULD'VE BEEN THE 
CIRCUMSTANCE WHEN A MAN IS 
RUNNING AWAY FROM YOU?  
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE 
CIRCUMSTANCE ONE A MAN IS 
TRYING TO GET IN HIS CAR.  
THEY SAY THEY MAY HAVE FOUND A 
KNIFE IN HIS CAR.  
DID THEY EXAMINE THE POLICE TO 
SEE IF THEY HAD X-RAY VISION TO 
SEE THROUGH THE CAR DOOR?  
WHEN HE SHOT HIM HE DID NOT 
KNOW WHAT WAS IN THE CAR.  
WHAT HE KNEW WAS THAT A BLACK 
MAN SEEMS TO BE EXPENDABLE AND 
WE HAVE COME TO SAY WE ARE NO 
LONGER EXPENDABLE, WE ARE GOING 
TO DEMAND JUSTICE.  
HIS MOTHER AND FATHER ARE BOTH 
HERE, HIS MOTHER GOT A LITTLE 
HEAT EXHAUSTION AND IS SITTING 
IN A TENT BUT I BRING YOU THE 
FATHER OF THIS YOUNG MAN.  
WHO WE ARE ALL RALLYING FOR.  
THIS IS JACOB'S DADDY WHO SAID 
TO ME, I AM GOING TO FIGHT FOR 
MY SON, I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR 
JUSTICE.  
LET'S WELCOME TO THE PLATFORM 
JACOB SENIOR.  
>> JACOB BLAKE, SAY HIS NAME.  
SAY HIS NAME.  
SAY HIS NAME.  
HIS SISTER WILL FIRST SPEAK FOR 
THE MOTHER.  
>> AMERICA, I AM HERE TO TELL 
YOU IN FRONT OF THE WORLD THAT 
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT ONE.  
GOD HAS PREPARED ME, AMERICA, 
YOUR REALITY IS NOT REAL.  
CATERING TO YOUR DELUSIONS IS 
NO LONGER AN OPTION.  
WE WILL NOT PRETEND, WE WILL 
NOT BE YOUR DOMICILE SLAVE.  
WE WILL NOT BE A FOOTSTOOL TO 
OPPRESSION.  
MOST OF ALL WE WILL NOT DRESS 
UP THIS GENOCIDE AND CALL IT 
POLICE BRUTALITY.  WE WILL ONLY 
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TRUTH. 
BLACK AMERICA, I HOLD YOU 
ACCOUNTABLE.  
YOU MUST STAND, YOU MUST FIGHT, 
BUT NOT WITH VIOLENCE AND CHAOS.
WITH SELF-LOVE, LEARN TO LOVE 
YOURSELF, BLACK PEOPLE.  
UNIFY.  
GROUP ECONOMICS.  
BLACK WOMEN, YOU ARE YOUR 
BROTHER'S KEEPER.  
I KNOW IT IS HEAVY, BUT FORGIVE 
HIM AND HE'LL.  
HIS MANNER WAS TAKEN FROM HIM 
ALONG TIME AGO.  
BUILD HIM UP.  
BLACK CHILDREN, READ.  
LEARN.  
GROW.  
AND LIVE IN QUESTION EVERYTHING.
BLACK MEN, STAND UP.  
STAND UP, BLACK MEN.  
EDUCATE YOURSELF, AND PROTECT 
THE BLACK FAMILY UNIT.  
PERIOD.  
>>> NO JUSTICE. 
>> NO PEACE  
>> NO JUSTICE. 
>> NO PEACE  
>> JACOB BLAKE.  
JACOB BLAKE.  
THERE ARE TWO SYSTEMS OF 
JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES.  
THERE IS A WHITE SYSTEM AND A 
BLACK SYSTEM.  
THE BLACK SYSTEM ISN'T DOING SO 
WELL.  
BUT WE WILL STAND UP, EVERY 
BLACK PERSON IN THE UNITED 
STATES IS GOING TO STAND UP.  
WE ARE TIRED.  
I AM TIRED OF LOOKING AT CAMERAS
AND SEEING THESE YOUNG BLACK 
AND BROWN PEOPLE SUFFER.  
WE WILL HOLD COURT TODAY.  
WE WILL HOLD COURT ON 
SYSTEMATIC RACISM.  
WE WILL HOLD COURT RIGHT NOW.  
GUILTY.  
GUILTY.  
RACISM AGAINST ALL OF US.  
GUILTY.  
GUILTY.  
RACISM AGAINST TRAYVON MARTIN.  
WE FIND THEM GUILTY.  
RACISM AGAINST GEORGE FLOYD.  
WE FIND THEM GUILTY.  
RACISM AGAINST JACOB BLAKE, 
ABDUL TO WALLOW.  
IF I SAY THE NAME WRONG, 
FORGIVE ME.  
GUILTY.  
WE ARE NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE.  
I ASK EVERYONE TO STAND UP, NO 
JUSTICE, NO PEACE.  
I MET THIS MAN WHEN I WAS SEVEN 
YEARS OLD.  
HOW DID I KNOW I WOULD MEET 
THIS MAN AGAIN IN THE 
CIRCUMSTANCES.  
I TRULY DID NOT WANT TO COME 
AND SEE YOU ALL TODAY FOR THESE 
REASONS.  
MY FATHER WAS IN TOWN FOR THE 
FIRST MARCH ON D.C.  I HAVE A 
DUTY TO SUPPORT AND UNDERSTAND. 
I LOVE EVERYBODY IN THIS CROWD. 
I LOVE YOU.  
IF NO ONE TOLD YOU TODAY, THAT 
JAKE LOVED YOU, BUT WE WILL 
STAND UP AND WE WILL STAND 
TOGETHER AND I NEED YOUR 
STRENGTH.  
BIG DADDY'S LEGS ARE NOT THAT 
GOOD ANYMORE.  
I NEED YOUR STRENGTH.  
NO JUSTICE.  
>> NO PEACE .  
>> I LOVE YOU ALL.  
I WANT TO BRING LAMONT WHO 
REPRESENTS THESE FAMILIES, AND 
ATTORNEY STUART TO COME.  
WHO REPRESENTS OTHERS, THERE 
ARE MANY FAMILIES HERE AND I 
THINK WE SHOULD HEAR FROM A FEW 
MORE BEFORE WE MARCH TO THE 
KING MEMORIAL.  
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON D.C..  
I AM ATTORNEY THE IVORY LaMARR 
AND I REPRESENT THE ACEVEDO 
FAMILY, WHO WAS KILLED IN 
MILWAUKEE BY OFF-DUTY OFFICERS, 
BEFORE GEORGE FLOYD, AND WAS 
STRANGLED FOR 10 MINUTES.  
I ALSO REPRESENT THE FAMILY OF 
JACOB BLAKE.  
WHO WAS INHUMANLY KILLED AND 
SHOT SEVEN TIMES BUT HE LIVES 
TODAY.  
AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO THANK 
REVEREND AL SHARPTON AND THE 
NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK FOR 
HAVING THIS EVENT HERE TODAY 
BECAUSE ACTION IS WHAT WE ARE 
HERE FOR.  
I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WE 
ARE TIRED OF TALKING.  
WE ARE TIRED OF TALKING AND 
TIRED OF PLAYING GAMES.  
2020 IS THE YEAR AMERICA WILL 
BE PUT ON TIMEOUT.  
WE THINK THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS.  
AND ALL THE NBA TEAMS WHO 
SACRIFICED THEIR GAME FOR THE 
SPECIAL CAUSE, WE THINK THE 
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, ALL THE 
ACTORS AND ENTERTAINERS AND 
CELEBRITIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY 
WHO UTILIZED THEIR PLATFORM FOR 
JUSTICE.  
TODAY, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU 
KNOW, THIS IS THE LAST SEASON 
OF THE POLICE A VERSION OF HOW 
TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER.  
WE KNOW YOUR PLAYBOOK.  
WE KNOW YOUR PLAYS.  
STEP ONE.  
YOU ARE IN FEAR.  
FIND THE OBJECT OR ACTION AND 
SAY YOU ARE IN FEAR YOU CAN 
JUSTIFY KILLING A BLACK OR 
BROWN PERSON.  
STEP NUMBER TWO, ASSASSINATE 
THAT BLACK OR BROWN PERSON AND 
THEN STEP THREE YOU ASSASSINATE 
HIS CHARACTER.  
THEN AFTER YOU GET TO STEP FOUR 
YOU DELAY YOUR INVESTIGATION.  
YOU EXAGGERATED, YOU HAVE THE 
VIDEO THAT TAKES 20 SECONDS TO 
WATCH BUT YOU TAKE TWO, THREE, 
FOUR, FIVE, SIX MONTHS TO SAY 
YOU ARE STILL INVESTIGATING.  
AND THEN WHEN YOU CAUSE AN 
UPPER AROUND HER COMMUNITY, 
THEN YOU ATTACK OUR PROTESTERS 
THAT ARE GATHERING PEACEFULLY.  
YOU TAKE ANY EXTREME AND YOU 
USE TEAR GAS AGAINST THEM.  
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, WE ARE 
HERE TODAY BECAUSE THE GAME IS 
OVER, THIS TIME IT WAS NOT IN 
VAIN, WE KNOW YOUR PLAYS AND IT 
IS OVER.  
IT IS TRAINING DAY FOR POLICE 
OFFICERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.  
IT IS TRAINING DAY.  
IF YOU DO NOT TRAIN THEIR 
OFFICERS OF STANDING OPERATING 
PROCEDURES AND GET THEM RACIAL 
BIAS TRAINING, CIVIL RIGHTS 
LAWYERS IN THIS COUNTRY WILL 
HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE AND I WILL 
LET YOU KNOW IT WILL NOT BE 
CHEAP.  
BLACK LIVES MATTER.  
I WANT TO THANK YOU RIGHT NOW 
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR 
STANDING UP FOR JUSTICE AND FOR 
THIS IMPORTANT CAUSE.  THE TIME 
IS NOW TO TAKE CHANGE.  WE WILL 
NOT STOP UNTIL WE GET IT, WE 
WILL SHUT IT DOWN IF WE DO NOT 
GET IT.  
IF WE DO NOT GET IT, IF WE 
DON'T GET IT, THANK YOU.  
NOW I WILL BRING UP THE FAMILY 
OF ACEVEDO, ANOTHER STATE IN THE
CASE OF WISCONSIN WERE AN 
OFFICER STRANGLED AN INNOCENT 
MAN FOR 10 MINUTES.  
>> WE NEED TO BE FREE, WE ARE 
FREE PEOPLE.  
I HAVE COME DOWN HERE TO LET 
EVERYONE KNOW, AND LET THE 
GOVERNMENT KNOW AS WELL WE HAVE 
RIGHTS.  
IF THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE 
JUSTICE THERE WILL NEVER BE NO 
PEACE.  
I LOVE THESE MY BROTHERS AND 
SISTERS STANDING AS ONE IN THE 
NUDITY WITH THE HISPANICS, 
ASIANS.  
EVERY DIFFERENT NATIONALITY IS 
STANDING FOR RIGHTS, JOEL 
ACEVEDO DID NOT DESERVE TO DIE. 
HE WAS MY SON, INVITED TO A 
POLICE PARTY WHERE THERE WERE 
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.  
THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE HAS BEEN 
HIDING THIS CASE.  
THEY CHOKED HIM FOR OVER 10 
MINUTES, AND THE OFFICERS HOUSE.
ALONG WITH HIS TWO ACCOMPLICES, 
THAT THEY WANT TO USE AS 
WITNESSES.  
MR. PETERSON, I WILL TELL YOU 
RIGHT NOW, AMERICA, WAKE UP.  
YOU WILL GET A RUDE AWAKENING.  
WE COME AGAINST YOU SATAN, IN 
THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.  
WE STAND FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.  
THANK YOU, I LOVE YOU ALL.  
>>> AS WE BRING ON ATTORNEY 
STUART, AND THE FAMILY OF AHMET 
ARBERY.  
WE ARE TRYING TO GET EVERYONE 
HERE.  
AS WE GET THE NEXT STEP OF 
FAMILY MEMBERS TO COME FORWARD 
AND PREPARE TO MARCH TO THE 
KING MEMORIAL.  
MANY ATHLETES AND ARTISTS HAVE 
STOOD FOR JUSTICE.  
ONE OF THEM SAID I AM COMING TO 
SING FOR THE FAMILY, MAY WE 
HEAR FROM INTERNATIONALLY 
ACCLAIMED ARTIST, BB WYNANS.  
NO JUSTICE.
.  
>> 
THIS SONG I WROTE AFTER THE 
DEATH OF FREDDIE GRAY.  
MY SON AT THE TIME WAS 15 YEARS 
OLD.  
ALL I REMEMBER WAS.  
SEEN MY SON'S EYES AND 
FREDDIE'S EYES.  
I WENT TO THE PIANO AND WROTE A 
SONG, NOT JUST FOR MY SON BUT 
FOR EVERY SON.  
AND EVERY DAUGHTER THAT IS 
REPRESENTED.  
BLACK LIVES MATTER.  
I SAID BLACK LIVES MATTER.  
BLACK LIVES.  
BLACK LIVES MATTER.  
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER.  
>>> TOMORROW I HOPE TO SEE HIS 
EYES LOOKING BACK AT ME.  
WITH THAT SMILE.  
HIS POSSIBILITIES, AND OUR 
PLEDGE, DON'T TAKE AWAY FROM ME,
WITH YOUR HANDS, AT NIGHT I 
CLOSE MY EYES.  
AND I PRAY, LORD COVER HIM WITH 
LOVE.  
AND YOUR GRACE, HOW CAN YOU KNOW
, HIS HEART MY FRIEND.  
WHEN WE ARE READY JUDGE HIM BY 
HIS SKIN.  
HE HAS THE RIGHT TO LIVE, THAT 
WE ARE AFTER.  
WANT TO TRADE MY TEARS, MY TEARS
TO LAUGHTER.  
BECAUSE IN ONE MOMENT, ONE 
MOMENT DREAMS ARE SHATTERED.  
OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS MATTER.  
YES, BLACK LIVES MATTER.  
SO, LET MY WORDS RESOUND CLEAR. 
WITH HANDS LIFTED HIGH, AND 
REVERED.  
URGENTLY, RICARD, DISPEL FEAR, 
IN HOPES OF SAVING LIVES THAT 
WE HOLD DEAR.  
YES WE DO.  
C, IT IS THE RIGHT TO LIVE THAT 
WE ARE AFTER.  
WE MUST TRADE OUR TEARS, OUR 
TEARS FOR LAUGHTER.  
BECAUSE IN ONE MOMENT, AND ONE 
MOMENT DREAMS OUR SHATTERED, 
OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, THEY 
MATTER.
YOUR CHILDREN, HER CHILDREN, 
HIS CHILDREN, OUR 
CHILDREN. 
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE 
CHILDREN, ALL THE CHILDREN OF 
THE WORLD. 
IT'S A RIGHT TO LIVE, IT'S A 
RIGHT TO LIVE.
YES THEY DO, YES THEY DO. 
BLACK LIVES, BLACK LIVES 
MATTER. 
I'LL SAY IT ONE MORE TIME, OH, 
YOUR CHILDREN, MY 
CHILDREN, RICH CHILDREN, POOR 
CHILDREN. 
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE 
CHILDREN. 
ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD. 
HIS CHILDREN, HER CHILDREN. 
YOUR CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN. 
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE 
CHILDREN, ALL THE CHILDREN OF 
THE WORLD. 
IT'S THE RIGHT. 
WE HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE. 
OH THIS IS A TIME TO TRADE OUR 
TEARS, TRADE OUR 
TEARS FOR LAUGHTER. 
CAUSE IN ONE MOMENT, ONE 
MOMENT, ONE MOMENT DREAMS 
ARE SHATTERED. 
OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, THEY 
MATTER. 
YES THEY DO. 
BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
SO TOMORROW I HOPE TO SEE MY 
SON'S EYES, MY SON'S 
EYES LOOKING BACK AT ME.
A TRENDING STORY.
I BRING YOU WORDS AND THANKS 
FOR THE SUPPORT THAT 
Y'ALL HAVE GIVEN US IN OUR 
CASES. 
ON BEHALF OF THE DAUGHTER OF 
GEORGE FLOYD, RASHARD 
BROOKS ANDTAMAKA BROOKS IN THE 
CROWD. 
THE SUPPORT IS BECAUSE OF THE 
COMMUNITY, BECAUSE OF 
BEN CRUMP, ALL THE PEOPLE 
STANDING UP AND FIGHTING. 
57 YEARS AGO, WE WERE STANDING 
RIGHT HERE TRYING TO 
FIGHT POVERTY AND OPPRESSION. 
THAT ILLNESS HAS NOT CHANGED. 
THERE HAS NO VACCINE FOR 
RACISM. 
THERE'S BEEN NO QUARANTINE FOR 
POLICE BRUTALITY. 
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR 
TODAY. 
WE'RE ALL SECURE. 
TESE ALL FAMILIES UP HERE, 
THEIR CHILDREN ARE NOT 
VICTIMS, THEY'RE THE VACCINE. 
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
CONTINUE TO FIGHT. 
WITHOUT YOU, WE'RE NOTHING. 
LET US HEAR. ATTORNEY MERIT IS 
BRINGING THE MOTHER, THE SISTER 
OF 
BOTHHAM JOHN KILLED BY A 
POLICEWOMAN THAT SAYS SHE 
THOUGHT IT WAS HER HOUSE. 
LET US HEAR FROM HIS SISTER. 
HELLO EVERYONE. 
I FIRST WANT TO THANK THE 
NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK. 
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE 
NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK 
FOR ORGANIZING AND CONVENING 
THIS MARCH. 
BOTHHAM IS MY BROTHER. 
SEPTEMBER 6 MARKS TWO YEARS 
SINCE I LAST HEARD HIS 
VOICE, HEARD HIS LAUGH, TWO 
YEARS SINCE MY FAMILY 
HAS FELT WHOLE. 
BECAUSE SEPTEMBER 6 WILL BE TWO 
YEARS SINCE AMBER 
GUYGER SHOT MY BROTHER THROUGH 
HIS HEART. 
HE DIED SITTING AT HIM HOME 
EATING ICE CREAM 
WATCHING FOOTBALL. 
HE WAS MINDING HIS OWN 
BUSINESS. 
SINCE THEN, I HAVE BEEN ON A 
MISSION TO SEEK REFORM, 
TO SEVERELY BROKEN JUSTICE 
SYSTEM, BECAUSE BOTHHAM 
WOULD STILL BE ALIVE TODAY. 
INSTEAD, WE ARE NINE DAYS FROM 
THE SECOND 
ANNIVERSARY OF HIS MURDER. 
TWO YEARS OF SAYING HIS NAME 
AND ANTWON ROSE'S NAME, 
TEN YEARS OF SEEKING JUSTICE 
FOR DJ HENRY, FOUR 
YEARS OF SAYING TERRENCE 
CRUTCHER'S NAME, DAVIS, 
SMALL, SANDRA BLAND, JEFFERSON, 
SO MANY OTHERS. 
I AM TIRED OF LEARNING NEW 
NAMES, ADDING NEW 
HASHTAGS TO AN ALREADY LONG 
LIST OF VICTIMS OF 
POLICE TERROR. 
WE CANNOT ALLOW OUR BROTHERS 
AND SISTERS TO ONLY BE 
REMEMBERED FOR HOW THEY DIED. 
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR 
CHANGE SO THEIR 
LIVES WERE NOT TAKEN IN VEIN. 
WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. 
WE ARE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS 
KEEPER. 
THANK YOU.
>>> THE MOTHER OF AUBREY, YOUNG 
MAN JOGGING SHOT 
DOWN IN BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. 
GIVE WANDA A BIG HAND.
I'M CARRYING A BROKEN HEART BUT 
ALSO A GRATEFUL 
HEART THAT GOD CHOSE MY SON 
AHMAUD AUBREY TO BE A 
PART OF THIS MOST HUGE 
MOVEMENT. 
I BELIEVE IF WE CONTINUE TO 
STAND AND FIGHT TOGETHER 
THAT WE WILL GET CHANGE. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT. 
>> SADLY WE HAVE THESE TYPE OF 
TRAGIC EVENTS FAR TOO 
OFTEN. 
I WANT EACH OF YOU TO PLEASE 
DON'T FORGET THEIR 
NAMES. 
PLEASE LET THEIR NAMES LIVE 
FOREVER. 
I WANT TO SHARE THREE WORDS 
WITH YOU THAT I KNOW 
AHMAUD WOULD WANT ME TO SHARE 
WITH YOU AS WELL. 
THAT IS I LOVE YOU. 
I LOVE YOU ALL FOR STANDING 
WITH US. 
>> WE LOVE YOU. 
>> I ALSO WANT YOU GUYS TO HELP 
ME CHANT HIS NAME 
AND MAYBE HE'LL HEAR IT IN THE 
HEAVENS. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
THANK YOU. 
I LOVE YOU.
[CROWD CHANTING] 
LET US HEAR FROM THE ATTORNEY 
LEE MERIT. 
>> BLACK POWER. 
I SAID BLACK POWER. 
BLACK POWER. 
LOOK, WE CANNOT BE AFRAID TO 
SAY BLACK POWER. 
YOU CANNOT SAY BLACK LIVES 
MATTER IF YOU DON'T 
BELIEVE IN BLACK POWER. 
BLACK POWER. 
THE ONLY WAY WE STOP THIS FROM 
HAPPENING IS WHEN WE 
BEGIN TOP EXERCISE OUR OWN 
POWER. 
I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT FROM 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION ALL WEEK. 
THEY KEEP TELLING ME THIS MAN 
FREED THE SLAVES. 
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, 
LINCOLN DIDN'T FREE NO 
SLAVES. 
WE FREED THE SLAVES. 
WE FREE OURSELVES WHEN WE FIGHT 
FOR OURSELVES AND WE 
FGHT FOR OURSELVES THROUGH 
BLACK POWER. 
SAY IT WITH ME. 
BLACK POWER. 
BLACK POWER. 
SAY THE NAMES. 
JEFFERSON, JAIMEL ROBERSON, 
AHMAUD ARBERY. 
BOTHHAM JEAN. 
OSCAR GRANT. 
SEVIL SMITH, DEONDRE YARBURG, 
TERRENCE CRUTCHER. 
SO MANY NAMES WE CAN'T SAY THEM 
ALL. 
WHEN WE SAY BLACK POWER, SAY IT 
ONE MORE TIME SO 
THEY HEAR YOU IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
BLACK POWER. 
>> LET US HEAR FROM THE FATHER 
OF AHMAUD ARBERY.
ONE THING I WANT TO THANK GOD 
FOR ALLSUPPORT FROM 
MY SON AND HIS MOTHER. 
I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN A 
HARD ROAD BECAUSE MY 
BOY BEEN LYNCHED BY THREE WHITE 
MEN. 
IT'S BEEN A HARD ROAD FOR ME 
AND MY FAMILY. 
SOMETIMES I FIND MYSELF SAYING 
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, 
BU IT'S REAL. 
I SIT BACK. 
I'M USE TO MY BOY CALLING ME 
EVERYDAY TELLING ME HE 
LOVES ME. 
SOMETIMES I'M LIKE WOW, HE 
FORGOT TO CALL ME. 
IT JUST AIN'T REAL. 
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. 
SO I SIT BACK AND SAY MY BOY 
GONE. 
HE NOT COMING BACK. 
SO ME AND HIS FAMILY GOT TO BE 
HIS VOICE NOW. 
WE GOT TO KEEP ON FIGHTING. 
I'M GOING TO FIGHT BECAUSE I'M 
A FIGHTER. 
I'M NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL GOD 
CALL ME HOME. 
MORE POWER TO THE PEOPLE. 
THANK Y'ALL.
CAN WE ALSO SAY THE NAME 
TRAYVON MARTIN? 
TRAYVON MARTIN. 
TRAYVON MARTIN. 
PLEASE WELCOME TRAYVON MARTIN'S 
MOTHER. 
OUR HERO, SABRINA FULTON. SHE 
COMES, TRAYVON MARTIN. 
TRAYVON MARTIN. TRAYVON MARTIN. 
TRAYVON MARTIN. 
SABRINA FULTON. 
>> THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU. I 
JUST WANT TO SAY EVEN THOUGH 
WE'RE GOING THROUGH A 
CRISIS, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS 
DARK, I WANT TO TELL 
YOU TO BE ENCOURAGED. 
I WANT TO TELL YOU IN SPITE OF 
WHAT WE GO THROUGH, 
BE STRONG. 
STAND TALL. 
BE ENCOURAGED. 
DON'T STOP SAYING BLACK LIVES 
MATTER. 
DON'T STOP PEACEFUL PROTESTING. 
DON'T STOP PRAYING. 
DON'T STOP UNITING. 
STAND TOGETHER. 
THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. 
WE WAS BUILT FOR THIS I WANT TO 
LEAVE WITH YOU MY 
FAVORITE BIBLE VERSE 
PROVERBINGS 3-6. TRUST IN GOD 
WITH ALL YOUR HEART. 
IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE 
HIM AND HE SHALL DIRECT 
YOUR PATH. 
REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING 
THROUGH, TRUST IN 
GOD. 
HE'S THE ONLY THING THAT 
MATTERS. 
STAND UP PEOPLE. 
STAND UP. 
WE WAS BUILT FOR. 
KEEP FIGHTING. 
>> AMEN. 
TRAYVON MARTIN. 
TRAYVON MARTIN. 
TRAYVON MARTIN. 
LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE 
TO SABRINA FULTON. 
ALL OF THESE FAMILIES FOR THEIR 
STRENGTH AND THEIR 
COURAGE. 
ANOTHER BROTHER WHO THE NYPD 
KILLED ERIC GARNER, I 
CAN'T BREATHE. 
I CAN'T BREATHE. 
I CAN'T BREATHE. 
WE HAVE NOW ERIC GARNER JR. IF 
YOU ALL WOULD LET HER 
MAKE HER WAY. 
ERIC GARNER'S MOTHER GWEN. 
GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
I CAN'T BREATHE. 
I CAN'T BREATHE. 
IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS SINCE MY 
FATHER WORDS BECAME OUR 
WORDS. 
WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE. 
I'M CHALLENGING THE YOUNG 
PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND VOTE. 
IT'S POSSIBLE FOR A CHANGE WE 
JUST HAVE TO PUT IN 
THE WORK. 
GO OUT AND FIND OUT WHAT WE 
HAVE TO DO AND WHAT 
PEOPLE WE HAVE TO VOTE IN TO 
MAKE A CHANGE. 
WE'RE HERE TO MARCH PEACEFULLY. 
I DON'T WANT TO SEE NO LOOTING. 
I DON'T WANT TO SEE NO NOTHING. 
MARCH PEACEFULLY. 
I'M ERIC GARNER JR. THAT'S MY 
MESSAGE.
WE HAVE THE MOTHER OF OSCAR 
GRANT LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN. 
JUST A WORD QUICKLY PLEASE. 
RHONDA JOHNSON LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN. 
RHONDA JOHNSON. 
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. 
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS 
RACE IS NOT GIVEN TO 
THE SWIFT NOR TO THE STRONG BUT 
TO THE ONE WHO 
ENDORSED. 
WE ARE A FIGHTING PEOPLE. 
MICAH 6 AND 8 SAYS WHAT DOES 
THE LORD REQUIRE OF 
YOU? 
TO WALK HUMBLELY AND JUSTLY. 
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT JUSTICE, WE 
SEE AS A PEOPLE WE 
HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE JUSTICE 
WE DESERVE. 
IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE EACH AND 
EVERY ONE OF US TO 
CONTINUE TO BAN TOGETHER TO 
CONTINUE TO MARCH, TO 
CONTINUE TO PROTEST, TO 
CONTINUE TO CALL THE UNJUST 
UNJUST. 
YOU AS A PEOPLE, WE AS A PEOPLE 
CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
WE CAN CHANGE SOME OF THE LAWS 
THAT ARE BEFORE US. 
IF WE BAN TOGETHER, I HAVE MY 
BROTHER, UNCLE BOBBY, 
WE ARE HEAR TO FIGHT TILL THE 
END BECAUSE WE KNOW, 
WE KNOW FROM OSCAR'S CASE, ONLY 
11 MONTHS IN THE 
COUNTY JAIL, WHERE IS THE 
JUSTICE? 
WHERE IS THE JUSTICE? 
WE LOOK AT LIBERTY AND LIBERTY 
IS IMBALANCED. 
UNTIL WE AS A PEOPLE BEGIN TO 
FIGHT LIKE WE'RE 
FIGHTING ON TODAY, LIKE MARTIN 
LUTHER KING HAD THAT 
DREAM AND SO WE MUST HAVE THE 
DREAM THAT WE'RE GOING 
TO SEE EQUALITY OF ALL PEOPLE. 
I AM OSCAR GRANT. 
>> SAY HIS NAME. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
LOUDER. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
ALL RIGHT. 
WE LOVE Y'ALL.
WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE OUT OF 
RESPECT. 
WE'VE GOT TO LINE UP TO MARCH. 
THE MOTHER OF HAMILTON. 
GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
>> THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER.
WE WILL SHOW UP NOVEMBER 3rd TO 
TAKE OUR COUNTRY 
BACK. 
WE WILL SHOW UP NOVEMBER THE 
3rd TO TAKE OUR 
FAMILY BACK. 
I'M HAMILTON'S MOTHER. 
HE WAS SHOT 14 TIMES FOR 
SLEEPING IN A PARK. 
I WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR 
YOU. 
LET'S FIGHT TOGETHER.
VOTE.
SISTERS AND BROTHERS, LET ME 
SAY. 
THE PROBLEM IS, THE POLICE HAVE 
KILLED SO MANY OF US 
THERE'S NOT EVEN ENOUGH TIME 
FOR US TO HEAR FROM 
EVERY FAMILY. 
I'M GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE 
FAMILIES THAT ARE 
AROUND ME JUST ACKNOWLEDGE 
WHO'S HERE. 
THE FAMILY OF STEPHAN CLARK IS 
HERE. 
HOLD YOUR FIST UP BROTHER. 
THE FAMILY OF MICHAEL BROWN IS 
HERE. 
THERE'S LESLIE. 
THE FAMILY OF SEVILLE SMITH IS 
HERE. 
THE FAMILY OF TERRENCE 
CRUTCHER. 
HIS TWIN SISTER IS HERE. 
DAVID JONES IS HERE. 
AM I LEAVING ANYBODY OUT.
THE FAMILY OF PHILLIP PENEL, 
MONTEZ HAMBRIN. 
THE MOTHER OF MONTEZ. 
EMMANUEL LEE. 
YOU SEE ALL THE NAMES THAT ARE 
BEING CALLED. 
WE WANT TO PRAY FOR ALL OF 
THESE FAMILIES. 
PAMELA TURNER, RICE, ARRINGTON. 
PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS 
OF THE MARSHALS. 
BEGIN TO LINE UP TO MY RIGHT.
. 
>> I'M NOT DOING ALL THAT. 
NO, WE CAN'T. 
NO TIME. 
WE GOT TO MARCH. 
MOVE. 
YOU'RE ON TV. 
I KNOW. 
YOU'RE ON CAMERA. 
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. 
SO LET'S LET EVERYBODY  --  
LET'S LET EVERYBODY LINE 
UP. 
YOU CAN SEE THE CROWDS SHIFTING 
TO THE RIGHT. 
LET'S MAKE WAY FOR THESE 
FAMILIES TO LEAD THE MARCH. 
YOU GET OVER THERE. 
MAYBE YOU CAN JUMP ON THE MIC 
OVER THERE. 
AL RIGHT? 
I'M SORRY. 
IT'S ONE PERSON AFTER ANOTHER 
COMING BROTHER.
HI EVERYONE. 
I'M LANA ZACK. 
YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THE 
SPEAKERS IN WASHINGTON FOR 
RACIAL JUSTICE AND POLICE 
REFORM. 
IT COMES 57 YEARS AFTER MARTIN 
LUTHER KING LED HIS 
MARCH THERE AND GAVE THE FAMOUS 
I HAVE A DREAM 
SPEECH. 
TODAY THE FAMILIES OF BLACK 
AMERICANS SHOT OR KILLED 
BY POLICE ARE SPEAKING ON THE 
SAME SITE AT THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL. 
THIS YEAR'S MARCH IS DUBBED BY 
ORGANIZERS GET YOUR 
KNEES OFF OUR NECKS. 
IT FOLLOWS MASS PROTEST AFTER 
SYSTEMIC RACISM AND 
POLICE BRUTALITY SPARKED BY 
KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD 
AND MORE RECENTLY THE SHOOTING 
OF JACOB BLAKE. 
THIS IS THE FOUNDER AT THE LBJ 
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC 
AFFAIRS AT TEXAS, AUSTIN WHERE 
HE'S A HISTORY 
PROFESSOR. 
THAT'S WHERE I'D LIKE TO START 
NOW. 
CAN YOU GIVE US A HISTORIC 
CONTEXT. 
WE HEARD OBVIOUSLY MARTIN 
LUTHER KING QUOTED SEVERAL 
TIME, JOHN LEWIS QUOTED SEVERAL 
TIMES. 
WHAT DID YOU HEAR OR SEE TODAY 
THAT REMINDED YOU OF 
THE ORIGINAL MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON?
I THOUGHT THERE WAS STRESS ON 
LOVE OF COUNTRY. 
DOC RIVERS SAID HE WAS 
EXHAUSTED FROM LOVING A 
COUNTRY THAT DOESN'T LOVE US 
BACK. 
CENTERINGS RACIAL JUSTICE AND 
BLACK LIVES IS 
CENTERING AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 
AND BUILDING THE LOVE 
AND COMMUNITY MARTIN LUTHER 
KING, JR. TALKED ABOUT 
THAT WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28th, 
1963. 
THIS MARCH IS A PATRIOTIC 
MARCH, A HOPEFUL MARCH. 
IT'S A MARCH THAT'S TALKING 
ABOUT BLACK HUMANITY AND 
CENTERING BLACK HUMANITY. 
IN DOING SO, WE CENTER ALL OUR 
HUMANITIES.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO END 
SYSTEMIC RACISM, 
DEFEAT WHITE SUPREMACY. 
VIOLENCE HAS BEEN A PART OF 
THIS COUNTRY. 
WE THINK ABOUT RACIAL SLAVERY 
AND CIVIL WAR, TULSA, 
OKLAHOMA AND EVEN THE CIVIL 
RIGHTS MOVEMENT WITH 
JOHN LEWIS. 
JOHN LEWIS WAS THE VICTIM OF 
VIOLENCE IN 1961 AS A 
FREEDOM RIDER AND 1965 IN 
SELMA, ALABAMA. 
WE WANT PEACE AND JUSTICE. 
THERE'S A LETTER FROM 
BIRMINGHAM JAIL. 
HE REALLY CRITICIZED THOSE THAT 
WANTED AN UNJUST 
PEACE OVER DISRUPTIVE CALLS FOR 
JUSTICE. 
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THE ONLY 
REASON PEOPLE ORGANIZE 
AND DEMONSTRATE IS NOT BECAUSE 
THEY WANT TO BUT 
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO. 
THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD AND 
PERFECT THE UNION AND 
BUILD THE BELOVED COMMUNITY. 
DR. KING SAID WAS THAT IT WAS A 
COMMUNITY FREE OF 
RACIAL INJUSTICE, FREE OF 
ECONOMIC EQUALITY AND 
VIOLENCE. 
THAT'S THE COMMUNITY THAT WE 
WANT FOR ALL OF OUR 
CHILDREN, FOR ALL OF US IN THIS 
COUNTRY. 
>> WELL YOU'VE WRITTEN KEY TAKE 
AWAYS FROM 
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. I 
HAVE A DREAM SPEECH 
HAVE BEEN OVERSHADOWED. 
WOULD YOU MIND TALKING ABOUT 
THE VISION KING LAID 
OUT FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 
AUGUST 28, 1963 AND HOW 
SOME OF THOSE POLITICAL SCENES 
ARE SHOWING UP RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> KING LAYS OUT AN 
EXTRAORDINARY VISION AND FUTURE 
LOOKING VISION FOR AMERICAN 
DEMOCRACY. 
HE SAYS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 
ALL STRUGGLE TOGETHER 
AND SACRIFICE TOGETHER. 
HE SAYS THAT WE COME HERE TO 
CASH A CHECK. 
A CHECK STAMPED INSUFFICIENT 
FUNDS. 
WE REFUSE TO BELIEVE THE GREAT 
VAULTS OF OPPORTUNITY 
IN AMERICA ARE BANKRUPT. 
HE ALSO SAID NOW IS THE TIME TO 
MAKE REAL THE 
PROMISE OF DEMOCRACY. 
HE TALKS ABOUT RACIAL SLAVERY 
IN THAT SPEECH. 
HE TALKS ABOUT IT IN A WAY WE 
HAVE TO LOOK TOWARDS 
THE PAST TO MOVE FORWARD. 
HE SAYS HE DREAMS OF A DAY 
WHERE THE SONS AND 
DAUGHTERS OF DESCENDENTS OF 
ENSLAVED 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND SONS OF 
DAUGHTERS OF THOSE 
THAT OWNED AFRICAN-AMERICANS 
CAN SIT DOWN AT THE 
TABLE OF HUMANITY. 
IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY SPEECH. 
IT'S A SPEECH WE HAVE TO FACE 
THE PAST TO MOVE 
FORWARD TOGETHER IN THAT 
SPEECH. 
HE TALKS ABOUT THE RACISM IN 
ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, 
GEORGIA. 
ALSO IN THE NORTH. 
HE SAYS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 
STRUGGLE TOGETHER BUT 
GOING TO JAIL TOGETHER, BLACK 
AND WHITE. 
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO 
REMEMBER BEFORE THIS 
PRESENT MOMENT OF 2020, WE HAD 
250,000 AMERICANS, 
90,000 WHITE AMERICANS JOINED 
WITH BLACK AMERICANS 
TO GO TO THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON AND STAND AT THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL TO SAY THEY 
WANTED TO BUILD ANOTHER 
COUNTRY TODAY. 
IT WAS A NEW BEGINNING FOR ALL 
OF US. 
WE SEE 20 MILLION AMERICANS OUT 
ON THE STREET IN 
2020, THE STORY THERE IN THE 
MEDIA CONTEXT IS 57 
YEARS AGO, WE CAME TO MARCH OUT 
ON WASHINGTON 
PEACEFULLY TO SAY THE COUNTRY 
HAD TO CHANGE SO THAT 
IT COULD MOVE FORWARD. 
THAT STRUGGLE CONTINUES IN OUR 
OWN TIME. 
I'M REMEMBERING IF I'M 
REMEMBERING HISTORY 
CORRECTLY, CONGRESSMAN JOHN 
LEWIS SPOKE AT THE MARCH 
ON WASHINGTON WAS TOLD TO TONE 
DOWN HIS SPEECH AND 
ORIGINAL REMARKS SO IT WAS 
POLITICALLY ACCEPTABLE TO 
PEOPLE WHO MAYBE WERE ON THE 
FENCE OR WERE SKEPTICAL 
OF THE MOVEMENT. 
I'M WONDERING HOW YOU FEEL WITH 
SPEECHES NOW 
COMPARED TO IT. 
DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE TONING 
DOWN RHETORIC IN 
ORDER TO WIN OVER SUPPORTERS 
THAT MIGHT BE SKEPTICAL 
OR THOSE DAYS ARE DONE? 
YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMBINATION. 
I THINK JOHN LEWIS WITH THE 
SPEECH HE ENDED UP 
GIVING WAS A VERY, VERY 
COMBATIVE SPEECH. 
HE SAYS THAT THE SOUTH IS GOING 
TO BE SHATTERED INTO 
A THOUSAND PIECES AND REMADE IN 
THE IMAGE OF GOD AND 
DEMOCRACY. 
THESE SPEECHES THAT WE'VE HEARD 
TODAY ARE VERY, 
WE HAVE PUBLIC POLLING THAT 
SAYS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND 
NOW. 
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BRING 
PEOPLE ALONG IS BY 
SPEAKING YOUR TRUTH AND A LOT 
OF TIMES PEOPLE'S 
TRUTH CAN BE OFFENSIVE. 
WE HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING 
FORWARD. 
THOSE OF US WHO ARE NOT AN ABLE 
BODY, THOSE OF US 
THAT ARE NOT BLACK OR LATIN X, 
TRANS WOMAN, GAY,  
QUERE, THE ONLY WAY IS 
LISTENING TO THEIR TRUTHS. 
DR. KING ENDS THAT I HAVE A 
DREAM SPEECH SAYING IT'S 
WHEN WE COME TOGETHER AND BUILD 
THAT BELOVED 
COMMUNITY, THE LYRICS OF MY 
COUNTRY TIS OF THEE, 
SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY TAKES ON 
NEW MEANING. 
KING MAKES THE ARGUMENT THE 
ONLY WAY WE CAN COME 
TOGETHER AND UNDERSTAND THE 
FOUNDING DOCUMENTS BUT 
ALSO THESE TRIBUTES TO AMERICAN 
DEMOCRACY AND 
AMERICA BEING LIBERTY'S 
GUARDIAN BY ACTUALLY LIVING 
UP TO OUR CREED. 
SO THE IDEA OF JUSTICE SHOULD 
NOT BE SOMETHING 
PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL OR PANIC. 
IT SAYS WE ARE THIS WORLD'S 
LAST BEST HOPE. 
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
WE PROTECT THE WEAK. 
WE ARE FOR AND ON THE SIDE OF 
THE UNDERDOG AND WE'RE 
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE. 
THAT SHOULDN'T MAKE ANYONE  
FEARFUL. 
IT SHOULD MAKE US PROUD TO BE 
AMERICANS. 
TODAY AND FROM 1963, WE'RE 
CALLED TO OUR HIGHEST 
LEVEL OF CITIZEN. 
WE'RE ALL CITIZENS. 
IF WE LEAD WITH DEEP 
VULNERABILITY AND EMPATHY FOR 
OTHERS, THAT'S THE HIGHEST 
CALLING OF ALL AMERICANS. 
>> PROFESSOR JOSEPH, I WANT TO 
PLAY SOUND FROM 
CONGRESSWOMAN PRESLEY. 
LISTEN TO. 
WE ARE IN AN UNPRECEDENTED 
UNCERTAIN TIMES. 
WE ARE CHALLENGED BY THE STATE 
OF THE NATION AND THE 
CRISIS WE FACE, BUT THE STATE 
OF OUR MOVEMENTS, IT 
IS STRONG. 
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE. 
YES, IT IS POSSIBLE TO 
LEGISLATE JUSTICE AND 
ACCOUNTABILITY. 
PEOPLE OVER PROFITS, JOY OVER 
TRAUMA, FREEDOM OVER 
FEAR. 
YES, IT IS POSSIBLE TO WRITE 
BUDGETS THAT ACTUALLY 
VALUE BLACK LIVES. 
IF IT FEELS UNFAMILIAR, THAT'S 
BECAUSE IT HAS NEVER 
BEEN DONE IN AMERICA. 
WE WILL MEET THE MOMENT. 
WE WILL WORK TOWARDS HEALING, 
JUSTICE, COLLECTIVE 
LIBERATION LIKE OUR LIVES 
DEPEND ON IT BECAUSE THEY 
DO. 
>> WE HEARD HER SAY WE WILL 
MEET THE MOMENT. 
I'M WONDERING IF VERY BRIEFLY 
BECAUSE WE HAVE 
ANOTHER COUPLE SECONDS LEFT, 
YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT 
HOW YOU FEEL IN THIS MOMENT 
BEING A BLACK MAN, BEING 
A PROFESSOR, A SCHOLAR OF 
HISTORY AND LOOKING OUT AT 
THIS MARCH ON WASHINGTON.
>> I FEEL HOPE. 
THIS IS A BRILLIANT SPEECH. 
BLACK WOMEN HAVE DONE SO MUCH 
TO BRING US TO THIS 
PERIOD. 
BLACK FEMINIST, BLACK QUERE 
WOMEN. 
WITHOUT BLACK WOMEN ORGANIZING 
FIERCELY AND LOVING 
THIS COUNTRY AND ALL OF US SO 
GREATLY AND 
COURAGEOUSLY, WE WOULDN'T BE AT 
A POINT TO TALK 
ABOUT RACE, CLASS, GENDER, 
SEXUALITY AND SAY WHEN WE 
CENTER THE LEAST OF THEE IN 
THIS COUNTRY, WE ASPIRE 
TO OUR BEST SELF. 
I THINK SHE'S A TRIBUTE TO THIS 
COUNTRY. 
THIS MARCH IS A TRIBUTE TO 
PEOPLE WHO REALLY LOVE 
AMERICA AS AN IDEAL AND 
ASPIRATION RATHER THAN 
SOMETHING THAT'S MYTHOLOGICAL 
AND SOMETHING THAT 
DOESN'T MATTER. 
THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT OUR CREED 
INTO PRACTICE. 
THIS IS WHAT DR. KING SAID AT 
THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON TOO. 
HE SAID NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE 
REAL THE PROMISE OF 
DEMOCRACY. 
THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY WE ALL 
HAVE. 
>> DR. JOSEPH, THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK 
BREAK. 
STICK WITH US. 
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>>> AS NOVEMBER RAPIDLY 
APPROACHES, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS BEGUN TO DELEGITIMIZE THE 
OUTCOME OF THE 2020 
ELECTION CASTING DOUBT IN 
RECENT WEEKS, THE 
PRESIDENT BOLSTERED EFFORTS TO 
CONDEMN THE USE OF 
MAIL IN VOTING. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMS THE 
POSTAL SERVICE IS RIDDLED 
WITH SECURITY FLAWS. 
LAST WEEKEND TRUMP TOOK TO TWIT 
TORE VOICE CONCERNS 
SAYING, QUOTE, SO NOW THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE USING MAIL 
DROP BOXES WHICH ARE A VOTER 
SECURITY DISASTER AMONG 
OTHER THINGS. 
THEY MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR A 
PERSON TO VOTE MULTIPLE 
TIMES. 
ALSO, WHO CONTROLS THEM? 
ARE THEY PLACED IN REPUBLICAN 
OR DEMOCRAT AREAS? 
THEY ARE NOT COVID SANITIZED, A 
BIG FRAUD. 
HE WRITES. 
>>> IN TERM THE SOCIAL MEDIA 
GIANT SAYING THAT 
VIOLATED THE COMPANY POLICY 
ABOUT SUV SPECK ELECTION 
INTEGRITY. 
TWITTER TOOK STEPS TO RESTRICT 
OTHER USERS FROM 
SHARING, LIKING REPLYING TO THE 
PRESIDENT'S TWEET IN 
AN EFFORT TO CRACK DOWN ON 
MISINFORMATION POSTED ON 
THE PLATFORM AHEAD OF THE 
ELECTION. 
TWITTER IS RAMPING UP THE 
EFFORTS. 
THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS 
REGARDING FACEBOOK WHICH 
FELL VICTIM TON RUSSIAN 
MEDDLING IN THE 2016 
ELECTION. 
>>> FACEBOOK CEO MARK 
ZUCKERBERG CONTINUED TO HOLD 
FAST TO THE IMPORTANCE OF 
FREEDOM OF SPEECH. 
FACEBOOK HAS TWO CHALLENGES. 
IT MUST NOW PREPARE FOR NOT 
ONLY FOREIGN 
INTERFERENCE LEADING UP TO THE 
ELECTION, BUT THEY 
ALSO NEED TO HAVE A PLAN FOR 
THE PRESIDENT 
POTENTIALLY TURNING TO SOCIAL 
MEDIA TO CHALLENGE THE 
RESULTS. 
SENIOR PRODUCER DAN PATTERSON 
JOINS US NOW TO 
DISCUSS. 
HEY DAN, GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
BACK IN 2016, RUSSIAN 
OPERATIVES USED FACEBOOK TO 
MEDDLE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. 
WHAT HAS FACEBOOK DONE TO AVOID 
TAMP HERRING AHEAD 
OF THE 2020 ELECTION. 
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO LANA. 
AFTER THE ELECTION, FACEBOOK 
DID A NUMBER OF THINGS 
INCLUDING THE ADVERTISINGS 
PORTAL SO THE POLITICAL 
ADS BECAME PART OF A SEARCHABLE 
DATABASE. 
THEY'VE ALSO DONE WHAT THEY SAY 
TRIPLED THE AMOUNT 
OF CONTENT MODERATORS IN CHARGE 
OF FINDING AND 
LABELING POLITICAL CONTENT. 
THEY'VE CRACKED DOWN ON 
MISINFORMATION ALGORITHM
ALGORITHMICALLY. 
MANY ARE THROUGH A COMPANY 
CALLED COG  COGNIZANT. MANY 
WERE POORLY PAID AND ENJOYED 
NONE OF THE SAME 
BENEFITS OR TRAINING THAT 
FACEBOOK STAFFERS DO. 
FACEBOOK HAS DONE SOME THINGS 
BUT THE OTHER THINGS 
THEY'VE DONE, THEY'VE BEEN 
OPAQUE ABOUT IT BEYOND 
PRESS RELEASES AND THEIR PR 
PEOPLE PITCHING US. 
>> HMM. 
AS WE DISCUSSED, THERE ARE 
GROWING CONCERNS OVER THE 
WAY PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD 
RESPOND AFTER THE BALLOTS 
ARE COUNTED. 
IS FACEBOOK PREPARING ANY KIND 
OF RESPONSE IN THE 
CASE THAT HE TRIES TO 
DELEGITIMIZE THE OUTCOME OF 
THE ELECTION. 
DOES THAT SEEM TO THEM 
SOMETHING THEY DON'T NEED TO 
THINK ABOUT AT THIS POINT? 
THEY ARE LANA. 
THEY HAVE BUILT WHAT THEY CALL 
A KILL SWITCH FOR 
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS. 
WE SHOULD NOTE WIRE AS WELL AS 
OTHER OUTLETS SAID 
THIS IS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. 
IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THIS WON'T 
BE DECIDED ON ELECTION 
DAY. 
THAT BANNING POLITICAL 
ADVERTISEMENTS OR ENACTING 
THIS KILL SWITCH OF 
ADVERTISEMENTS AFTER ELECTION 
DAY IS TO PARAPHRASE TOO LITTLE 
TOO LATE. 
>> WE'VE HEARD REPUBLICAN 
OFFICIALS, WHITE HOUSE 
OFFICIALS TRY AND DRAW A LINE 
BETWEEN THE 
PRESIDENT'S CRITICISM OF 
UNIVERSAL MAIL IN VOTING 
AND JUST LEGITIMACY OF MAIL-IN 
VOTING. 
WE HAVE HEARD THE PRESIDENT ON 
SOCIAL MEDIA CRIT 
SAMING MAIL IN VOTING INCLUDING 
THAT TWEET I RED TO 
OUR VIEWERS. 
TWITTER HID ONE OF HIS TWEET 
THIS IS WEEK FLAGGING 
IT AS A VIOLATION OF THE 
COMPANY'S POLICY ABOUT SUV 
SPECK ELECTION INTEGRITY. 
WHAT IS FACEBOOK DOING TO 
PREVENT THIS TYPE OF 
MISINFORMATION FROM APPEARING 
ON THE PLATFORM AND IS 
IT ENOUGH? 
TO THE POINT ABOUT MAIL IN 
VOTING, I SPOKE TO THE 
NATION'S TOP SIGN EAR SECURITY 
OFFICER AT THE 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY. 
HE SAID MAIL IN VOTING IS 
TOTALLY SAFE. 
FACEBOOK IS LABELING CONTENT 
NOW. 
THEY DID START TO TAMPER DOWN 
ON MISINFORMATION AND 
DISINFORMATION STARTING IN JULY.
THERE'S FREE SPEECH IN A 
PRIVATE PLATFORM. 
THERE'S NO FIRST AMENDMENT 
THERE. 
THERE'S BEEN OUTRAGE OVER THE 
FAILURE TO ENACT 
POLICIES TO RESEMBLE WHAT 
TWITTER AND OTHER SOCIAL 
PLATFORMS ARE DOING. 
THE I'M NOT SAYING WHAT'S RIGHT 
OR WRONG. 
THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING INSIDE 
FACEBOOK NOW ABOUT 
VERY ISSUES. 
>> OF COURSE. 
PEOPLE WHO THINK LESS KINDLY OF 
THE SOCIAL MEDIA 
GIANT FEEL LIKE THEIR BUSINESS 
MODEL THRIVES WHEN 
THE THIS INFORMATION AND 
MISINFORMATION TAKES PLACE. 
THANK YOU. 
GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
>>> JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER 
SHINZO ABE IS STEPPING 
DOWN BECAUSE OF DECLINING 
HEALTH. 
AFTER A WEEK OF BREATHLESS 
SPECULATION ACROSS JAPAN 
FOLLOWING TWO RECENT HOSPITAL 
VISITS, SHINZO ABE 
ANNOUNCED HE'S STEPPING DOWN AS 
PRIME MINISTER. 
ABE SUFFERS FROM A FORM OF 
COLITIS, A CHRONIC 
CONDITION THAT ALSO LED HIM TO 
RESIGN DURING A 
FAIRLY BRIEF TERM AS PREMIERED 
IN 2007. 
TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS 
SOMETHING OF A 
SURPRISE. 
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER FOR EIGHT 
YEARS, ABE STEERED 
JAPAN THROUGH HEAD WINDS AND 
FAULT LINES. A
BE STANDS OUT AS ONE OF THE FEW 
WORLD LEADERS THAT 
NOT ONLY WORKED HARD TO PORCH A 
RELATIONSHIP WITH 
THE PRESIDENT BUT SUCCEEDED 
ABE. 
THE TWO LEADERS GOLFED TOGETHER 
MANY TIMES, MET 
OFTEN AND EXCHANGED PHONE CALLS 
FREQUENTLY. 
ACCORDING TO MR. TRUMP HIMSELF, 
ABE NOMINATED THE 
PRESIDENT FOR A NOBEL PRIZE. 
THE PREMIERE WILL BE REMEMBERED 
FOR TRYING AND 
FAILING TO REVISE THE PASSIVIST 
CONSTITUTION 
IMPLEMENTING MAJOR ECONOMIC 
REFORMS THAT PULLED THE 
COUNTRY OUT OF RECESSION AND 
CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT, A 
SUCCESSFUL BID FOR THE 2020 
OLYMPICS, SOMETHING THAT 
STILL HASN'T BEEN REALIZED 
AFTER THE GAMES WERE 
POSTPONED BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC. 
AS ABE RESIGNED, THE 
CORONAVIRUS WAS CENTRAL TO HIS 
MESSAGE. 
JAPAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 
COUNTRIES HIT BY 
COVID-19. 
HE'S BEEN ACCUSED OF RESPONDING 
TOO SLOWLY TO THE 
OUTBREAK.
ALTHOUGH SHINZO ABE IS LEAVING 
OFFICE EARLIER THAN 
EXPECTED, HE DOES SO MAKING 
HISTORY. 
JUST THIS WEEK, HE BECAME 
JAPAN'S LONGEST SERVING 
PREMIERE IN MODERN TIMES. 
A TITLE SET BY HIS GREAT UNCLE 
SOTTO MORE THAN HALF 
A CENTURY AGO. 
LANA? 
NEXT ON CBSN, ANGER, 
FRUSTRATION, CALLS FOR CHANGE. 
FOLLOWING IN THE STEPS OF DR. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING, 
JR., THOUSANDS TAKE TO 
WASHINGTON IN PROTEST. 
WE'LL HEAR FROM SOME OF THE 
POWERFUL SPEAKERS FROM 
TODAY'S COMMITMENT MARCH. 
>>> HE SAYS IT'S ABOUT MORE 
THAN JUST BASKETBALL. 
WHY ONE ATHLETE PASSED ON SOME 
OF THE TOP BASKETBALL 
PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY IN 
FAVOR OF A HISTORICALLY 
BLACK UNIVERSITY. 
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 
>>> WITHIN OF THE TOP 
BASKETBALL PROSPECTS IS 
BUCKING THE TREND OF COMMITTING 
TO A POWERHOUSE 
SPORTS SCHOOL. 
INSTEAD CHOOSING TO PLAY FOR 
HISTORICALLY BLACK 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY. 
ACCORDING TO 24/7 SPORTS, THIS 
IS ONE OF 28 FIVE 
STAR RECRUIT THIS IS YEAR. 
HE TURNED DOWN OFFERS TO PLAY 
AT POWERHOUSES 
KENTUCKY AND UCLA. 
INSTEAD HEADING TO DC. 
MAKER EXPLAINS HIS DECISION IN 
AM INTERVIEW WITH CNN 
MONEY WATCH REPORTER 
CHRISTOPHER BROOKS. 
>> I BRING A WIN INSTEAD OF 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
SOCIETY. 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT UNIVERSITIES, 
GREAT BUSINESS 
SCHOOL. 
IT'S THE ALUMNI BASE IS 
PHENOMENON 23458. 
KAMALA HARRIS POLITIC, 
EVERYTHING IS PRESTIGE. 
ON THE ATHLETIC SIDE OF IT, 
FIVE STAR RECRUITS 
SHOULD CONSIDER IT SERIOUSLY 
LIKE I 
