 
ROLE IN PLAYING THAT CHANGE. 
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT VOTING 
REFORM, LGBTQ RIGHTS, WOMEN'S 
RIGHTS, YOU NAME IT. 
>> A LOT TO TALK ABOUT. 
THE MAIN PROGRAM GETS UNDER WAY 
AT 11:00. 
ABOUT TWO HOURS FROM NOW. 
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM A 
SERIES OF SPEAKERS, INCLUDING 
THE REVEREND AL SHARPTON. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING III, THE 
GRANDSON OF MARTIN LUTHER KING 
JR.  AND THOSE WHO WILL MARCH 
TO THE MLK MEMORIAL. 
JUST A SHORT DISTANCE. 
AND THERE ARE ROAD CLOSURES 
BECAUSE OF THIS. 
AND EVERYONE IS BEING ASKED TO 
TAKE PRECAUTIONS BECAUSE OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. 
THAT MEANS WEARING A MASK AND 
KEEPING YOUR DISTANCE FROM 
PEOPLE WE DON'T KNOW. 
PEOPLE FALLING INTO THE 
NATIONAL MALL.  
OUR MICHAEL QUANDER IS LIVE AT 
THE MALL. 
WHAT ARE PEOPLE TELLING YOU?  
>> Reporter: LORENZO. 
I GOTTA TELL YOU. 
PEOPLE ARE OUT HERE. 
YOU CAN FEEL THE ENERGY COMING 
THROUGH THIS CROWD RIGHT NOW. 
PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS A 
HISTORIC MOMENT.  
AND NOT ONLY HERE IN D.C., BUT 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.  
RIGHT HERE ON THE SAME STEPS, 
WHERE YOU SAID, DR. MARTIN 
LUTHER KING JR. GAVE HIS "I 
HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH. 
WE ARE HEARING FROM LOCAL D.C. 
ACTIVISTS RIGHT NOW, DURING 
THIS PRESHOW, BEFORE THE 
OFFICIAL CEREMONY GETS UNDER 
WAY. 
AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROBLEM 
RIGHT NOW, SITTING ALONG THE 
SEATS.  
BECAUSE ALL OF THIS IS 
HAPPENING HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF 
A PANDEMIC.  
PEOPLE ARE HAVING MASKS ON. 
THEY ARE SITTING SOCIALLY 
DISAFNT NOW. 
AND THEY ARE MAKING SURE THEY 
KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE IN THE 
MOMENT. 
I'M HERE WITH A COUPLE FROM 
OREGON. 
YOU ALL STOOD OUT TO ME BECAUSE 
OF YOUR SHIRTS.  
TALK TO ME A LITTLE ABOUT WHY 
YOU'RE HERE TODAY? 
>> WELL, I'M HERE FOR MY BLACK 
BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 
AND I'M HERE FOR MANY WHITE 
BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO 
COULDN'T MAKE IT.  
I'M HERE BECAUSE MY WHOLE LIFE, 
I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN CLEARLY 
WHAT JUSTICE IS, AND WHAT 
INJUSTICE IS.  
AND I JUST CAN'T SIT ON THE 
COUCH ANYMORE. 
I REALLY -- I ACTUALLY JUST 
COULDN'T SIT STILL. 
I HAD TO BE A PART OF THIS. 
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW, ONE OF 
THE THINGS I'M HEARING A LOT OF 
TIMES FROM PEOPLE NOWADAYS IS 
THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIGHT OF 
BLACK PEOPLE AT THIS POINT. 
THEY FEEL LIKE THIS SAY FIGHT 
OF PEOPLE, OF THE WHITE 
COMMUNITY.  
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN THAT? 
>> I'M HERE TODAY. 
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WHITE 
PEOPLE NEED TO BE HERE, 
STANDING ALONGSIDE OUR BLACK 
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, SAYING 
THAT WE DO NOT CONDONE THIS 
BEHAVIOR, IT IS WRONG.  
AND WE NEED TO END THE MURDER 
OF BLACK BODIES.  
IF WE AS WHITE PEOPLE CAN'T 
COME TOGETHER AND STAND 
ALONGSIDE AND BE UNITED, THEN 
HOW CAN WE CHANGE? 
>> NOTHING CAN HAPPEN. 
THAT'S MEANINGFUL.
>> Reporter: I THANK YOU ALL SO 
MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
AND I KNOW THAT YOUR PRESENCE 
MEANS A LOT TO THE PEOPLE THAT 
YOU'RE STANDING NEXT TO RIGHT 
NOW. 
AND I HAVE TO SAY, THAT'S WHAT 
IS DIFFERENT FROM THE MARCHS 
YOU SEE TODAY, VERSUS THE ONES 
YOU SEE BACK IN THE DAY IS THAT 
--  [ INAUDIBLE ]  VERSUS RACES 
AND BACKGROUNDS AND DIFFERENT 
ORIGINS.  
SO PEOPLE ARE ALL HERE STANDING 
TOGETHER, SAYING THAT BLACK 
LIVES MATTER, CALLING FOR 
EQUALITY. 
AND CALLING FOR RACIAL 
INJUSTICES TO COME HERE ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY AND RIGHT HERE IN 
OUR OWN CITY, TO HERE IN D.C. 
SO YOU GUYS, THE THINGS ARE 
GOING TO GET UNDER WAY HERE, 
OFFICIALLY AT 11:00. 
SO WE'LL BE OUT HERE, COVERING 
IT FROM EVERY ANGLE, AS YOU ALL 
KNOW. 
>> AND MICHAEL, REALLY QUICKLY. 
A QUESTION ABOUT LOGISTICS 
HERE. 
I KNOW PEOPLE ARE SOCIALLY 
DISTANT IN THESE SEATS. 
BUT ARE THE STANDING AROUND 
REFLECTIVE OF THIS POOL AS 
WELL? 
>> Reporter: WHAT I'VE SEEN 
WITH GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
COME TOGETHER. 
A LOT OFEM 
THEM ARE IN BLANKETS NEXT TO 
EACH OTHER. 
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO 
ARE NOT. 
A LOT ARE TRYING TO KEEP THEIR 
DISTANCE. 
BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I HAVE 
SEEN THE LONG LINES OF PEOPLE 
WAITING TO GET SCREENED TO GET 
INTO THIS PLACE. 
THEY HAVE TO GET TEMPERATURE 
CHECKS. 
MAKE SURE THEY ARE WEARING 
MASKS. 
MAKE SURE THEY HAVE GLOVES AND 
HAND SANITIZER AVAILABLE. 
SO THIS CROWD IS ONLY GOING TO 
GET BIGGER RIGHT HERE AND ALONG 
THE REFLECTING POOL. 
SO I GOTTA TELL YOU, PEOPLE ARE 
TRYING TO SOCIAL DISTANCE. 
BUT PEOPLE FOR THE MOST PART 
HAVE HAD THEIR MASKS ON. 
>> MICHAEL QUANDER, WE'LL CHECK 
BACK IN WITH YOU. 
THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. 
>> TODAY'S MARCH ON WASHINGTON 
IS THE CULMINATION OF MONTHS OF 
FRUSTRATION AND COLLECTIVE 
ACTIONS BY VARIOUS GROUPS. 
LARRY MILLER TELLS 
US HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW 
ACTIVISTS PLAN TO MOVE THIS 
FORWARD.   
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪  
>> Reporter: IT WAS LATE MAY 
WHEN. 
>> Reporter: 
VIDEO OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEADLY 
ENCOUNTER WITH MINNESOTA POLICE 
BEGAN CIRCULATING ONLINE. 
THE DISTURBING VIDEO SHOWED 
FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE 
OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN PRESSING 
HIS KNEE ON FLOYD'S NECK. 
HE PLEADS WITH CHAUVIN TO 
REMOVE HIS KNEE. 
HE DOESN'T.
>> CHECK HIS PULSE. 
>> MINUTES LATER.
FLOYD'S LIMP BODY LIES 
MOTIONLESS IN THE STREETS.  
EMTs TOOK FLOYD TO THE 
HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS 
PRONOUNCED DEAD AN HOUR LATER. 
>> WAKE UP, WAKE UP. 
>> Reporter: WHAT FOLLOWED NEXT 
WERE MONTHS OF DEMONSTRATIONS. 
FIRST IN MINNEAPOLIS. 
THEN SPREADING TO OTHER CITIES 
ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, EVEN 
THE WORLD. 
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER!  
>> Reporter: THIS IS GERMANY.  
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER!   
>> Reporter: THIS IS AUSTRALIA. 
>> NO PEACE!
>> Reporter: THIS IS LONDON. 
>> RACISM KILLS LIVES EVERY 
DAY. 
>> EVERY DAY.
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪  
>> TWO PRIMARY TARGETS IN THE 
CROSS HAIRS OF BLM ACTIVISTS, 
THE U.S. JUSTICE SYSTEM, WHERE 
AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE MORE 
LIKELY TO BE ARRESTED, 
CONVICTED AND GIVEN LONGER 
PRISON SENTENCES THAN WHITES, 
FOR SIMILAR CRIMES, ACCORDING 
TO RESEARCH. 
AND AANALYSIS SHOWS THE 
PROBABILITY OF BEING BLACK, 
UNARMED AND SHOT BY POLICE, IS 
ABOUT THREE AND A HALF TIMES 
THAT OF WHITES. 
ACTIVISTS ARE PROTESTING FOR 
POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO BE DIGS 
MANTLED AND DEFUNDED, CALLING 
THEM A PUBLIC HEALTH RISK.  
THAT CALL FOR CHANGE IS BEING 
ANSWERED ON A LOCAL LEVEL. 
>> THE COMMUNITY IS TELLING ALL 
OF US WHAT THEY WANT. 
>> THE MINNEAPOLIS COUNCIL 
VOTED TO DISBAND THEIR POLICE 
DEPARTMENT AFTER FLOYD'S DEATH, 
VOWING TO CHANGE THEIR MODEL.  
THE BUDGET WAS CUT BY MILLIONS 
OF DOLLARS. 
MEMBERS OF BLACK LIVES MATTER 
D.C., SAYING THE MOVE IS STILL 
NOT ENOUGH. 
ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, REFORM 
LEGISLATION HAS BEEN SLOW TO 
MOVE THROUGH CONGRESS.  
A POLICE REFORM BILL, PASSED IN 
THE HOUSE, A MONTH AFTER 
FLOYD'S DEATH, HAS STALLED IN 
THE SENATE.  
BUT THIS MOVEMENT HAS BECOME A 
RALLYING CRY FOR THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> A BAD APPLE, NO MATTER WHERE 
YOU GO. 
>> THE PRESIDENT LABELING BRACK 
LIVES MATTER ACTIVISTS, SYMBOLS 
OF HATE. 
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE 
THINGS SAYING IN BLACK LIVES 
MATTER, IT'S NOT AN ACCEPTABLE 
PHRASE TO SAY ON OUR STREETS. 
>> Reporter: BUT FAMILIES FEEL 
THEY HAVEOV UNCOMFORTABLE 
CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUNG 
CHILDREN ABOUT POLICING AND 
RACE.   
>> THERE IS A HATE AGAINST MY 
CHILDREN THAT I CANNOT PROTECT 
THEM FROM.  
>> Reporter: SO HOW DID WE GET 
HERE? 
BEFORE GEORGE FLOYD, THERE WAS 
ERIC GARDNER. 
HE DIED IN 2014.  
NYPD OFFICER PANTALEO USED AN 
ILLEGAL CHOKE HOLD TO ARREST 
GARNER. 
GARNER WAS THE FIRST TO SAY "I 
CAN'T BREATHE" 11 TIMES. 
HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND WAS 
PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL 
AN HOUR LATER. 
THAT SAME YEAR, 18-YEAR-OLD 
MICHAEL BROWN WAS SHOT AND 
KILLED BY FERGUSON POLICE 
OFFICER DARREN WILSON.  
AND BREONNA TAYLOR, FATALLY 
WOUNDED WHEN PLAIN CLOTHED 
OFFICERS FIRED BULLETS INTO OUR 
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY HOME THIS 
PAST MARCH. 
POLICE WERE LOOK 
LOOKING FOR SUSPECTED DRUG 
OFFENDERS.  
IT WAS LATER THEY LEARNED THEY 
WENT TO THE WRONG HOME. 
NONE OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED 
HAVE BEEN CHARGED. 
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE 
STORIES THAT HAVE BROUGHT 
AMERICA TO THE TURNING POINT OF 
MARCHS AND PROTESTS.  
>> AND WHAT STARTED AS A 
HASHTAG HAS GROWN INTO A 
WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT. 
THAT MOVEMENT ITSELF HAS ALSO 
MOTIVATED OTHER DISENFRANCHISED 
COMMUNITIES LIKE THE LGBTQIA, 
LATINO AND PEOPLE LIVING WITH 
DISABILITIES. 
THEY, TOO, WILL HAVE A VOICE 
AND A SAY IN TODAY'S MARCH.  
JOINING US NOW TO CONTINUE THIS 
CONVERSATION IS RENEE McDONALDS-
HUTCHINS. 
SHE IS THE DEAN OF UDC LAW. 
DEAN HUTCHINS, ARE YOU THERE 
WITH US? 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
I CAN'T QUITE SEE YOU JUST YET. 
AH.
THERE SHE IS, TONY. 
THERE SHE IS. 
GREAT TO HAVE YOU AS WE 
CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.  
SO YOU PROBABLY HEARD AND SAW 
THE STORY ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO 
THIS POINT.  
AND I GUESS THE QUESTION, YOU 
KNOW, WHY NOW? 
WHY THIS MOMENT?
WHY DID WE DECIDE TO SORT OF 
HAVE THIS COMMITMENT MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON NOW?  
>> I THINK IT'S A CONFLATION OF 
A LOT OF SEPARATE EVENTS, 
RIGHT? 
SO THE CLIP THAT WE JUST SAW 
STARTED US A COUPLE OF YEARS 
BACK. 
BUT WE COULD ACTUALLY EVEN PUSH 
FURTHER BACK THAN THAT. 
WE COULD PUSH IT BACK TO GEORGE 
DENNY, ELEANOR PUMPERS. 
WE COULD PUSH IT BACK TO EMMETT 
TILL. 
SO WE HAD THIS MOMENT WHERE THE 
VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK AND 
BROWN PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY 
COLLIDED WITH A PANDEMIC THAT 
HAD PEOPLE AT HOME WATCHING 
TELEVISION.  
AND SO THERE WAS THIS MOMENT 
WHERE THAT VIOLENCE COUPLED 
WITH THIS CAPTIVE AUDIENCE, 
GAVE BIRTH TO A MOMENT 
MOVEMENT NAWE ARE SEEING 
PLAYING OUT IN THE STREETS 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> DEAN HUTCHINS. 
WE TALK ABOUT THIS MOMENT.  
A LOT OF THESE YOUNG ACTIVISTS 
THAT WE TALK TO, SOME PEOPLE 
WHO WERE PROTESTING IN THE 
'60s, GOING BACK THAT FAR SAY 
IT FEELS LIKE MORE THAN A 
MOMENT. 
IT FEELS LIKE A TURNING POINT 
WHERE SOME CHANGE REALLY CAN 
HAPPEN. 
DO YOU SHARE THAT BELIEF? 
>> ABSOLUTELY DO. 
SO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT 
IN THE STREETS RIGHT NOW, GIVE 
US ALL ENERGY, I THINK, FOR A 
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN 
THIS FIGHT FOR YEARS AND YEARS 
AND YEARS. 
THERE IS A SENSE OF EXHAUSTION. 
THERE IS A SENSE OF WE HAVE 
BEEN HERE BEFORE. 
AND THEN WE SEE WHAT THESE 
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DOING. 
WE SEE THE SUSTAINED PROTEST.  
WE SEE PEOPLE OUT IN THE 
STREETS, DESPITE A PANDEMIC, 
THAT IS THREATENING PEOPLE'S 
LIVES. 
THEY WANT THEIR VOICES TO BE 
HEARD. 
AND THEY GIVE US ALL ENERGY. 
THEY ARE CREATING COALITIONS 
ACROSS RACES, ACROSS GENDERS.  
EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST TALKED 
ABOUT, THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, 
WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
WE'RE JUST SEEING SO MANY 
MOVEMENTS COALESCE AROUND THIS 
REAL CRAVING FOR JUSTICE.  
>> I THINK WHAT WE'RE ALSO 
SEEING, DEAN HUTCHINS, IS IN 
AMERICA.  
WE HAVE TO BEAR WITNESS TO 
SOMETHING TO MOVE. 
RIGHT?
DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA. 
IT WAS THOSE IMAGES. 
THE GRAPHIC IMAGES OF AFRICAN 
AMERICANS, STANDING AND BEING 
BRUTALIZED.  
BY THE POLICE STATE THAT WAS 
HOW THINGS WERE CARRIED OUT IN 
THIS COUNTRY. 
YOU MOVE FORWARD ALL OF THESE 
DECADES, AND WE'RE BEARING 
WITNESS TO THE VIOLENCE AGAIN, 
PERPETRATED AGAINST BLACK 
LIVES.  
MEN AND WOMEN. 
AND WE DON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT 
THE CHILDREN WHO ARE WITNESSING 
THIS.  
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT BEARING 
WITNESS IN THIS COUNTRY THAT 
MAKES US MOVE AND MOBILIZE.   
>> RIGHT. 
I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.  
SO IT IS VERY EASY, IF WE CAN 
TREAT THE VIOLENCE THAT IS 
HAPPENING AS SOMETHING THAT IS 
HAPPENING AGAINST THE OTHER. 
RIGHT?
IF WE CAN DEHUMANIZE IT. 
IF WE CAN DECOUPLE IT FROM OUR 
EXISTENCE. 
WHEN WE ARE FORCED TO BEAR 
WITNESS TO IT, IT IS MUCH 
HARDER TO IGNORE. 
AND WHEN YOU HEAR THE VOICES OF 
THE FAMILIES THAT ARE LEFT IN 
THE AFTERMATH. 
YOU KNOW, JACOB PLAQUE'S SISTER 
YESTERDAY, OR THE DAY BEFORE 
YESTERDAY, SPOKE SO POIGNANTLY, 
ABOUT THEIR LOSS. 
THEIR FAMILIY'S LOSS, HIS 
MOTHER SPOKE SO POIGNANTLY 
ABOUT THE LOSS. 
HIS FATHER HUMANIZED HIM AND 
SPOKE ABOUT THE FACT THAT HIS 
SON WHO WAS SHOT IN THE BACK 
SEVEN TIMES IN THE BACK IS NOW 
HANDCUFFED TO HIS HOSPITAL BED. 
WHEN WE SEE THOSE VOICES, IT 
REALLY HUMANIZES THE PAIN OF 
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE 
EXPERIENCED THIS FOR FAR TOO 
LONG. 
>> AND OF COURSE, TODAY, I 
HEARD FROM ALSO THE FATHER OF 
JACOB BLAKE, TALKING TODAY ON 
ANOTHER NETWORK. 
AND HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE 8-
YEAR-OLD SON, THE OLDEST SON, 
WHO WITNESSED THIS, WHO SAID, 
WHY DID THE POLICE SHOOT MY 
DADDY?  
THAT'S WHAT THIS YOUNG PERSON 
IS GOING TO BE LEFT WITH.  
THERE'S SO MANY OTHER PLACES I 
WISH WE COULD GO WITH THIS 
CONVERSATION. 
BUT WE'LL HOPEFULLY GET BACK TO 
YOU AT SOME POINT. 
DEAN HUTCHINS, THANK YOU FOR 
ADDING YOUR VOICE TO THIS 
BROADER CONVERSATION TODAY.   
>> THANK YOU. 
>> AND AHEAD. 
WE'VE GOT BREAKING NEWS, ABOUT 
THE CHECK-IN PROCESS FOR THE 
MARCH ON WASHINGTON. 
WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU 
COMING UP. 
>>> AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE AT 
THIS RALLY WILL TELL YOU, THEY 
ARE HOPING TO FIX WHAT THE 
SUPREME COURT BROKE. 
THAT STORY IS JUST AHEAD.  
 
>>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR 
CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE 
COMMITMENT MARCH ON WASHINGTON. 
WE ARE GOING TO SEND IT OUT NOW 
TO OUR NATHAN BACA. 
ALL PARTICIPANTS WE WERE 
TELLING YOU ABOUT ARE REQUIRED 
TO GO THROUGH A HEALTH CHECK.  
NATHAN, I UNDERSTAND SOME OF 
THOSE LINES ARE PRETTY LONG AT 
THIS POINT? 
>> Reporter: THEY ARE VERY 
LONG, TONY. 
IN FACT, THEY WRAP AROUND THE 
REFLECTING POOL. 
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS JUST THE 
VERY END OF IT, WHERE PEOPLE 
ARE GETTING THEIR TEMPERATURE 
CHECKED. 
BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM. 
ORIGINALLY, THE ORGANIZERS 
INTENDED FOR TWO CHECK-IN 
POINTS TO BE HAPPENING. 
WE'RE AT THE WORLD WAR II 
MEMORIAL.  
THERE WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED 
TO BE A CHECK-IN POINT HERE.  
THAT IS CREATING A BOTTLENECK 
HERE. 
PEOPLE ARE COMING IN. 
THIS IS AROUND CONSTITUTION AND 
17th STREET.  
THIS IS THE ONE ENTRANCE FOR 
THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 
AND THE PROBLEM IS THE LINE 
JUST STRETCHES SO LONG. 
WHAT HAS HAPPENED JUST IN THE 
PAST FEW MINUTES, IS THAT 
PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN FROM 
INDEPENDENCE AVENUE ARE ABLE TO 
GET THEIRS CHECKED. 
ARGUABLY, IF YOU ARE WAITING IN 
LINE, THERE IS NOW AN INCENTIVE 
TO GO AROUND HERE. 
AND THEY WILL CHECK YOU. 
AND THEY'LL GET THOSE GREEN 
BANDS LIKE WHAT I'VE GOT OVER 
HERE. 
IN FACT YOU SEE IT RIGHT HERE. 
TEMPERATURE CHECK. 
YOU GET A GREEN BAND. 
AND YOU WALK ON IN. 
THESE PEOPLE WAITED NO TIME AT 
ALL. 
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING 
IN FROM INDEPENDENCE AVENUE. 
THOSE COMING FROM CONSTITUTION 
AVENUE. 
THEY ARE WAITING A LONG TIME.  
SO THERE IS ANOTHER SITUATION 
WHERE PEOPLE, THEY NEED TO 
SECURE THIS AREA. 
BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE 
COMING IN WITHOUT THOSE GREEN 
BANDS. 
BUT AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, YOU SEE 
IT RIGHT THERE.  
TEMPERATURE CHECK.
THIS PERSON WAITED NO TIME AT 
ALL, COMING IN FROM 
INDEPENDENCE AVENUE. 
REPORTING LIVE FROM THE MAIN 
ENTRANCE FOR THE MARCHA 
WASHINGTON, NATHAN BACA, WUSA 
9.  >> ALL RIGHT, NATHAN. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
WE WILL GET MORE FROM YOU IN 
JUST A BIT. 
LORENZO.
OVER TO YOU. 
>> AM THE PEOPLE YOU SEE THERE 
MARCHING TODAY ARE THERE FOR 
GOOD REASONS.  
MANY GOOD AND NOBLE CAUSES. 
IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS CIVIL 
RIGHTS ACTIVIST AL SHARPTON 
SAID HE IS CALLING FOR THIS 
MARCH.  
LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO BREAK 
DOWN WHAT THIS LEGISLATION IS 
REALLY ALL ABOUT. 
AND TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO GO 
BACK TO 1965. 
THAT'S WHEN PRESIDENT LYNDON B. 
JOHNSON, SIGNED THE VOTING 
RIGHTS ACT. 
IT OUTLAWED RACIAL 
DISCRIMINATION AND VOTING. 
AND ONE WAY IT DID IT WAS 
TARGETING VOTING RULES LIKE 
LITERACY TESTS. 
THEY NEEDED FEDERAL APPROVAL 
BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES THAT 
COULD AFFECT VOTING. 
NOW, ACTIVISTS CONSIDER IT ONE 
OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE CIVIL 
RIGHTS LAWS IN HISTORY. 
OVER THE YEARS, IT HELPED 
MILLIONS OF BLACK VOTERS GET TO 
THE POLLS. 
BUT, A BIG BUT IN 2013, THE 
SUPREME COURT SEVERELY WEAKENED 
THAT LAW. 
JUSTICES SAID 
BLATANTDISCRIMINATION NO LONGER 
EXISTED. 
SO STATES DIDN'T NEED THAT 
OVERSIGHT. 
THEY MADE IT TOUGHER TO VOTE. 
FEWER POLLING PLACES, 
DISCRIMINATORY I.D. 
REQUIREMENTS AND THAT LIST GOES 
ON AND ON.  
AND THAT BRINGS US TO TODAY. 
AND THE PUSH FOR THE VOTING 
RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT. 
IT WOULD HELP TO MAKE SURE 
PEOPLE OF COLOR, ALL PEOPLE 
REALLY, CAN EXERCISE THEIR 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
AND LAWMAKERS RECENTLY RENAMED 
THAT BILL AFTER THE LATE 
CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS, WHO 
SPENT A LIFETIME FIGHTING FOR 
JUSTICE AND EQUALITY.  
JUNE OF THIS YEAR, A COMPANION 
BILL WAS INTRODUCED INTO 
SEPTEMBER. 
AND RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST 
SITTING THERE. 
AND JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. 
JUST STUCK THERE. 
NOT MOVING ANYWHERE. 
THE PEOPLE HOPE TO GET THE 
LEGISLATION MOVING THROUGH 
CONGRESS AND PASSED. 
JOINING ME RIGHT NOW TO TALK 
MORE ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION IS 
DR. ROBBY PERRY, CHAIR OF THE 
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY. 
DR. PERRY, THANK YOU FOR BEING 
HERE WITH ME. 
I WANT TO GET RIGHT TO IT. 
WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET 
THIS PASSED? 
THE SENATE, REPUBLICAN-
CONTROLLED SENATE IS NOT 
BUDGING. 
I KNOW SENATE MAJORITY LEADER 
MITCH McCONNELL IS SAYING THIS 
VOTER SUPPRESSION NONSENSE. 
HE'S NOT SEEING IT. 
>> YES. 
I THINK WE ALREADY KNOW THE 
ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. 
THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, 
WHERE YOU JUST MENTIONED, 
LORENZO, WHERE THIS BILL HAS 
BEEN SITTING ON THE DESK OF, OF 
COURSE, THE SENATE JUDICIARY 
CHAIRMAN LINDSAY GRAM WHO IS UP 
FOR RE-ELECTION, FIGHTING A 
VERY HARD BATTLE AGAINST THE 
INSURGENT, TRYING TO DEFEAT 
HIM. 
AND THAT OF COURSE IS JAMIE 
HARRISON. 
SO IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE 
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE IS 
DISTRACTED BY THE BATTLE IN 
SOUTH CAROLINA THAT ITS 
CHAIRMAN IS TRYING TO RETAIN 
HIS SEAT IN THIS UPCOMING 
ELECTION.  
AND IT'S ALSO CLEAR IF YOU LOOK 
GOING BACK TO LAST YEAR'S 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
THIS IS JUST SIMPLY NOT IN THE 
PLAYBOOK OF THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY. 
THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN 
FURTHERING THE RIGHTS OF 
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND OTHER 
MINORITIES AND MARGINALIZED 
GROUPS AND THE ELDERLY AND 
COLLEGE STUDENTS AS WELL, IN 
TERMS OF THEIR VOTING RIGHTS 
EXPANSION. 
AND AS WE SAW LAST NIGHT, FOR 
EXAMPLE, THIS CURRENT PRESIDENT 
CLAIMS HE HAS DONE MORE FOR 
AFRICAN AMERICANS, SINCE 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WHICH 
COMPLETELY BRUSHES OVER THE 
VOTING RIGHTS ACT, DONE BY 
CONGRESS, AND PUSHED HEAVILY BY 
MARCHERS LIKE WE SEE THERE 
TODAY. 
SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF YET 
AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE CHANGE 
HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THE 
MARCHERS THAT WE SEE TODAY. 
>> A LOT OF GOOD POINTS THERE. 
DR. PERRY, STAND BY FOR ME. 
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON IS ALSO 
ABOUT VOTING RIGHTS AS WE HAVE 
BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 
THERE'S STILL BARRIERS, EVEN IN 
OUR AREA, KEEPING PEOPLE FROM 
VOTING IN OUR DEMOCRACY. 
SO OUR MIKE VALERIO HAS A LOOK 
AT THE OBSTACLES THAT COULD 
SHAPE HOW YOU VOTE THIS FALL. 
>> WE SHOULD MAKE ACCESS 
EASIER. 
NOT COSTLY. 
>> I HEARD A LOT OF NOISE IN 
THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE POLLING 
CENTERS. 
>> AND THAT NOISE IS GROWING.  
ACROSS THE REGION, POLITICIANS, 
LAWYERS AND ACTIVISTS SAY, 
BARRIERS TO THE BALLOT BOX 
COULD STILL BE KNOCKED DOWN.  
IN VIRGINIA, JENNIFER CAROL FOY 
TOLD US, THE WORK IS UNDER WAY. 
>> HOW DO YOU SEE WORK IN 
VIRGINIA TODAY? 
>> WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PASS 
BILLS, MAKING IT SAFER AND 
EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE. 
>> BUT MAIL-IN BALLOTS CAUGHT 
HER ATTENTION.  
EACH VIRGINIA VOTER NEEDED A 
WITNESS PRESENT IF THEY WANTED 
TO MAIL IN THEIR BALLOT.  
SERVES AS VOTING RIGHTS 
COUNCIL. 
>> IT'S VERY HARD TO GET A 
WITNESS SIGNATURE IN A 
PANDEMIC, WHEN FOLKS ARE TRYING 
TO ADHERE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
>> A FEDERAL JUDGE JUST THREW 
OUT THE WITNESS REQUIREMENT FOR 
THIS ELECTION ONLY, IF SAFETY 
IS AN ISSUE. 
BUT VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS WANT THE 
REQUIREMENT GONE ALTOGETHER. 
THEN THERE ARE BALLOTS REJECTED 
THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.  
>> REJECTED BALLOTS ALSO LED TO 
THOUSANDS OF UNCOUNTED VOTES. 
MARYLAND OFFICIALS TOLD US THEY 
REJECT JUST OVER 35,000 BALLOTS 
THIS YEAR. 
BECAUSE THEY WERE LATE OR 
WITHOUT A SIGNATURE.  
IN VIRGINIA, THAT NUMBER WAS 
JUST OVER 400 BALLOTS. 
>> IN D.C., ACCESS TO POLLING 
PLACES FOR BLACK AND BROWN 
VOTERS IS ALSO A CONCERN. 
>> THERE WERE NO VOTING CENTERS 
IN THIS PART OF WARD 8.  >> 
ARISTOTLE TERESA SUED. 
BECAUSE DURING THE PRIMARY, 
D.C.'S WARD 8, HAD ONLY THREE 
OF ITS 17 POLLING PLACES OPEN.  
>> THE NORTHERN PART. 
THEY HAD THREE VOTING CENTERS. 
AND IT SO HAPPENED THAT THE 
CENSUS TRACKED AROUND THEM, 
WERE GENT RIIFYING. 
>> D.C. OFFICIALS SAID HUNDREDS 
OF POLL WORKERS DROPPED OUT 
BECAUSE OF FEARS OF 
CORONAVIRUS. 
>> LESS THAN 14% OF POLLING 
PLACES IN THE DISTRICT REMAINED 
OPEN. 
THAT CANNOT HAPPEN AGAIN. 
IT CANNOT HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER OR 
IN ANY OTHER YEAR. 
>> MARYLAND IS NOW GRAPPLING 
WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. 
WITH STAFF LEVELS CRATERING, 
GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN 
RELUCTANTLY REDUCED 1800 
POLLING PLACES STATEWIDE TO 
360. 
THE FINAL ROSTER AT VIRGINIA 
VOTING SITES ISN'T OUT YET. 
AND D.C. IS PROMISING TO OPEN 
MORE POLLING PLACES, SO NO ONE 
IS DISENFRANCHISED. 
>> OPTIONS ARE KEY. 
AND WE HOPE THAT D.C., VIRGINIA 
AND MARYLAND, KEEP ALL OF THOSE 
OPTIONS OPEN, SO THAT VOTERS 
CAST THEIR BALLOTS SAFELY. 
>> KEEPING HEALTH SAFER. 
ADDING RESILIENCY TO PROTECT 
THIS CHAPTER OF OUR HISTORY. 
MIKE VALERIO. 
WUSA 9.  >> OBVIOUSLY STILL A 
LOT WE NEED TO WORK OUT. 
I WANT TO BRING DR. PERRY BACK 
INTO THIS CONVERSATION WITH ME. 
THE ELECTION IS ALMOST HERE. 
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST MESSAGE TO 
VOTERS RIGHT NOW, AS WE ARE 
ROUGHLY 67 DAYS AWAY?  
[ INAUDIBLE ]   
>> ALL RIGHT. 
LOOKS LIKE WE LOST DR. PERRY 
THERE. 
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR 
CONVERSATION WITH HIM 
THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM.  
>> SOUNDS GOOD. 
WE'LL GET DR. PERRY BACK AS 
SOON AS WE CAN. 
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK LIVE NOW 
[ INAUDIBLE ]
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪  >>> AND 10s EVER 
PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO CONVERGE 
HERE TODAY IN WASHINGTON FOR 
THE COMMITMENT MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON. 
57 YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL 
MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS 
AND FREEDOM. 
WE'LL BE COVERING THIS 
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 
RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO GO TO MY 
COLLEAGUE, DARREN HAINES WHO IS 
OUT COVERING THIS FOR THE DAY. 
AND I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE WITH 
REVEREND MATTHEW WATLEY. 
YOU HAVE TO GIVE HIM MY BEST.  
HE WENT TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY. 
GIVE HIM AN AIR HUG FOR ME. 
AND TELL HIM I SAID HELLO. 
>> LESLI FOSTER JUST MET WITH 
ME. 
AND I'M WITH SENIOR FELLOWSHIP 
PASTOR NOW, YOU JUST GOT DONE 
SPEAKING AT STANLEY MEMORIAL, 
AT THE SAME SPOT MARTIN LUTHER 
KING JR. STOOD. 
>> I THINK IT IS DISCONCERTING 
THAT AFTER 57 YEARS, WE STILL 
HAVE TO DEMAND FOOTSTEPS TO 
DEMAND THE SAME BASIC HUMAN 
RIGHTS THAT HE WAS FIGHTING 
FOR. 
AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT IS ABOUT 
CORRECTING ALL OF THE 
INEQUITIES.  
DR. KING DIED MARCHING FOR 
WORKING WAGES.  
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE 
PRESSING IS CALLED THE BLACK 
IDEA COOPERATION AND IT'S 
DESIGNED TO BRING BLACK PARITY 
IN BUSINESS. 
SO THAT THESE WONDERFUL PLEDGES 
CAN MAKE CONNECTION WITH BLACK 
BUSINESSES THAT ARE DOWN 41% 
ACCORDING TO YOU ALL YESTERDAY 
SINCE APRIL. 
WE'RE ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO 
TEXT THE WORDS BLACK IDEA TO 
313131. 
SO THEY CAN BE ENGAGED AND 
INVOLVED IN BRINGING REAL 
PARITY TO OUR SOCIETY. 
>> LISTENING TO CLARITY. 
I WAS LISTENING TO YOUR SPEECH 
WHICH WAS VERY POWERFUL. 
YOU MENTIONED THIS IS NOT JUST 
A BLACK AND WHITE THING. 
THIS IS A GREEN THING. 
CAN YOU EXPLAIN MORE OF WHY 
IT'S A GREEN THING? 
>> SURE. 
BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 
SYSTEMIC ECONOMIC OPPRESSION IN 
OUR SOCIETY. 
THERE'S A REASON WHY THERE ARE 
HEALTH DISPARITIES PARTICULARLY 
IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN 
COMMUNITY. 
THERE IS A REASON WHY MASS 
INCARCERATION HAPPENS 
DISPROPORTIONATELY AMONGST 
AFRICAN AMERICANS.  
WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE IF WE'RE 
GOING TO SOLVE THE ISSUE, WE 
HAVE TO GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE 
OF THE ISSUE, WHICH IS NOT 
SIMPLY RACISM BUT ALSO 
ECONOMIC. 
>> YOU'RE IN THE V.I.P. 
TENT, WITH ALL THE SPEAKERS.  
AND THERE'S ALSO MOTHERS WHO 
HAVE LOST THEIR CHILD BECAUSE 
OF POLICE BRUTALITY.  
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US TO GIVE 
US PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WAS THAT 
MOMENT LIKE BEING IN THERE? 
TO MAYBE ANY CONVERSATIONS YOU 
HAD WITH THEM. 
>> SURE. 
THERE WAS A GREAT MOMENT OF 
SOLEMN NITTY AS ONE SISTER 
SPOKE WHO STOOD FOR HER BROTHER 
WHO WAS KILLED. 
SHE WAS A PRACTICING PHYSICIAN 
WHO LEFT HER PROXIMATE CAUSE 
PRA BECAUSE SHE UNDERSTANDS 
THIS IS HER CAUSE. 
SHE SAID IT HAS ONLY BEEN HER 
FAITH THAT SUSTAINED HER AND 
HER FAMILY. 
AND THEY RECOGNIZE NOW BECAUSE 
OF HIS SLAYING AND THE BLOOD OF 
RACISM THAT IS ON THE ENTIRE 
WORLD'S HANDS, THEY HAVE 
RESPONSIBILITY TO FIGHT. 
IT WAS A SOBERING MOMENT. 
AND ONE THAT I HOPE TRANSPIRES 
AND TRANSLATES TO THOSE WHO ARE 
VIEWING. 
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN 
THIS MARCH IS OVER. 
WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE WHO 
MAYBE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS 
MARCH IS EVEN HERE, WHY IT'S 
EVEN GOING ON. 
WHAT MESSAGE WOULD YOU LIKE TO 
LEAVE WITH THEM? 
>> THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR THAT WE 
CANNOT CONTINUE THE WAY WE 
HAVE.  
SO ALL OF US HAVE EASY THINGS 
THAT WE CAN DO.  
WE CAN INVOLVE OURSELVES IN THE 
CENSUS.  
WE CAN VOTE. 
WE CAN ENGAGE. 
TO MAKE SURE THAT VOTING 
PROTECTION IS HAPPENING. 
AND VOTER SUPPRESSION IS NOT 
GOING TO OCCUR. 
THAT OUR MAIL SYSTEM IS 
VIBRANT. 
BUT WE ALSO CAN MAKE SURE THAT 
THERE ARE BUSINESSES AND 
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES 
AVAILABLE FOR THIS COMMUNITY AS 
THERE HAVE BEEN FOR OTHERS. 
>> YOU'RE STANDING.
WELL, YOU'RE GIVING YOUR 
SPEECH. 
AND YOU CAN SEE, THE SEA OF 
PEOPLE. 
OF DIFFERENT COLORS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE PEOPLE, 
AND YOU SEE THE WHOLE RAINBOW, 
SUPPORTING THIS PARTICULAR 
CAUSE. 
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU.   
>> IT MEANS THAT THERE ARE 
PEOPLE OF EVERY STRIPE THAT ARE 
COMMITTED TO THE AMERICAN 
CAUSE.  
THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, 
THIS IS NOT A BLACK ISSUE, A 
WHITE ISSUE. 
THIS IS A MORAL ISSUE. 
AND IT IS AMERICAN ISSUE TO 
FORCE US TO LIVE UP TO OUR 
CREED.   
>> AS REVEREND MATTHEW WATLEY, 
SENIOR PASTOR AT THE A.M.E. 
CHURCH IN SILVER SPRING 
MARYLAND. 
I'VE SEEN HIM PREACH.  
POWERFUL WORDS. 
TODAY, STANDING WHERE MARTIN 
LUTHER KING STOOD 57 YEARS AGO. 
>> THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES. 
CIVIL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS, 57 
YEARS LATER AFTER THESE FIRST 
CALLS, GENERATIONS AFTER THAT. 
WE STILL VIA LONG WAYS TO GO. 
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK 
BREAK AND BE RIGHT BACK WITH 
MORE COVERAGE OF TODAY'S 
COMMITMENT MARCH ON WASHINGTON. 
>>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR 
CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE 
COMMITMENT MARCH ON WASHINGTON. 
IT'S A LIVE VIEW. 
LATER THIS MORNING, YOU WILL 
SEE THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM BEGIN. 
THERE ARE SPEAKERS  WHO ARE 
ALREADY TAKING PART IN TODAY'S 
EVENTS. 
THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM GETS UNDER 
WAY AT ABOUT 10:00.  
WE EXPECT THOUSANDS TO BE ON 
THE MALL FOR THIS, THE 57th 
ANNIVERSARY FOR THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON IN 1963. 
PEOPLE ARE COMING ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY FOR THIS EVENT. 
MANY PEOPLE, OF COURSE, COMING 
FROM RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN 
AREA. 
NOW, OUR OWN NICOLE DiANTONIO 
IS THERE.   
>> Reporter: YES. 
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE 
FAMILIES PLANNING TO BE OUT 
THERE TODAY. 
I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ONE 
OF THE FAMILIES WE V. THREE 
GENERATIONS HERE.  
I WANT TO BRING IN BERNARD 
WRIGHT, WHO HELPED TO ORGANIZE 
ALL OF THIS. 
>> THIS IS MY MOTHER, MARY 
WRIGHT. 
AND SHE'S SEATED NEXT TO MY 
WIFE, JANELLE WRIGHT. 
AND IN THE BACK, MY FATHER CURT 
WRIGHT, AND MY DAUGHTER KAYLA 
WRIGHT. 
>> HEARING EVERYONE'S WHY OF 
WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO 
PARTICIPATE IN THIS MARCH. 
>> FOR ME, IT'S AN INFLECTION 
POINT. 
WE'RE LOOKING AT I POINT IN 
HISTORY THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN IN 
MY LIFETIME. 
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT 
TO BE A PART OF IT. 
AND TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT MY 
VOICE WAS HEARD. 
AND WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON IS 
SOLUTIONS. 
NOT NECESSARILY HOW WE GOT TO 
THIS POINT. 
BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO BUILD 
FORWARD AND TO MAKE SURE THAT 
IT IS A BETTER PLACE FOR NOT 
JUST MY PARENTS BUT THE 
GENERATIONS COMING BEHIND US AS 
WELL. 
>> WE HAVE PICTURES OF YOUR 
FAMILY MEMBERS. 
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE ABLE TO 
WALK THROUGH THAT, WITH YOUR 
CHILDREN, YOUR DAUGHTER, YOUR 
PARENTS? 
>> IT MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS 
FOR EACH ONE FOR MY PARENTS, 
IT'S EVERYTHING THEY WENT 
THROUGH AND WHAT THEY DID TO 
RAISE ME. 
FOR MY CHILDREN, IT 
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PROMISE 
IS UNLIMITED. 
THAT THERE IS EVERYTHING THAT 
THEY CAN DO, AS LONG AS THEY 
PUT CERTAIN THINGS IN PLACE. 
AND THE REASON I'M MARCHING IS 
TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. 
TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE JUDGED, 
BASED ON THEIR CAPABILITIES, 
INTELLIGENCE, AND WHAT THEY'RE 
WILLING TO DO, IN ORDER TO MAKE 
CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN. 
>> WELL, I WANT TO ASK YOU, 
TOO, ABOUT THE SHIRTS THAT 
EVERYONE IS WEARING. 
SO YOU CAME UP WITH THIS, 
HASHTAG UNIVERSAL MOSAIC ON THE 
RIGHT JOURNEY. 
HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THAT? 
>> ON THE RIGHT JOURNEY MEANS 
THAT THIS IS JUST SPECIFIC TO 
ME AND MY FAMILY. 
IT MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO 
EVERYONE. 
AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE FACT 
THAT BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT A 
MONOLITHIC RACE. 
DIFFERENT THINGS HIT EACH OF US 
DIFFERENTLY. 
BUT UNIVERSAL MOSAIC MEANS THAT 
WE ARE ALL PART OF ONE LARGER 
PUZZLE. 
IF ONE PIECE IS MISSING FROM 
THAT PUZZLE, THEN YOU NOTICE 
IT. 
SO BLACK PEOPLE ARE PART OF A 
LARGER PUZZLE. 
BUT SO ARE HISPANICS, ASIANS, 
WOMEN AND SOEVERYONE ELSE. 
AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE 
PART OF THAT PUZZLE. 
>> WE ARE GETTING READY. 
WE ARE GOING TO JOIN THE WRIGHT 
FAMILY. 
THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO LET US 
JOIN THEM AS THEY GET READY TO 
HEAD TO THAT MARCH.  
FOR NOW, WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO 
YOU IN STUDIO. 
>> ALL RIGHT, NICOLE DiANTONIO. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 
COVERAGE, NICOLE. 
>>> WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE 
COVERAGE IN WASHINGTON IN A FEW 
MOMENTS. 
STAY WITH US.
FROM D.C. TO ATLANTA TO NEW 
YORK TO CHARLOTTE A NEW 
GENERATION IS ANSWERING THE 
CALL. 
AND THEIR MESSAGE IS AS CLEAR 
AS IT WAS IN 1963. 
QUALITY MATTERS. 
THE CALL FOR EQUALITY REFORM. 
IT IS IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE 
NOID, BREONNA TAYLOR.   
>> HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE 
POLICE REFORM BILLS THAT ARE 
MOVING THROUGH THE 
LEGISLATURES. 
>> LET'S START WITH THE GEORGE 
FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT. 
THE BILL PASSED THE DEMOCRATIC 
CONTROLLED HOUSE IN JUNE. 
IT BANS POLICE FROM USING CHOKE 
HOLDS AND CREATES A NATIONAL 
REGISTRY TO COMPILE DATA ON 
COMPLAINTS AND RECORDS OF 
POLICE MISCONDUCT. 
THE BILL ALSO REFORMS QUALIFIED 
IMMUNITY. 
IT'S THE SHIELD THAT PROTECTS 
MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 
FROM MANY CIVIL SUITS. 
OVER IN THE SENATE IS THE 
JUSTICE ACT. 
THE BILL WAS ALSO INTRODUCED 
BACK IN JUNE. 
THIS TIME BY SENATE 
REPUBLICANS. 
IT WOULD REQUIRE INCREASED 
REPORTING OF USE OF FORCE BY 
POLICE OFFICERS AND NO-KNOCK 
WARRANTS. 
THERE IS ALSO ON THE HOUSE 
BILL. 
BOTH WOULD INCENTIVIZE STATE 
AND LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO 
BAN THE USE OF CHOKE HOLDS. 
HOWEVER, THE SENATE BILL DOES 
NOT ADDRESS QUALIFIED IMMUNITY 
AND DOES NOT INCLUDE A FEDERAL 
CHOKE HOLD BAN.  
SENATE MAJORITY MITCH McCONNELL 
SAID HE PLANS TO OFFER A MOTION 
TO RECONSIDER THE MEASURE BUT 
HASN'T SAID WHEN. 
OTHER STATES INCLUDING 
VIRGINIA, TEXAS AND 
MASSACHUSETTS ARE EITHER 
CONSIDERING OR HAVE PASSED 
SIMILAR POLICE REFORM MEASURES. 
THE D.C. COUNCIL HAS EVEN 
PASSED AN EMERGENCY POLICE 
REFORM BILL THAT TACKLES A LOT 
OF THOSE SAME ISSUES.  
>> ALL RIGHT. 
TO WEIGH IN ON THESE STATE'S 
EFFORTS AND TO ADDRESS WHAT 
MANY ARE CALLING THE LARGEST 
ISSUES SURROUNDING POLICING IN 
AMERICA. 
WE GO TO OUR EXPERTS. 
FIRST IS DR. RESEAN RAY. 
DIRECTOR OF THE LAB FOR APPLIED 
RESEARCH.  
ALSO JOINING ME IS CHUCK 
WEXLER. 
HE'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 
THE POLICE REFORM.  
IT IS AN ORGANIZATION OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, 
DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE 
PROFESSIONALISM OF POLICING. 
GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR 
JOINING US. 
LET'S DIVE RIGHT IN. 
I WANT TO START BY TALKING 
ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER AND 
BLUE LIVES MATTER. 
TO MEAN, THE TERMS ARE NOT 
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.  
TO ME, YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAY, 
BLACK LIVES MATTER AND SOME 
SAY, NO, BLUE LIVES MATTER. 
I WANT TO START WITH YOU TO 
FIND OUT, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, 
WHEN THEY HEAR THE TERM "BLACK 
LIVES MATTER." 
WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER" BLACK 
LIVES MATTER "PROTESTORS, HOW 
DO THEY VIEW THAT? 
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO COME 
BACK TO CHUCK. 
RASHAWN, I'M GOING TO START 
WITH YOU. 
TELL ME WHAT BLACK LIVES MATTER 
TRULY MEANS. 
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING 
ME ON THE SHOW. 
SIMPLY PUT, BLACK LIVES MATTER 
MEANS THAT WE SHOW VALUE THAT 
HUMANITY OF BLACK PEOPLE. 
AND BY DOING SO, BLACK PEOPLE 
ARE THE MOST MARGINALIZED 
PEOPLE, BAILED ON THE IMPIR CAL 
RESEARCH WE HAVE IN THE CASE. 
THEN WE END UP VALUING OUR 
LIVES. 
I FIND IT ALWAYS INTERESTING 
THAT WE JUXTAPOSE BLACK LIVES 
MATTER AND BLUE LIVES MATTER, 
WHEN ON ONE HAND, THERE ARE A 
LARGE PERCENTAGE OF BLACK 
PEOPLE WHO ARE POLICE OFFICERS 
THEMSELVES.  
AND TRYING TO EQUATE RACIAL 
IDENTITY WITH A PROFESSION WILL 
PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE TO BE A 
POLICE OFFICER. 
I HAVE SEVERAL IN MY FAMILY. 
BUT PEOPLE CAN'T CHOOSE TO BE 
BLACK OR PERCEIVED TO BE BLACK. 
SO OFTEN, THERE'S A FALSE 
DICHOTOMY.  
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU'RE A 
BLACK CIVILIAN, WHITE OR 
WHATEVER. 
THAT EVERYONE CAN HOPEFULLY 
SAFELY GET HOME TO THEIR 
FAMILIES AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
>> I'M GLAD WE HAVE YOU NOW.  
TELL ME YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT. 
AND TELL ME HOW YOU THINK THESE 
ORGANIZATIONS VIEW BLACK LIVES 
MATTER. 
>> I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH 
DR. RAY.  
I DON'T THINK IT'S ONE VERSUS 
THE OTHER. 
I THINK BLACK LIVES MATTER IS A 
REFLECTION OF A SENSE FROM 
BLACK PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, 
THEIR LIVES DIDN'T MATTER. 
I MEAN, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE 
OF USE OF FORCE.  
SO I GET NA. 
BUT I THINK DR. RAY MAKES A 
GOOD POINT. 
IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, BLUE 
LIVES IS ONE GROUP. 
AND BLACK LIVES MATTER IS A 
DIFFERENT GROUP. 
I THINK WE GOTTA RESPECT THAT.  
YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ISSUE IN 
AMERICA. 
THIS IS AN ISSUE IN POLICING.  
I DON'T REALLY EVEN KNOW WHAT 
BLUE LIVES MATTER ACTUALLY 
MEANS.  
I UNDERSTAND THE SENSE FROM 
POLICE OFFICERS THEY WANT TO BE 
RESPECTED TO. 
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO 
CHOOSE. 
DO I CHOOSE BLUE LIVES MATTER 
OR BLACK LIVES MATTER? 
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT 
CAME ABOUT IN RESPONSE TO USE 
OF FORCE ISSUES.  
AND WE, IN THE POLICING 
PROFESSION. 
WE ACCEPT THAT. 
WE RECOGNIZE IT. 
WE KNOW, WE NEED TO DO BETTER.  
SO YOU LOOK AT THAT SITUATION 
IN KENOSHA.  
AND YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT ALL 
THE FEDERAL REFORMS. 
THAT'S NOT GOING TO FIX WHAT 
HAPPENED THERE THE OTHER DAY. 
THAT IS A LOCAL ISSUE. 
WITH 18,000 POLICE DEPARTMENTS. 
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU 
FIX THAT.  
SO -- BUT I THINK I AGREE WITH 
DR. RAY. 
THIS IS A FALSE DICHOTOMY TO 
TRY TO THINK THAT IT'S ONE 
VERSUS THE OTHER. 
>> CHUCK, YOU MENTIONED 
KENOSHA.  
I WANT TO STAY WITH YOU FOR A 
MOMENT. 
IN KENOSHA. 
WE SAW VIDEO OF A WHITE MILITIA 
GROUP. 
THANKING THOSE MILITIA MEMBERS. 
I UNDERSTAND AT LEAST ONE 
MILITIA MEMBER CALLED THE 
SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO SEE IF THEY 
COULD BE DEPUTIZED.  
ISN'T THAT PROBLEMATIC?
BECAUSE ISN'T NASETTING UP AN 
ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP 
BETWEEN POLICE AND THE 
COMMUNITY. 
>> THAT'S JUST A CRAZY 
SITUATION. 
BUT YOU KNOW, PART OF IT IS, 
THE FACT IS, IN WISCONSIN, YOU 
HAVE A RIGHT TO CARRY. 
YOU HAVE THESE PEOPLE, LEGALLY 
CARRYING FIREARMS. 
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 
THE POLICE SHOULDN'T LOOK TO 
THAT GROUP TO SAY, HEY, LISTEN, 
THANKS A LOT FOR HELPING OUT 
HERE. 
THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE 
SUPPOSED TO DO. 
YOU KNOW, YOU TRAIN POLICE. 
SELECT POLICE. 
BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE 
OBJECTIVE. 
YOU DON'T NEED PEOPLE COMING IN 
WALKING AROUND, TRYING TO 
ASSERT THEMSELVES. 
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. 
YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE MURDERED. 
THEN POLICE WALKED BY THE 
PERSON, WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW HE 
JUST SHOT THE PEOPLE.  
THAT'S NOT A GOOD SITUATION.  
POLICE NEED TO STEP UP THERE. 
AND THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE 
FIREARMS WALKING AROUND. 
THEY JUST CONFUSE THINGS. 
THEY DON'T HELP THE SITUATION. 
>> RASHAWN, MOST OF THESE 
INCIDENTS HAPPEN IN COMMUNITIES 
OF COLOR. 
DO YOU BELIEVE POLICE 
DEPARTMENTS SHOULD HAVE SPECIAL 
TRAINING ON HOW TO ENGAGE 
PEOPLE OF COLOR? 
>> I THINK THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT 
SHOULD HAVE JUST BETTER 
PRACTICES FOR DEESCALATION AND 
INTERACTION MORE GENERALLY. 
THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE SHOWS 
THAT OFFICERS HAVE ABOUT 50 
HOURS OF FIREARM TRAINING. 
BUT LESS THAN 10 HOURS OF 
DEESCALATION TRAINING. 
THIS IS WHY WE CREATED OUR 
VIRTUAL REALITY PROGRAM TO HELP 
POLICE OFFICERS MAKE DECISIONS 
AND ALSO HELP THEM REDUCE.  
YES.
WE KNOW THAT'S HOW IT IS IN A 
BROADER SOCIETY. 
BUT THESE ARE THINGS WE CAN 
WORK TO CORRECT. ♪♪
AND IT'S NOT JUST AMONG WHITE 
OFFICERS. 
WE FIND ACROSS THE BOARD, THERE 
IS ASPECT WHITE BIAS REGARDLESS 
OF RACE AND GENDER OF THE 
OFFICER. 
WHICH SPEAKS TO THE WAY THEY'RE 
TRAINED, SOCIALIZED, 
COMMUNICATE, INTERACT AND DOING 
THREATS. 
THERE NEEDS TO BE BROAD SCALE 
CHANGES TO TRAINING AND BROADER 
SCALE INCREASES TO 
ACCOUNTABILITY. 
>> CHUCK, HOW DO WE GET REFORM 
IN POLICE OFFICERS IF OFFICERS 
TEND TO RALLY AROUND EACH 
OTHER, CLOSE THE RANKS TO 
PROTECT THEIR FELLOW OFFICERS 
OR TO WHAT THEY SEE AS 
PROTECTING OFFICERS. 
IF THE GOOD COPS DON'T CALL OUT 
THE BAD COPS, THAT'S 
PROBLEMATIC. 
HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT? 
>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. 
I THINK YOU HAVE A CULTURE 
ISSUE.  
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE 
REAL ISSUES THAT ISN'T BEING 
TALKED ABOUT.  
YOU KNOW, POLICE ARE LIKE A LOT 
OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. 
THEY TEND TO WANT TO PROTECT 
THEMSELVES. 
THEY TEND TO WANT TO 
PROFESSIONALIZE THEMSELVES. 
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN TREAT 
ALL POLICE THE SAME WAY. 
BELIEVE ME, THERE'S 18,000 
POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THIS 
COUNTRY.  
18,000 DIFFERENT POLICE 
CULTURES. 
BUT CULTURE IS AN ISSUE.  
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE 
TO RECOGNIZE, WE HAVE TO GET 
BETTER. 
AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT 
SITUATION THAT HAPPENED IN 
KENOSHA AND SAY, WHAT HAPPENED 
THERE?  
WHAT HAPPENED? 
I MEAN, I BELIEVE POLICE CHIEFS 
SHOULD CALL IN THEIR COMMAND 
STAFF, SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND 
SAY, IF WE HAD A SITUATION LIKE 
THIS, WHAT WOULD WE DO?  
AND YOU HAVE TO CONFRONT IT. 
THE CULTURE PART OF THIS 
PROBLEM. 
YOU CAN'T LEGISLATE CULTURE.  
RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, I'M THE 
HEAD OF AN ORGANIZATION OF 
POLICING. 
WE BELIEVE IN POLICE REFORM. 
BUT WE HAVE TO REALLY DOUBLE 
DOWN.  
I MEAN, THIS JUST INNOCENT 
ACCEPTABLE. 
WHAT WE SAW THERE WITH THE 
GEORGE FLOYD INCIDENT IS NOT 
ACCEPTABLE.  
GOOD COPS ARE GREAT. 
YOU COULD HAVE 100 GOOD COPS IN 
THE DEPARTMENT. 
AND ONE BAD COP. 
THIS ONE BAD COP DOES 
SOMETHING. 
IT'S VIDEOTAPE. 
MAKES THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT LOOK 
BAD.  
AND THE GOOD COPS KNOW WHO THE 
BAD COPS ARE. 
YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO 
TURN THAT AROUND AND DEAL WITH 
THAT. 
BECAUSE YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE 
THAT ISSUE. 
>> THANK YOU. 
DR. RAY, THIS IS NOT FAIR.  
15 SECONDS. 
DEFUND THE POLICE. 
IT IS A CONTROVERSIAL TERM. 
PEOPLE REACT, HAVE A VISCERAL 
REACTION TO IT. 
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DEFUND THE 
POLICE. 
>> I WROTE AN ARTICLE IN 
BROOKINGS. 
BUT IN SHORT, DEFUND THE POLICE 
MEANS TO REALLOCATE FUNDING.  
THERE ARE SOME WHO LITERALLY 
MEAN REABOLLISHING. 
BUT A LARGE SAYS IT MEANS 
REALLOCATING FUNDING TO OTHER 
SERVICES TO TAKE A MARKET-
DRIVEN APPROACH TO IMPROVE 
THEIR CALLS FOR SERVICE AND 
PERFORMANCE. 
>> THANK YOU FOR GREAT 
CONVERSATION. 
SORRY WE ARE SHORT ON TIME 
THERE. 
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 
WE APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU. 
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE ON OUR 
COVERAGE OF THE COMMITMENT TO 
WASH
>>> MANY OF OUR WHITE BROTHERS 
HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT THEIR 
DESTINE SEPARTNERRED WITH OUR 
DESTINY. 
>> WHAT DO WE WANT? 
>> JUSTICE. 
>> WHEN DO WE WANT IT? 
>> NOW. 
>> A MELTING POT. 
>> THOUSANDS MARCHED FOR THOSE 
WHO COULDN'T. 
>> THIS WAS A CALL TO ACTION. 
>> WE CANNOT WALK ALONE. 
>> IT IS A MASSIVE SEA OF 
HUMANITY. 
>> NEVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I SEEN 
SO MANY DIFFERENT RACES OF 
PEOPLE COME TOGETHER IN UNITY.  
>> THE BLACK COMMUNITY DOES 
HAVE ALLIES. 
WE ARE WILLING TO STAND UP FOR 
WHAT IS RIGHT.   
>> CHECK BEING OUR FAMILY 
MEMBERS. 
OUR FRIENDS. 
>> CHECKING OUR SYSTEMS OF 
OPPRESSION. 
>> MAKING SURE PEOPLE WHO ARE 
USUALLY UNHEARD ARE HEARD. 
>> THERE ARE QUEER LIVES THAT 
MATTER.  
THERE ARE QUEER BLACK LIVES 
THAT MATTER. 
>> WE WON'T CHANGE UNTIL PEOPLE 
THAT ARE NOT AFFECTED GET 
AFFECTED. 
>> ALL LOSS OF LIFE. 
ALL IN PAIN. 
NOT JUST BLACK PEOPLE. 
>> WE JUST WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR 
US. 
>> DO NOT FORGET ABOUT THE 
PEOPLE THAT ARE UNCOMFORTABLE 
TO OTHERS.   
>> I JUST WANT TO SEE PEACE AND 
JUSTICE.   
>>> THE WUSA 9 TEAM SHARES YOUR 
BELIEF THAT EQUALITY MATTERS 
AND TODAY, THE FIGHT FOR 
EQUALITY TAKES PLACE HERE.  
THE GET YOUR KNEE OFF OUR NECKS 
COMMITMENT MARCH BEGINS. 
THOUSANDS ARE GATHERING.
GOOD MORNING. 
AND THANK YOU FOR DISWROINING 
US AGAIN FOR THIS SPECIAL 
MOMENT IN HISTORY. 
I'M LESLI FOSTER, JOINED BY 
REESE WATERS AND LAURA ZOHAL. 
>> GOOD MORNING, LESLI. 
YOU CAN FEEL THE PASSION. 
IN 
THIS IS TRULY A MOMENT IN 
HISTORY. 
A CALL FOR RACIAL JUSTICE. 
A CALL FOR CHANGE. 
>> AND THIS COINCIDES WITH THE 
57th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARTIN 
LUTHER KING THE REQUEST I HAVE 
A DREAM SPEECH." 
>> TODAY'S MAIN PROGRAM GETS 
UNDER WAY AT 11:00. 
AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. 
AND WE'LL HEAR FROM ALL KINDS 
OF PEOPLE. 
WHICH INCLUDES REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON, AND ALSO MARTIN 
LUTHER KING III, WHO IS THE SON 
OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 
>>> AND STARTING AT 1:00. 
PEOPLE WILL MARCH FROM THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL TO THE 
MEMORIAL. 
EVERYONE IS ASKED TO TAKE 
PROPER PRECAUTIONS BECAUSE OF 
THIS PANDEMIC. 
THAT MEANS THEY HAVE TO WEAR A 
MASK. 
ALL RIGHT. 
OUR MATT GREGORY IS AT 17th 
NEAR THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL. 
WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LINING 
UP TO ENTER. 
AND I WOULD BET THAT YOU HAVE A 
LOT OF COMPANY NOW? 
>> I HAVE.
THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING 
IN. 
AND AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME. 
THE LINES ARE COMING IN HERE. 
WE'RE JUST ACROSS THE WORLD WAR 
II MEMORIAL. 
AND THE ORGANIZERS HAVE TAKEN 
VERY INTRICATE STEPS TO MAKE 
SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE. 
NUMBER 1.  IF YOU SEE PEOPLE 
WITH A GREEN WRIST BAND. 
THAT MEANS THEY HAVE HAD THEIR 
TEMPERATURE CHECKED.  
ORGANIZERS HERE. 
IN FACT, THERE IS A PERSON 
CHECKING EVERY SINGLE PERSON 
WHO COMES THROUGH WITH A 
WRISTBAND. 
AND THEY'RE SORT OF MAINTAINING 
THE SOCIAL DISTANCE. 
BUT JOINING ME RIGHT NOW.  
THIS IS LEONARD POLK. 
>> WELL, I'M FROM STERLING, 
VIRGINIA. 
I'M COMING HERE, REPRESENTING 
THE NATIONAL, THE IMPROVED 
BENEVOLENT PROTECTOR OF THE 
WORLD. 
I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS MARCH 
AND OUR COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL 
JUSTICE. 
IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 
ESPECIALLY IN TIMES LIKE THESE, 
THAT WE SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. 
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE 
NEED TO DO IS TO STAND UP FOR 
CHANGE, STAND UP FOR JUSTICE. 
AND STAND UP FOR EQUALITY. 
THOSE THINGS ARE VERY, VERY 
IMPORTANT IN THESE TIMES. 
AND IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT 
FOR OURSELVES, WE NEED TO MAKE 
SURE WE DO IT FOR OUR CHILDREN 
AND GRANDCHILDREN. 
TODAY, WE STAND WITH THIS 
MARCH. 
WITH SOCIAL JUSTICE. 
STAND FOR CHANGE. 
WE ROILS THAT THE TIME FOR 
CHANGE IS NOW. 
AND THAT IS VERY, VERY 
IMPORTANT. 
THAT ELKS EVERYWHERE SUPPORT 
OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO 
PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES FOR 
THOSE IN NEED. 
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, GET UP, 
GO OUT AND VOTE FOR 2020. 
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING MORE THAN 
THAT. 
YOU HAVE TO VOTE TO ALLOW YOUR 
VOICE TO BE HEARD. 
AND ALLOW YOU TO BE PROPERLY 
REPRESENTED. 
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK AS A 
COMMUNITY LEADER? 
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT AS 
YOU'RE ABOUT TO MARCH WITH 
THEM? 
>> I THINK SEEING THE YOUNG 
PEOPLE OUT HERE IS VERY, VERY 
INSPIRATIONAL. 
I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE 
COMMITMENT. 
THE PERCEPTION HAS BEEN IN OUR 
COMMUNITIES THAT THE YOUNG 
PEOPLE DON'T CARE. 
AND THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE 
JUST AMBIVALENT TO WHAT IS 
GOING ON AROUND THEM. 
BUT I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT 
THEY ARE COMMITTED. 
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THEM STAND UP 
FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY BELIEVE 
IN. 
AND I'M CERTAINLY PROUD TO 
STAND RIGHT THERE WITH THEM. 
>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU ON 
A PERSONAL LEVEL? 
YOU AS LEONARD? 
>> ON THE PERSONAL LEVEL.  
THERE WERE MY ANCESTORS AND MY 
KIN PEOPLE MARCHED IN THE 60s, 
SO THAT I WOULD HAVE BETTER 
OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW AS A 
PERSON. 
I'M MARCHING TODAY FOR MY 
CHILDREN AND MY GRANDCHILDREN.  
THEY WON'T HAVE TO MARCH IN 
THESE STREETS. 
HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE THE 
CHANGES TO ERADICATE RACISM. 
COMMUNITY OF JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
AND HAVE SIGNIFICANT MEANING TO 
CARRYING OUT THE WORDS OF OUR 
CONSTITUTION THAT ALL MEN AND 
WOMEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, UNDER 
THE LAW. 
>> LEONARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH 
FOR JOINING US. 
I APPRECIATE YOU. 
WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT. 
HAVE A WONDERFUL REST OF YOUR 
DAY. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING. 
PEOPLE FROM ALL AGE GROUPS 
COMING IN TO ADVANCE SOCIAL 
CHANGE. 
AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE 
MANY STORES WE'VE SEEN PASSING 
THROUGH HERE OVER THE LAST 
THREE HOURS, WHILE WE HAVE BEEN 
OUT.  
THAT'S IT FOR US HERE.  
I'LL SEE YOU BACK IN THE 
STUDIO. 
>> THERE ARE GOING TO BE SO 
MANY AMAZING STORIES OUT OF 
TODAY. 
THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE CAME AND 
WHAT THEY TAKE AWAY FROM THEIR 
TIME.  
S SO GOOD TO SEE THAT. 
WE ALSO WANT TO SEND IT OUT TO 
DARREN HAINES WHO HAS FATHER OF 
KEVIN TARVER, KILLED BY POLICE 
IN TEXAS. 
>> YEAH, REESE. 
KEVIN TARVER IS WITH ME NOW. 
AND HIS SON DARIUS IS ON HIS 
SHIRT. 
AND HE WAS KILLED BY POLICE, 
JUST THIS PAST JANUARY. 
>> CORRECT.
HE WAS KILLED JANUARY 21st.  
AND HE WAS A CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
MAJOR.  
THE PRIOR WEEK HE HAD AN 
ACCIDENT. 
AND HEEFERTION PUT IN ICU 
TRAUMA.  
THE HOSPITAL RELEASED HIM A DAY 
AFTER THE ACCIDENT. 
WHICH HE SHOULD HAVE HAD 72 
HOURS OBSERVATION. 
BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 
HE WAS HOME WITH HIS MOTHER 
ABOUT A WEEK. 
HE WENT BACK TO SCHOOL THAT 
MONDAY, WHICH IS MARTIN LUTHER 
KING'S DAY, AND AT 3:00 THAT 
MORNING, HE WAS ACTUALLY SHOT 
AND KILLED BY DENTON P.D.  
THE STORY THAT THEY ORIGINALLY 
PUT OUT SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, HE 
WAS KNOCKING OUT LIGHTS AND 
STUFF. 
BUT HE WAS HAVING A MENTAL 
CRISIS.  
AND HE WAS KNOCKING OUT HALL 
LIGHTS. 
AND HIS ROOMMATE CALLED AND 
SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE CALLED TO 
GET HELP. 
THEY'VE NEVER SEEN HIM ACT THIS 
WAY. 
THIS IS A SMART KID THAT 
EVERYBODY LOVES. 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHARACTER 
OF HIM. 
HE WAS A KID THAT WAS ON THE 
DEAN'S LIST. 
HE WAS A PART OF NOBLE, 
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF BLACK 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
HE WAS GOING TO GET INVOLVED 
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
NEVER ARRESTED, DIDN'T DO DRUGS 
OR ANY OF THAT TYPE OF STUFF. 
BUT THEY PUT OUT. 
AND THEY TASED HIM. 
HE IMMEDIATELY GOT UP AND WENT 
FULL ON CHARGE AT THE OFFICERS. 
THAT'S WHEN ONE OFFICER SHOT 
SEVERAL ROUNDS, STRIKING HIM 
ONCE.  
WELL, AFTER FINDING OUT WHAT 
HAPPENED, THE POLICE WERE NEVER 
TRANSPARENT. 
I NEVER EVEN GOT A CALL. 
IT HAPPENED AT 3:00. 
I FOUND OUT ABOUT 11:00 THIS 
MORNING, FROM OTHER FAMILY 
MEMBERS.  
AND THEN ONCE WE STARTED 
PUSHING TO FIND THE TRUTH I WAS 
FINALLY ABLE TO GO IN. 
THEY WOULDN'T ALLOW THIS. 
I'M CITY OF CHIEF. 
CHAPLAIN FOR THE POLICE 
DEPARTMENT.  
WHEN WE WENT IN. 
AND LOOKED AT THE VIDEO. 
WE WAITED TO SEE THE THINGS 
THAT THEY SAID HAPPENED. 
BUT MY SON LITERALLY CAME DOWN, 
PRAYING, TO MY ONLYHEAVENLY 
FATHER, MY LORD AND SAVIOR. 
AND THEY SAID HE COULDN'T 
COMPLY. 
HE STOPPED. 
HE WAS CLEARLY IN A MENTAL 
CRISIS, WHERE HE COULDN'T 
COMMUTE. 
AND HE WAS REPEATEDLY SAYING, 
MY HEAVENLY FATHER, MY HEAVENLY 
FATHER. 
HE HAD A FRYING PAN. 
BUT HE WASN'T USING IT, 
SWINGING IT, IT WAS JUST 
HANGING INSIDE THE FRYING PAN. 
AND AFTER ONE MINUTE OF THEM 
YELLING AND SCREAMING AND 
POINTING THEIR GUNS, THEY TASED 
HIM. 
AND WHEN THEY MOVED AND RAN 
FORD, THEY SHOT HIM. 
HE'S ON THE GROUND, STILL 
SAYING, MY HEAVENLY FATHER IS 
MY ONLY SHIELD.  
YOU GOT FOUR TO FIVE OFFICERS 
SURROUNDING HIM, POINTING 
WEAPONS. 
HE'S DISARMED. 
NOBODY TRYS TO ARREST HIM. 
NOBODY TRIES TO RESTRAIN HIM. 
THEY ALLOW HIM TO FEEBLY GET 
UP. 
AND THE OFFICERS WERE CLOSE. 
THEY COULD HAVE GRABBED HIM, 
TOOK HIM DOWN. 
BUT INSTEAD, THEY GAVE HIM 
SPACE. 
ROOM.
THEY PICKED UP THE PAN AND 
TURNED AROUND. 
AND WAS WALKING TOWARD HIM. 
BOTH ARMS DOWN. 
THEY SHOT HIM TWO MORE TIMES IN 
THE CHEST. 
>> KEVIN. 
I HAVE JUST ONE QUICK FOLLOW-
UP. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE LOSE THEIR 
KIDS. 
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO 
LOSE A CHILD. 
WHAT WERE THOSE MOMENTS LIKE TO 
LOSE A CHILD? 
>> I'VE HAD A LOT OF LOSSES. 
I'VE LOST MY MOTHER, MY 
BROTHER, NEPHEW. 
BUT TO LOSE A CHILD, ESPECIALLY 
IN THIS MANNER IS ONE OF THE 
MOST UNIMAGINABLE THINGS YOU 
CAN DEAL WITH, UNTIL IT HAPPENS 
TO YOU. 
YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH THE PAIN IN 
A NORMAL WAY. 
YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH THE GRIEF 
IN A NORMAL WAY. 
YOU CAN'T EVEN REALLY MOURN IN 
A NORMAL WAY. 
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE TO 
FIGHT FOR JUSTICE. 
WHEN YOU HAVE TO STAND UP AND 
BE THE VOICE OF YOUR CHILD. 
AND YOU SEE THEM, THEIR LIVES 
TAKEN THE WAY THEY ARE. 
YOU HAVE SO MUCH OTHER THINGS 
BUT IT'S LIKE DAVID AND GOLIATH 
WITH THIS SYSTEM. 
AND YOU HAVE TO FIGHT AGAINST 
THIS BIG GIANT THAT IS BROKEN.  
I MEAN. 
AND IT'S FRUSTRATING. 
AND IT'S PAINFUL.
IT'S A WHOLE OTHER PAIN YOU 
HAVE TO DEAL WITH. 
AND YOU JUST REALLY DON'T HAVE 
PEACE.  
BECAUSE NOW I REALLY KNOW WHAT 
IT MEANS WHEN IT SAYS NO 
JUSTICE. 
NO PEACE. 
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE IN PEACE 
WHEN YOUR LOVED ONE HAS NO 
JUSTICE. 
>> KEVIN TASKER. 
SAYS HIS SON WAS SHOT AND 
KILLED BY POLICE IN JANUARY. 
HIS FIRST NAME WAS DARIUS. 
HE'S A FATHER, JUST LIKE MANY 
OTHER PARENTS AND FAMILY 
MEMBERS THAT HAVE LOST THEIR 
CHILD TO POLICE BRUTALITY. 
GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU 
GUYS. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
I WANT TO THANK YOU, DARREN, 
FOR ALLOWING KEVIN TARVER TO 
TELL HIS STORY ONE MORE TIME. 
AND THANKS TO OUR CREW HERE FOR 
ALLOWING HIM TO TELL THAT 
STORY. 
ALL THE MORE POWERFUL, 
CONSIDERING HIS RELATIONSHIP 
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE LIVE 
COVERAGE ON THE COMMITMENT 
MARCH ON WASHINGTON.  
>>> THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON IS 
ALL ABOUT EQUALITY AND FIGHTING 
FOR JUSTICE. 
IT'S A FIGHT ON ALL FRONTS THAT 
INTERSECTS AT DIFFERENT 
MOVEMENTS, THAT INCLUDES THE 
LGBTQ RIGHTS MOVEMENT.  
NO DOUBT, THIS MOVEMENT HAS 
SEEN SOME AMAZING PROGRESS.  
GAY MARRIAGE BECAME LEGAL FIVE 
YEARS AGO. 
JUST THIS YEAR, THE SUPREME 
COURT RULED EMPLOYERS CANNOT 
FIRE SOMEONE BASED ON THEIR 
SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER 
IDENTITY.  
DON'T ASK DON'T TELL HAS BEEN 
BANNED IN THE MILITARY. 
BUT DESPITE ALL OF THIS, 
THERE'S STILL SO MUCH WORK TO 
BE DONE. 
HERE'S A FEW EXAMPLES. 
VIOLENCE IS DISPROPORTIONATELY 
IMPACTING TRANSGENDER WOMEN OF 
COLOR. 
THAT'S ACCORDING NOT HUMAN 
RIGHTS CAMPAIGN. 
AT LEAST 22 TRANSGENDER AND 
GENDER-NONCONFORMING PEOPLE, 
ALMOST ALL BLACK TRANSGENDER 
WOMEN WERE KILLED IN 2019. 
MEANWHILE, THEY HAVE 
EXPERIENCED DISCRIMINATION WHEN 
APPLYING FOR JOBS. 
ANOTHER ISSUE, THE TREVOR 
PROJECT FOUND 39% OF YOUTH IN 
THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, CONSIDERED 
COMMITTING SUICIDE, JUST WITHIN 
THE PAST YEAR. 
>>> LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, 
TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER OR 
QUESTIONING COLOR.  
BUT ORGANIZERS AND LGBTQ ISSUES 
WERE OFTEN LEFT IN THE SHADOWS. 
WUSA'S MICHAEL QUANDER IS 
HAS BEEN SHINING LIGHT ON THE 
LGBTQ RIGHTS. 
JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM 17th AND 
CONSTITUTION. 
MICHAEL, YOU'VE BEEN ALL OVER 
THIS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. 
TELL ME HOW YOU FEEL NOW THAT 
THIS MOMENT IS HERE?   
>> Reporter: REESE, I GOTTA 
TELL YOU, EVER SINCE THESE 
PROTESTS STARTED A COUPLE OF 
MONTHS AGO.   
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪  
♪ FROM A CROWD OF PEOPLE TO 
CALM DOWN ♪  >> MOVEMENTS ALL 
SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER. 
YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY ALWAYS 
BUILD UPON ONE ANOTHER. 
>> Reporter: LESBIAN, GAY, 
TRANSGENDER AND QUEER PEOPLE, 
FACE DISCRIMINATION AND 
INEQUITIES UNDER THE LAW, AND 
INCIDENTS OF HATE AND VIOLENCE. 
>> THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT 
HAVE BEEN HAPPENING FOR 
DECADES. 
>> Reporter: IN AMERICA, YOU 
CAN SEE THE EVOLVEMENT OF LGBTQ 
PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR THEIR 
RIGHTS FOR THE CREATION OF 
HUMAN RIGHTS IN 1934 TO 
STONEWALL AND GRASS ROOTS 
MOVEMENTS BIRTHED OUT OF THE 
BIGOTRIES AND BIASES THEY FACED 
FOR DECADES. 
DR. CALIMA YOUNG WITH COMASON 
UNIVERSITY. 
>> I WANT TO SAY THERE IS NO 
LINEAR NARRATIVE ABOUT THE 
QUEER OR GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT. 
WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 
THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE STREETS 
FROM JUMP STREET. 
>> WE SORT OF CREATE THIS IDEA 
OF LINEAR HISTORY. 
>> A TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT 
SAYS IT WAS THE ENERGY FROM THE 
BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 
THAT HELPED TO FUEL THE FIGHT 
FOR GAY RIGHTS. 
>> A LOT OF THE IDEA OF 
QUESTIONING, LIKE WHO HAS 
RIGHTS AND WHO DOESN'T.  
AND A LOT OF GETTING THAT 
CONVERSATION STARTED, IS ON THE 
BACKS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOVEMENT. 
RIGHT?
LIKE PEOPLE WERE NOT ATTEMPTING 
TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS 
UNTIL BLACK PEOPLE STOOD UP 
FIRST. 
>> THERE WERE QUEER PEOPLE IN 
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. 
TALKED ABOUT BEING ARRESTED AND 
THINGS LIKE THAT. 
THAT IS ONE OF THE MANY PEOPLE 
PART OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOVEMENT. 
>> ONE OF THE TWO MAIN 
ORGANIZERS FOR THE MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON BACK IN 1963.  
BUT DUE TO CRITICISM OVER HIS 
SEXUALITY, AND LBGTQ PEOPLE AT 
THE TIME, HE OFTEN STAYED 
BEHIND THE SCENES, INFLUENCING 
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER. 
>> BAYARD WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A 
QUEER PERSON. 
IN WHETHER HIS WHOLE PERSON 
COULD BE SHOWN IN THAT 
MOVEMENT. 
>> MORE AND MORE LGBTQ PEOPLE 
ARE NOW OPENLY AND 
UNAPOLOGETICALLY, LEADING IN 
THIS MOVEMENT, PRESENTING IN 
ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THEM AND 
INSISTING THAT ALL BLACK LIVES 
MATTER. 
>> THE IDEA THAT, THAT, THAT 
QUEER FOLKS NORT SORT OF 
COWERING IN THE CORNER HAVE 
HAVE THEIR CONTRIBUTION BE 
ERASED FROM THIS MOVEMENT IS 
WHAT FEELS DIFFERENT AT THIS 
TIME.  >> MAYARD GRAUS IS A 
STORY THAT NEEDS TO BE TOLD. 
IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIM, LOOK HIM 
UP. 
JOINING ME NOW, DR. CALIMA 
YOUNG.  
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME ON 
SUCH AN HISTORIC OCCASION. 
LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT. 
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF TODAY 
FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY? 
>> I THINK TODAY IS AN 
EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT MOMENT 
FOR THE LGBT. 
BECAUSE EVERY TIME THERE IS A 
PLATFORM THAT IS A NATIONAL 
PLATFORM TO TALK ABOUT EQUALITY 
AND INJUSTICE AND HOW TO 
ADDRESS THESE THINGS, WHEN YOU 
CENTER OR HAVE PROMINENCE THE 
LIVES OF LGBTQ PEOPLE, IT MAKES 
A VERY STRONG STATEMENT THAT 
UNDER, THAT EVERYONE IS 
INVOLVED IN THE MOVEMENT. 
THAT ALL VERSIONS OF SELF ARE 
ALLOWED TO BE IN THE MOVEMENT. 
AND THE MORE PRESENCE YOU HAVE 
OF A DIVERSE RANGE OF WAYS OF 
BEING IN EQUALITY MOVEMENTS, 
THE STRONGER THOSE MOVEMENTS 
BECOME. 
LIKE DIVERSITY DOES NOT WATER 
DOWN THE MESSAGE. 
BECAUSE SYSTEMIC AND STATE 
VIOLENCE, AND ALL OF THE THINGS 
THAT THESE MOVEMENTS ARE 
FIGHTING FOR, IMPACT EVERYONE.  
SO I THINK THAT IS EXTREMELY 
IMPORTANT THAT NOW THAT LGBTQ 
VOICES ARE PROMINENT IN THIS 
PARTICULAR MOMENT, AT THIS 
PARTICULAR MARCH.  
>> Reporter: NOW, WHAT ARE SOME 
OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT THE 
COMMUNITY IS FACING RIGHT NOW? 
AND HOW DOES THAT INTERSECTION 
OF BLACKNESS MAKE THOSE ISSUES 
WORSE?  
>> I THINK SOME OF THE BIGGEST 
ISSUES ARE AROUND VERSIONS OF 
WHAT I LIKE -- WHAT WE LIKE TO 
THINK ABOUT AS STATE VIOLENCE. 
SO THE WAY THAT VIOLENCE THAT 
IS APPROVED OR FUNDED BY THE 
GOVERNMENT TARGETS MARGINALIZED 
FOLKS. 
SO MANY LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE AT THE 
CORNERS OF VARIOUS 
INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITIES THAT 
ARE BEING IMPACTED BY STATE 
VIOLENCE. 
THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF, WE 
THINK ABOUT BLACK TRANS WOMEN 
AND THEIR ENCOUNTERS WITH THE 
POLICE.  
AND NOT ONLY THE INDIGNITIES OF 
HAVING TO ENCOUNTER POLICE ON A 
REGULAR BASIS. 
BUT ALSO THE INDIGNITYIES OF 
WHEN THEY ARE IMPRISONED NOT 
BEING HOUSED IN POPULATIONS 
THAT ARE CONGRUENT WITH THEIR 
IDENTITY. 
OR WE THINK ABOUT STATE 
VIOLENCE AS IT IMPACTS POOR 
LGBT PEOPLE, OFTEN PEOPLE ARE 
COLOR. 
AND THEIR ABILITY TO FIND JOBS, 
THEIR ABILITY TO FIND HOUSING, 
THEIR ABILITY TO BE SAFE IN 
THEIR SCHOOLS.  
SO THERE ARE ALL OF THESE 
LEVELS OF STATE VIOLENCE THAT 
IMPACT LGBTQ PEOPLE.  
AND WHEN WE ADDRESS STATE 
VIOLENCE, WE ADDRESS ALL OF IT. 
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S REALLY 
IMPORTANT TO HAVE LGBTQ PEOPLE 
CENTERED IN THE MIDST OF THIS 
"GET YOUR KNEES OFF OF OUR 
NECK" ANNIVERSARY MARCH FOR THE 
MARCH ON WASHINGTON.  
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, DR. YOUNG. 
SO MUCH OF THIS CONVERSATION IS 
ABOUT INTERSECTIONALITY. 
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 
BREAKING THAT DOWN FOR 
EVERYBODY. 
THIS IS A HUGE DAY, FOR SEVERAL 
DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. 
BY THE WAY, WE SHARE SOMETHING 
IN COMMON. 
WE BOTH HAVE PARTNERS IN THE 
BEEHIVE. 
SO WE CAN GET A SUPPORT GROUP 
TOGETHER HOLD EACH OTHER'S 
HANDS AND I'LL SING "HALO" OR 
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU. 
OF COURSE, I'LL BE FOLLOWING 
YOU. 
YOU GUYS FOLLOW HER AS WELL. 
AND KEEP IT LIVE HERE ON WUSA 9 
FOR MORE LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 
GET YOUR KNEES OFF OUR NECK 
COMMITMENT IN WASHINGTON.  
>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE 
COMMITMENT MARCH ON WASHINGTON. 
LIVE COVERAGE. 
WE'VE GOT TEAM COVERAGE. 
I WANT TO SEND IT OUT TO 
MICHAEL QUANDER WHO IS OUT BY 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL.  
MICHAEL, DR. YOUNG, WHO WE JUST 
HAD ON SAID HELLO.  
CAN YOU SET THE SCENE NOW THAT 
YOU'RE IN THIS MOMENT? 
>> YEAH. 
I CAN TELL YOU, THE FEELING OUT 
HERE IS JUST ELECTRIC. 
YOU CAN FEEL THE CROWD STARTING 
TO GET MORE AND MORE HEIGHT, AS 
MORE PEOPLE START TO FEEL INTO 
THIS AREA. 
YOU GOTTA REMEMBER, THIS IS 
HAPPENING ON THE 57th 
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST MARCH 
ON WASHINGTON. 
THE FIRST I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH 
FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING THAT 
HAPPENED. 
HERE WE HAVE HEARD FROM PARENT 
LOST THEIR LOVED KNOW WOS. 
WE HAVE HEARD FROM D.C. NATIVES 
WHO ARE PART OF BLACK LIVES 
MATTER. 
AGAIN, STANDING IN THAT SAME 
SPOT, WHERE DR. MARTIN LUTHER 
KING STOOD MOMENTS AGO. 
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE CROWD 
HERE. 
YOU CAN SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE 
STILL SOCIALLY DISTANT BECAUSE 
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, THIS IS 
ALL HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE OF 
A PANDEMIC. 
SO PEOPLE ARE SITTING IN THESE 
CHAIRS. 
THIS IS WHERE THEY HAVE SOME 
ADA COMPLIANCE HAPPENING HERE.  
IF THEY HAVE DISABILITY TO 
THINK LIKE THAT. 
AND THEY'RE ALSO WEARING MASKS 
AND THINGS LIKE THAT, TOO. 
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK OVER HERE, 
YOU CAN SEE CROWDS STARTING TO 
GATHER UP.  
AND I CAN TELL YOU, THIS HAS 
THICKENED OUT A LOT. 
WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR A LARGE 
CROWD TO GATHER NEAR THE POOL 
DOWN THERE. 
BUT RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN SEE 
CROWDS. 
AND GETTING HERE, PEOPLE ARE 
SITTING ON THE GRASS. 
SITTING HERE WITH THEIR SIGNS. 
THEY HAVE THEIR SHIRT ON, TOO.  
EVERYONE HERE FOR THEIR OWN 
DIFFERENT REASONS FROM ALL OVER 
THE COUNTRY. 
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'VE HEARD 
PEOPLE FROM OREGON. 
FROM ATLANTA. 
FROM AGAIN, JUST ALMOST 
EVERYWHERE. 
DESCENDING HERE ON THE NATION'S 
CAPITAL TO SPEAK OUT ON 
INJUSTICES AND ON CALL FOR 
EQUALITY, FOR ALL PEOPLE, NOT 
ONLY HERE IN D.C., BUT ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY.  
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, MICHAEL? 
YOU'RE FROM HERE. 
YOUR FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE FOR A 
LONG TIME.  
HECK, WHAT WAS THE LAST TIME 
YOU FELT A BUZZ LIKE THIS IN 
THE CITY?  
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW, THIS, 
YOU'VE HEARD THIS ALL THE TIME. 
PEOPLE THINK THAT THIS MOVEMENT 
JUST FEELINGS DIFFERENT.  
IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE IT. 
BUT I'VE NEVER FELT THIS CITY 
BEING AS CHARGED AS IT IS RIGHT 
NOW. 
AND MORE SO BECAUSE WE ARE 
SEEING JUST THE DIFFERENT 
COLORS. 
AND JUST OUT HERE RIGHT NOW. 
PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT 
BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT RACES, 
DIFFERENT AGES. 
ALL COMING HERE FOR ONE MAIN 
CAUSE TO DECLARE THAT BLACK 
LIVES MATTER. 
AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 
THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD. 
WHETHER IT BE FOR POLICE REFORM 
OR VOTING EQUALITY. 
THING LIKE THAT. 
PEOPLE ARE AGAIN, OUT HERE FOR 
THEIR OWN DIFFERENT REASONS. 
AGAIN, FROM ALL OVER THE 
COUNTRY. 
WE GOTTA TELL YOU. 
WE SAW A LINE OF PEOPLE STILL 
WAITING TO GET CHECKED COMING 
IN HERE. 
AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THIS 
ORGANIZATION  [ INAUDIBLE ]  TO 
MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE BEING 
SAFE. 
WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO 
BE AT THE FRONT. 
THEY ARE CHECKING TEMPERATURES 
OF PEOPLE COMING IN, MAKING 
SURE PEOPLE HAVE ON MASKS. 
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, THEY ARE 
GIVING ONE TO YOU. 
NAY ARE ALSO OFFERING OUT HAND 
SANITIZER AS WELL. 
AND ASKING PEOPLE TO SOCIAL 
DISTANCE.  
WE SEE THE CHAIRS HERE BEING 
SOCIAL DISAPTD. 
WE IT TELL YOU, IT IS GETTING 
HARDER FOR PEOPLE IN THE CROWD 
TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE DISTANT. 
ONE THING I CAN SAY, IS MOST 
PEOPLE WE HAVE RUN INTO HAVE 
BEEN WEARING THEIR MASKS. 
AND AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT IS ONE 
OF THE BIGGEST THINGS ALL OF US 
CAN DO TO MAKE SURE WE'RE 
KEEPING EACH OTHER SAFE DURING 
THIS PANDEMIC.  
NOW, YOU KNOW, WE WERE OUT HERE 
EARLIER TODAY, AS THINGS 
STARTED GETTING UNDER WAY HERE. 
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, YOU HEAR 
THE DIFFERENT REASONS PEOPLE 
ARE HERE. 
WE SPOKE TO A WHITE COUPLE FROM 
OREGON. 
THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WERE OUT 
HERE BECAUSE THEY SAID IT'S 
TIME TO END WHITE SILENCE. 
THEY STILL SAID THAT BLACK 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AT THE 
FOREFRONT OF THIS FIGHT FOR SO 
LONG. 
AND IT WAS TIME FOR THEM TO 
STAND UP AND DO SOMETHING TO BE 
PRESENT. 
TO BE STANDING IN THE FRONT OF 
THIS CROWD. 
TO SHOUT, TO SAY SOMETHING. 
AND TO STOP JUST KIND OF 
SITTING DOWN AND WATCHING AND 
SEEING SUPPORT. 
BUT TO BE OUT HERE AND TO BE 
PART OF THIS MOVEMENT.  
WE HAVE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF 
WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN HERE. 
THEY KIND OF TOLD US THAT HEY, 
I'VE TRAVELED FROM ATLANTA. 
DESPITE COVID-19. 
KNOWING THE RISK THAT WAS OUT 
HERE. 
BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO 
BE HERE.  
AGAIN, PEOPLE ARE OUT HERE, 
BEING PART OF THIS HISTORIC 
MOMENT.  
THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING 
FORWARD TO THIS PROGRAM, 
STARTING AT AROUND 11:00.  
AND OVER TO THE MLK MEMORIAL, 
REESE. 
>> YOU KNOW WHAT? 
THANK YOU, MICHAEL. 
YOU STARTED YOUR ANSWER WITH 
THIS FEELS DIFFERENT. 
CERTAINLY LOOKS DIFFERENT. 
NOT JUST THE SOCIAL DISTANCING 
BUT ALSO THE DIVERSITY WE'VE 
SEEN WITH ALL THE MOVEMENTS OF 
2020. 
I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK DOWN 
THERE. 
I'M GOING TO SEND IT OUT TO 
ANOTHER D.C. STAPLE, BRUCE 
JOHNSON.   
>> THANKS, REESE. 
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 
EQUALITY MATTERS, THAT INCLUDES 
INEQUALITY IN THE FINANCIAL 
WORD. 
TODAY, 45 MILLION AMERICANS DO 
NOT HAVE USABLE CREDIT SCORES. 
NO CREDIT SCORE MEANS 
EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING IS MORE 
EXPENSIVE FOR YOU. 
EARLIER THIS WEEK, I TALKED 
WITH A COMPTROLLER. 
BRIAN BROOKS. 
HIS AGENCY REGULATES THE 
NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM. 
HE AND HIS TEAM, ROLLING OUT A 
PLAN TO COME UP WITH AN 
ALTERNATIVE CREDIT SCORING 
SYSTEM AND MORE. 
HERE'S SOME OF WHAT HE TALKED 
ABOUT.   
>> PROJECT REACH. 
WHAT IS THAT? 
>> PROJECT REESE STANDS FOR 
ROUND TABLE FOR ECONOMIC ACCESS 
AND CHANGE. 
AND THE POINT OF IT IS TO TAKE 
SERIOUSLY, THE ALLEGATION THAT 
THERE IS SOMETHING STRUCTURALLY 
WRONG WITH OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM 
THAT PREVENTS SOME PEOPLE FROM 
ACCESSING WEALTH-BUILDING 
OPPORTUNITIES, THE WAY THE REST 
OF US HAVE. 
THE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO SOLVE 
THOSE PROBLEMS BY TEARING DOWN 
BARRIERS AND BUILDING 
OPPORTUNITIES. 
>> IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG? 
DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH RACE? 
>> AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT SOMEBODY 
IS TRYING TO SOLVE, IT TURNS 
OUT, YOU CAN'T BUILD HOUSEHOLD 
LOVE IN THIS COUNTRY, IF YOU 
DON'T OWN A HOME. 
AND YOU CAN'T BUILD A CREDIT 
SCORE UNLESS YOU CAN QUALIFY 
FOR A MORTGAGE. 
WHEN WE FIND OUT 45 MILLION 
AMERICANS DON'T HAVE A CREDIT 
SCORE. 
AND THAT POPULATION SKEWS MORE 
HEAVILY MINORITY THAN THE 
POPULATION AT LARGE. 
THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A 
STRUCTURAL BARRIER TO WEALTH 
BUILDING. 
AND WE CAN FIX THAT. 
>> WHAT CAUSES THIS IMBALANCE. 
>> EVERYBODY PROBABLY GREW UP, 
HEARING THEIR PARENTS OR 
GRANDPARENTS SAYING, IT TAKES 
MONEY TO MAKE MONEY.  
CREDIT SCORES ARE AN EXAMPLE OF 
THAT.  
IT IS LIKE HOW DID YOU DO 
PAYING YOUR LAST MORTGAGE? 
IF YOU'RE FROM MAY FAMILY THAT 
COMES FROM SOMEONE WHO RENTS 
RATHER THAN OWNS. 
IF YOU CHARGE, YOU MIGHT BE A 
PERFECTLY GOOD CREDIT RISK. 
BUT YOU HAVE NO CREDIT SCORE. 
YOU HAVE NO CREDIT FOR ALL THE 
GOOD BEHAVIOR YOU DID.  
AND THE PROBLEM IS, BECAUSE 
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN 
PARTICULAR, TEND TO HAVE 
INHERITED LESS WELT THAN OTHER 
PEOPLE DID. 
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY THAT 
IT TAKES TO MAKE MONEY. 
BUT AGAIN, WE CAN FIX THAT. 
WE CAN BUILD A NEW CREDIT SCORE 
THAT IS BASED ON BANK ACCOUNT 
INFORMATION. 
RENT PAYMENTS, UTILITY PAYMENTS 
AND YOU CAN GET CREDIT FOR 
THAT, IN A WAY THAT WOULD ALLOW 
YOU INTO THE WEALTH BUILDING 
PROCESS. 
ALMOST THE ENTIRE DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD 
NET WORTH OF A WHITE AND BLACK 
IS THE AVERAGE OF A HOUSE.  
THAT IS A BIG DIFFERENCE. 
>> HOW DO WE DO THAT LIKE 
YESTERDAY, WHEN IT WAS REALLY 
NEEDED. 
HOW DO WE DO IT, BRIAN? 
>> YOU SAID IT, MY FRIEND. 
YESTERDAY IS THE KEY. 
THIS IS A PROBLEM I HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT FOR 25 YEARS. 
BUT TURNS OUT, IT'S NOT ALL 
THAT COMPLICATED. 
WHAT WE NODE NEED TO DO IS 
BRING TOGETHER, DATA 
SCIENTISTS, TECHNOLOGISTS, 
BANKERS.  
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE 
THE DATA ELEMENTS THAT MINORITY 
BORROWERS AND LOWER INCOME 
BORROWERS HAVE.  
AND HOW CAN WE USE THOSE TO 
CALCULATE THEIR CREDIT RISK. 
WE BELIEVE THAT BY THIS FALL, 
AFTER TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR 25 
YEARS, THIS FALL, WE WILL BE 
ABLE TO ROLL OUT A CREDIT SCORE 
THAT COULD BE USED TO APPLY FOR 
A MORTGAGE. 
SO THAT CREDIT-WORTHY PEOPLE 
WHO DOESN'T HAVE A SCORE CAN 
GET INTO THE HOMEOWNERSHIP 
GAME. 
>> I HAVE TO TELL YOU, BRIAN. 
MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE 
WORLD. 
MINORITIES ARE REALLY GOING TO 
GET EXCITED OVER THIS.  
EXCEPT THEY HAVE BEEN HEARING 
THIS FOR YEARS.  
THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS OF THE 
FINANCIAL WORLD THAT DO USE A 
DIFFERENT SYSTEM THAT WILL 
ALLOW UTILITY BILLS THE TIME 
YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE JOB. 
ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS.  
AND YOU STILL CAN'T GET A 
MORTGAGE.  
YOU STILL CAN'T GET A DECENT 
RATE ON A CREDIT CARD.  
YOU SEEM TO PUSH BACK EVERY 
TIME I THREW OUT RACE.  
YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'M 
SUBSTITUTING RACE FOR 
SOCIOECONOMIC DISS ADVANTAGES. 
BUT WHATEVER THE REASON, WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT THE SAME GROUP OF 
PEOPLE HERE.  
AND WHAT IS THERE TODAY THAT 
WOULD MAKE THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE 
MORE OPTIMISTIC THAT THIS IS 
GOING TO CHANGE? 
THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO 
PAYDAY LENDING, FOR EXAMPLE, ON 
PAYDAY OR TWO DAYS BEFORE 
PAYDAY? 
>> BLACK PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR, 
HAVE BEEN SCAMMED FOR WAY TOO 
LONG, TO TRUST THE NEXT BANKER 
THAT KNOCKS ON THEIR DOOR AND 
SAYS, HEY, I'D LIKE TO OFFER 
YOU A CREDIT CARD OR MORTGAGE. 
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE OF 
THIS TRUST GAP, THERE'S AN 
ENORMOUS NUMBER OF MINORITY 
HOMEOWNERS IN THE SYSTEM WHO 
ARE PAYING 7% ON THEIR 
MORTGAGES WHEN THE MARKET RATE 
IS 3.  SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS 
TO REDEPOSIT THE ROLE. 
SO THEY CAN SERVE AS THE TIP OF 
THE SPHERE AND TRUST BUILDERS 
OR FINANCE SO THAT BROAD-BASED, 
BIGGER FINANCIAL SERVICES 
COMPANIES CAN ACCESS MINORITIES 
AND HELP THEM THROUGH ACCESS 
POINTS THAT THEY TRUST.  
>> WHY DON'T I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE 
SAYING COMING OUT OF THE WHITE 
HOUSE? 
OR COMING OUT AND WE'RE NOT 
HEARING IT?  
YOU'RE SAYING TO ME. 
ESPECIALLY NOW, TODAY, NOW, WE 
NEED TO BE HEARING MORE FROM 
PEOPLE LIKE YOU. 
>> BRUCE, YOU CAN NEVER HEAR 
TOO MUCH OF THESE IDEAS. 
AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, IF 
YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR IT FROM 
THE ADMINISTRATION. 
I'M THE GUY WHO WILL PROBABLY 
BRING IT TO YOU. 
I'M THE GUY IN CHARGE OF THE 
COUNTRY'S FINANCIAL SYSTEMS. 
AND I'D LIKE TO THINK I'M A 
SPOKESPERSON. 
BUT YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT IT 
FROM ME TODAY.  
WHEN WE BRING PEOPLE INTO THE 
SYSTEM AND START NARROWING THE 
WEALTH GAP. 
WHEN PEOPLE START OWNING 
THINGS, INSTEAD OF RENTING 
THINGS, THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL 
NOTICE WE'VE SUCCEEDED. 
>> BRIAN, THANKS. 
I APPRECIATE IT. 
>> BRUCE, THIS WAS AWESOME. 
I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME.  
>> OKAY. 
YOU HEARD HIM.
IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED. 
WE SHOULD SEE SOMETHING IN THE 
FALL. 
BRIAN, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOU 
TO THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU. 
YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LIVE SHOT 
NOW OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, 
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON. 
WE'RE LIVE THROUGHOUT THE 
MORNING. 
BACK AFTER THIS.
RGERY, DAVID A. CLARKE SCHOOL 
OF LAW AND EASTERN'S AUTOMOTIVE 
GROUP. 
>>> PART OF THE REASON WHY THIS 
COMMITMENT MARCH ON WASHINGTON 
IS OCCURRING IS BECAUSE FAR TOO 
MANY FAMILIES HAVE BEEN SHATTER 
BIDE THE FATAL POLICE 
ENCOUNTERS.  
AND YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, 
FAMILIES WHO ARE EXPERIENCING 
SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY THE 
UNTHINKABLE. 
AND IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OF US 
HAVE BORN WITNESS TO THE LAST 
MOMENTS OF SOMEONE'S CHILD'S 
LIFE. 
IT IS PLAYED OUT OVER AND OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN.  
SOME OF THESE NARRATIVES WE'VE 
HEARD, SADLY FAR TOO MANY, WE 
HAVE NOT.  
IT IS JUST INCOMPREHENSIBLE, 
DARREN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 
WHAT THESE FAMILIES HAVE TO 
DEAL WITH. 
AND WE HEARD FROM KEVIN TARVER, 
WHO TOLD YOU, YOU KNOW, AS 
SOMEONE ALIGNED WITH LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR 
HIM, HOW DIFFERENT IT IS FOR 
HIM TO GRIEVE. 
AND HOW HIS SON WAS HAVING A 
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. 
AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE 
ARE MAKING THESE CALLS ABOUT 
HOW DO WE DEESCALATE 
SITUATIONS, SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE 
ARE IN CRISIS AND WHEN PEOPLE 
NEED SOMEONE TO PROTECT AND 
SERVE THEM AT THEIR MOST 
VULNERABLE TIME, THAT THEY ALSO 
LIVE TO TELL ABOUT WHAT 
HAPPENED?   
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES 
THAT PEOPLE ARE SHARING, LESLI, 
WE SEE THE SUPPORTERS HERE ALL 
ON THE MALL.  
BUT RIGHT BEHIND ME, INSIDE THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL IS WHERE YOU 
HAVE A LOT OF MOTHERS, A LOT OF 
FATHERS, FAMILY MEMBERS, WHO 
HAVE LOST THEIR CHILD. 
AND THEY ARE ALL IN THERE, 
SHARING THEIR STORIES. 
AND I WALKED INTO THAT 
MEMORIAL. 
AND IT WAS A FEELING LIKE NO 
OTHER.  
BECAUSE IT WAS SAD.  
YOU ARE HEARTBROKEN BECAUSE YOU 
HEAR THEM SHARING MULTIPLE 
STORIES. 
AND THERE WAS A WOMAN SHARING A 
STORY WHO BROKE DOWN AND CRIED. 
BECAUSE SHE SAID THAT SHE CAN'T 
SLEEP AT NIGHT. 
BECAUSE SHE CRIES SO MUCH. 
BUT THEN IT WAS ALSO AN 
UPLIFTING AND POWERFUL MOMENT 
BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE LADY WHO 
WAS SAYING, I SEE THE PICTURES 
THAT YOU'RE POSTING ON 
FACEBOOK. 
I SEE THAT YOU'RE FIGHTING. 
BUT NOW THAT WE'RE ALL HERE, 
YOU'RE NO LONGER FIGHTING 
ALONE.  
AND WE ALL THE PARENTS OF KIDS 
WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO 
POLICE BRUTALITY. 
AND NOW WE'RE STANDING HERE 
TOGETHER. 
AND THAT WAS THAT POWERFUL, 
UPLIFTING MOMENT, THAT I SAW, 
WHERE YOU SEE THESE PARENTS 
HUGGING EACH OTHER AND 
SUPPORTING EACH OTHER.  
WE DON'T SEE THAT HERE IN THE 
MALL.  
IN THERE, IN THAT LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL, IS WHERE YOU SEE 
THOSE MOTHERS AND FATHERS THAT 
ARE HURTING. 
BUT YOU ALSO SEE THAT THEY ARE 
COMING TOGETHER WITH NUMBERS TO 
FIND JUSTICE FOR THEIR CHILD 
WHO LOST THEIR LIFE WAY TOO 
SOON, LESLI. 
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S A SUPPORT 
GROUP THAT NO PARENT WANTS TO 
BE PART OF. 
NO FAMILY WANTS TO BE PART OF. 
AND YET, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT 
THESE PICTURES, I SUPPOSE THAT 
THE MESSAGE THAT ALL THE PEOPLE 
WHO ARE JOINING EITHER IN 
PERSON OR VIRTUALLY, IS WILLING 
TO LET THESE FAMILIES KNOW THAT 
EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE ENDURED 
THIS UNIMAGINABLE PAIN THAT 
THEY'RE NOT ALONE.  
>> IT'S A LOT OF PAIN.  
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST MADE ME 
THINK, WHEN YOU WERE MENTIONING 
PICTURES.  
THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO HAS A 
HUGE POSTER, WITHIN THE LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL, OF HER SON.  
AND HE'S LAYING DOWN. 
AND I COULDN'T COUNT THE 
NUMBERS OF BULLET HOLES, BUT 
THERE WAS DEFINITELY MORE THAN 
FIVE OR SIX.  
AND IT WAS HER SON, AND YOU SEE 
THE BULLETS, THE HOLES, FROM 
THE GUN, ON HIS BACK.  
YOU KNOW, NOT IN THE FRONT. 
BUT ON HAS BACK.  
AND FOR A WOMAN LIKE THAT TO 
HAVE THAT MUCH COURAGE TO PUT 
ASIDE HER FEELINGS OF HURT, TO 
COME OUT HERE, TO CREATE CHANGE 
AND USE HER SON AS AN EXAMPLE, 
HER SON WAS NO LONGER HERE, WHO 
SHE HAS A BIG POSTER OF, TAKES 
A LOT OF COURAGE. 
TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE, LESLI. 
YOU AND I ARE BOTH PARENTS. 
AND WE WILL NEVER WANT TO BE IN 
POSITION LIKE ANY OF THESE 
PARENTS HERE. 
AND TO SEE THEM HERE. 
TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE BUT STILL 
HAVE A PICTURE OF THEIR SON, 
WITH BULLET HOLES IN THEIR 
BACK.  
SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH THEY HURT, 
BUT HOW MUCH THEY WANT TO FIGHT 
FOR CHANGE.  
>> HOW MUCH THEY HURT. 
HOW MUCH THEY FIGHT FOR CHANGE, 
AND HOW MUCH THEY LOVE.  
THIS ENDLESS RESERVOIR OF LOVE 
THAT THEY HAVE. 
NOT JUST FOR THEIR CHILD. 
BUT FOR THE OTHER CHILDREN.  
WHO THEY HOPE TO WORK TO SAVE.  
SO THAT NO OTHER FAMILY HAS TO 
ENDURE THIS KIND OF PAIN. 
DARREN, THANK YOU FOR THOSE 
STORIES TODAY.  
OUR COLLEAGUE MEGAN RIVERS IS 
NOT TOO FAR FROM WHERE YOU ARE, 
ALSO OUT ON THE LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL.  
MEGAN, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? 
AND WHAT ARE YOU HEARING IS 
THIS  
-- HEARING? 
>> LESLI. 
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THE TENTED 
AREA, WHERE A NUMBER OF 
FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST LOVED 
BONES BY THE HANDS OF POLICE 
ARE BEHIND ME NOW. 
[ INAUDIBLE ]  >> WE GOT A 
LITTLE BIT OF A TECHNICAL 
ISSUE. 
>> SHE'S TALKING RIGHT NOW 
ABOUT HER SON -- 
LES --  >> I AM ANGRY --  >> 
CAN YOU -- YOU GOT ME?  
OKAY.
SO WE HAVE JAMARIO ROBINSON'S 
MOTHER. 
RIGHT NOW, SHE IS TALKING ABOUT 
HER SON WHO WAS SHOT IN 
ATLANTA. 
HER SON. 
NEVER MADE NATIONAL ATTENTION. 
VERY PASSIONATE RIGHT NOW. 
ANGRY THAT SHE LOST HER SON. 
ANGRY THAT HER SON WAS SHOT SO 
MANY TIMES.   
[ INAUDIBLE ]  
SAYING THAT SHE'S NOT PLAYING 
ANYMORE. 
AND SHE'S NOT DONE. 
SO SHE'S OBVIOUSLY PASSIONATE, 
LIKE MANY OTHER FAMILIES WHO 
ARE OUT HERE IN THIS AREA RIGHT 
NOW. 
OUT HERE MARCHING AND 
PROTESTING RACIAL INJUSTICE, 
PROTESTING AND MARCHING FOR 
EQUALITY.  
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR 
FRUSTRATIONS AND FEELINGS ABOUT 
WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR IN 
THIS NATION RIGHT NOW IN THE 
CLIMATE THAT WE'RE IN. 
SO MIKE, WE'RE GOING TO COME 
BACK OVER THIS WAY. 
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> MY SON'S BODY IS THE 
BODYCAMERA --  >> SOMETIMES WE 
HAVE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. 
WE'LL TRY TO GET BACK TO MEGAN 
AND TO HEAR THOSE POWERFUL 
STORIES YOU WERE JUST HEARING 
FROM A MOTHER WHO LOST HER SON 
IN A FATAL POLICE ENCOUNTER.  
AND WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW HIS 
STORY AS WELL. 
SO MANY STORIES TO UNCOVER 
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 
AND WE'LL BE SPENDING HOURS 
TODAY DOING JUST THAT. 
WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BAKE. 
AND THE COMMITMENT MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON, THE OFFICIAL 
PROGRAM STARTS UP IN ABOUT 10 
MINUTES. 
WE'LL BE BACK.
COLUMBIA DAVID A. CLARKE SCHOOL 
OF LAW.  
AND EASTERNS AUTOMOTIVE. 
>>> YOU CAN SEE IT AND FEEL IT. 
THERE IS A RENEWED PUSH FOR 
CHANGE IN THIS COUNTRY. 
AND I HAVE TO BE HONEST, IT'S 
REALLY MOVING. 
PUSH FOR CHANGE IS GOING TO 
HELP IF WE COMMIT TO MAKING A 
CHANGE FOR OUR BLACK BROTHERS 
AND SISTERS. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SAID 
ONLY LIGHT CAN DRIVE OUT THAT 
DARKNESS. 
THAT MESSAGE STILL RINGS TRUE 
TODAY.  
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE CENTER 
OF THE MARCH.  
THEN AND NOW. 
AND WE'LL PUT IT INTO CONTEXT 
WITH THE CURATOR.  
AARON BRYANT. 
WE'LL GET TO YOU IN JUST A FEW 
MINUTES. 
BUT BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT WHAT 
IS HAPPENING NOW, WE NEED TO 
LOOK BACK AT THAT HOT AND HUMID 
DAY IN AUGUST 1963, WHEN 
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP 
IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL, FULL 
OF PASSION AND HOPE AND 
PURPOSE.  
>>> I WANT TO HEAR A YELL AND A 
THUNDER FROM ALL THOSE PEOPLE 
WHO ARE OUT THERE, UNDER THE 
TREES. 
LET'S HEAR YOU.
>> WE'RE GOING TO STAND 
TOGETHER! 
WE'RE GOING TO SING TOGETHER! 
WE'RE GOING TO STAY TOGETHER! 
WE'RE GOING DO THIS TOGETHER. 
FREEDOM, FREEDOM, FREEDOM,
NOW!   
[ APPLAUSE ]  
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪  
[ SINGING ]  
>> PLEASURE NOW TO PRESENT THE 
MORAL LEADER OF OUR NATION, ONE 
WHO HAS CONDUCTED A MASSIVE 
MORAL CAMPAIGN IN THE SOUTHERN 
AREA OF THE NATION, AGAINST A 
CITADEL OF RACISM, DR. MARTIN 
LUTHER KING. 
>> I THINK THIS MARCH WILL GO 
DOWN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST, IF 
NOT THE GREATEST DEMONSTRATIONS 
FOR FREEDOM AND HUMAN DIGNITY 
EVER HELD IN THE UNITED STATES. 
>> WE ARE TIRED OF BEING BEATEN 
BY POLICEMEN. 
HOW LONG CAN WE BE PATIENT? 
WE MUST SAY WAKE UP, AMERICA! 
WAKE UP! 
FOR WE CANNOT STOP. 
AND WE WILL NOT AND CANNOT BE 
TAPATRONNIZED. 
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪  
♪ WE ARE NOT AFRAID ♪  
♪ WE ARE NOT AFRAID ♪  ♪
TODAY ♪
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW THE 
MARCH ON WASHINGTON STARTED.  
IT ACTUALLY TOOK ABOUT 20 YEARS 
TO COME TO FRUITION. 
ACCORDING TO THE NAACP, THE 
ORIGINAL IDEA FOR THE MOVEMENT 
CAME FROM THIS MAN, A. PHILLIP 
RANDOLPH. 
HE WAS THE BROTHER OF SLEEPING 
CAR PORTERS. 
THE FIRST LABOR UNION LED BY 
AFRICAN AMERICANS. 
IN 1941, HE PROPOSED A MARCH 
FOR JOBS TO PROTEST AGAINST 
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AFRICAN 
AMERICANS WHO TRIED TO GET JOBS 
CREATED IN THE AFTERMATH OF 
WORLD WAR II. 
AND THE NEW DEAL PROGRAM. 
BEFORE THE MARCH COULD HAPPEN, 
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT 
MET WITH RANDOLPH. 
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING THE 
DEFENSE JOB CAME OUT OF THAT 
MEETING. 
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ALSO 
CREATED THE FAIR EMPLOYMENT 
PRACTICE COMMITTEE. 
THOUGH THE MARCH WAS CALLED 
OFF. 
FIVE YEARS LATER, CONGRESS 
STOPPED FUNDING AND IT 
RESOLVED. 
HE TURNED TO DR. MARTIN LUTHER 
KING JR. FOR SOME ASSISTANCE. 
DR. KING AND HIS SOUTHERN 
LEADERSHIP CORRESPONDENCE WERE 
ALSO PLANNING A MARCH TO DEMAND 
FREEDOM. 
DR. KING AND MR. RANDOLPH 
COMBINED BOTH CAUSES INTO ONE. 
THAT EVENTUALLY GAVE WAY TO THE 
HISTORIC MARCH ON WASHINGTON 
FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM. 
ON AUGUST 28, 1963.  
A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE 
DESCENDED ON THE NATION'S 
CAPITAL, ALL PREACHING THE SAME 
MESSAGE.  
EQUALITY FOR ALL. 
>> AND I 
NOW. 
IT'S THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, A 
SYMBOL OF DIGNITY AND FREEDOM. 
BUT EARLIER THIS YEAR, THIS WAS 
THE IMAGE SEARED INTO THE MINDS 
OF MANY AMERICANS. 
THE U.S. MAIL 
MILITARY FLANKED.
PEACE LEADERS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 
ACTIVISTS, GATHER TO CHANGE THE 
COURSE OF HISTORY.  
♪[ MUSIC ] ♪  
>>> FOR SO MANY PEOPLE HERE IN 
THE WASHINGTON AREA, AND ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, THIS IMAGE WAS 
HARD TO DIGEST. 
AMERICA'S MILITARY, STANDING ON 
ALL 58 STEPS OF THE LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL. 
LAWMAKERS HERE AND ABROAD, WERE 
DISTURBED BY AN IMAGE THAT 
APPEARED ANTITHETICAL, WITH 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S WORDS, MALICE 
FOR NONE, WITH CHARITY FOR ALL. 
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪  
♪ MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE ♪  ♪
SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY ♪  
>> Reporter: THIS TEMPLE, AS 
IT'S DESCRIBED IN THE 
INSCRIPTION ABOVE ABRAHAM 
LINCOLN'S HEAD, IS WHERE MARION 
ANDERSON PERFORMED AN EASTER 
SUNDAY CONCERT IN 1939. 
IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE DAUGHTERS 
OF THE REVOLUTION DENIED THE 
CONTRALTO SINGER, A CHANCE TO 
SING BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF 
HER SKIN.  
IN 1941, THE NATION WAS 
PREPARING FOR WORLD WAR II.   T 
PRESIDENT OF THE SLEEPING CAR 
PORTERS CALLED FOR AN END OF 
DISCRIMINATION. 
HE WORKED TO ORGANIZE AND 
MOBILIZE A MASS PROTEST. 
A MARCH ON WASHINGTON TO TAKE 
PLACE ON JULY 1st. 
SIX DAYS BEFORE THAT 
DEMONSTRATION, PRESIDENT 
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT SIGNED AN 
EXECUTIVE ORDER. 
THE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE 
COMMITTEE, THAT PROHIBITED 
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AMONG 
GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE 
CONTRACTORS. 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL IS WHERE 
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS WENT TO 
DEMONSTRATE. 
THE LACK OF DESEGREGATION IN 
THE SCHOOLS. 
THIS MEMORIAL WAS BECOMING 
KNOWN AS A PLACE WHERE 
AMERICA'S PEOPLE COULD 
PEACEFULLY GATHER AND PUSH FOR 
CHANGE. 
>> WE ARE TIRED. 
>> WE ARE TIRED OF BEING BEAT 
BY POLICEMEN. 
WE ARE TIRED OF SEEING OUR 
PEOPLE LOCKED UP IN JAIL OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN. 
>> OF BEEN 23-YEAR-OLD JOHN 
LEWIS STOOD ON THOSE SAME STEPS 
IN 1963 DELIVERING A MESSAGE OF 
HOPE, BROTHERHOOD AND PEACE. 
DEPLOYING ALL AMERICANS TO JOIN 
TOGETHER TO COMPLETE THE 
REVOLUTION FOR FREEDOM THAT 
BEGAN IN 1776. 
>> WE HAVE COME TO CASH A CHECK.
A CHECK THAT WILL GIVE US THE 
RICHES OF FREEDOM AND THE 
SECURITY OF JUSTICE. 
>> MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. LED 
THIS AUGUST 28th PROTEST FOR 
JOBS AND FREEDOM. 
THE DRUM MAJOR FOR JUSTICE 
SPOKE TO THE WORLD TO SAY I 
HAVE A DREAM. 
18 STEPS FROM LINCOLN'S STATURE.
A PLAQUE NOW MARKS THE SPOT 
WHERE HE MADE HIS HISTORIC 
SPEECH THAT SUMMER. 
ON THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
MARCH ON WASHINGTON, A DIVERSE 
CROWD OF MEN, WOMEN, YOUNG AND 
OLD GATHERED AT THE LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL ONCE AGAIN TO MOBILIZE 
FOR JOBS, PEACE, AND FREEDOM. 
AS PEACEFUL CROWDS GATHERED IN 
SOLIDARITY, MARCHING FOR 
REFORMS IN POLICING, THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL ONCE AGAIN 
SERVES AS A PLACE OF 
RECONCILIATION. 
SACRED GROUND. 
A SANCTUARY OF SORTS. 
WHERE THEY CAN GO TO HELP HEAL 
WHAT IS AILING AMERICA. 
>> WE WANT JUSTICE, AND NOTHING 
SHORT OF THAT. 
>> CANNOT BEER ARMED SHOULDER 
STANDING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER 
ON THE STEPS WHERE HISTORY IS 
MADE. 
>> OF COURSE MORE THAN 50 YEARS 
LATER, MANY AMERICANS ARE STILL 
FIGHTING FOR EQUAL RIGHTS AND 
OPPORTUNITIES. 
WE ARE PUTTING ALL OF THIS INTO 
CONTEXT. 
FOR THAT I WANT TO BRING IN 
AARON BRANDT, A CURATOR AT THE 
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-
AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. 
GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
WHY DON'T WE START WITH THE 
EVOLUTION OF THE MARCH. 
THE FOCUS HAS REALLY 
TRANSITIONED FROM JUST CIVIL 
RIGHTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS. 
>> I WOULD SAY TO A CERTAIN 
DEGREE THAT WAS ALSO TRUE IN 
1963. 
OF COURSE, IT IS TRUE TODAY. 
I THINK THAT WAS A CRITICAL 
PERIOD IN 1963 WHERE THE CIVIL 
RIGHTS MOVEMENT, AS IT 
TRANSITIONS FROM THE LATE 
1950s, INTO THE 60s, WAS 
LOOKING AT HOW TO EXPAND CIVIL 
RIGHTS ACROSS THE NATION. 
THEN, LOOKING AT A LOT OF THE 
ISSUES RELATED TO ECONOMIC 
JUSTICE, JOBS, AND LABOR FOR 
EXAMPLE. 
THESE WERE BEING RECOGNIZED AS 
REALLY BEING ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS 
ISSUES. 
I THINK SINCE 1963, WE HAVE 
RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF 
HUMAN RIGHTS, NOT JUST ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, BUT HUMAN RIGHTS 
AROUND THE WORLD. 
SO, WHAT WE SEE FOR EXAMPLE 
WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER, IS AT 
A COMMISSION, THAT WE HAVE TO 
FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 
EVERYWHERE. 
>> I'M STRUCK AS I TAKE A LOOK 
AT THE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO ARE 
SPEAKING TODAY HOW MUCH THINGS 
HAVE CHANGED. 
BACK IN THE ORIGINAL MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON, WOMEN WERE NOT 
GIVEN A SPEAKING ROLE. 
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT DR. 
DOROTHY HEIGHT, FOR WHOM THIS 
MARCH MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED 
WITHOUT HER, BUT I ALSO THINK 
ABOUT WOMEN ORGANIZING ON THE 
COMMUNITY LEVEL. 
THEY CREATED THIS MODEL FOR 
LATER MARCHES. 
THEY WERE KNOCKING ON DOORS. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW THAT SHIFT 
HAS CHANGED, RIGHT? 
YOU SEE A LOT MORE WOMEN 
INVOLVED FROM BEGINNING TO END, 
AND EVEN HAVING A SAY IN THE 
MARCH NOW. 
AND IN THE MOVEMENTS NOW. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
I WOULD ACTUALLY POINT OUT THAT 
DURING THE 1950s, 1960s, WE 
COULD ACTUALLY GO BACK TO THE 
19th CENTURY. 
IN FACT, WITH SOMEONE LIKE IDA 
B WELLS, WOMEN HAVE BEEN 
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO 
PROTESTING AND TO ORGANIZING 
COMMUNITIES AGAINST SOCIAL 
INJUSTICE. 
IT WASN'T UNTIL RECENTLY THAT 
WE SEE HOW IMPORTANT OF A ROLE 
THAT WOMEN HAVE PLAYED IN 
ORGANIZING COMMUNITIES ON THE 
GRASSROOTS LEVEL, BUT OF COURSE 
WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER AS 
ANOTHER EXAMPLE, HOW THEIR 
ORGANIZING PEOPLE GLOBALLY. 
STARTING THEIR OWN MOVEMENTS 
AND ORGANIZING GLOBALLY. 
>> YOU'RE GOING TO BE WITH US 
THROUGHOUT OUR COVERAGE TODAY 
AS WE GET READY TO TRANSITION 
INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE 
OFFICIAL START OF THIS MARCH 
WITH THE SPEAKERS THAT THEY 
HAVE PLANNED FOR THE DAY. 
SO, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK 
BREAK AND I'LL SEE YOU BACK ON 
THE OTHER SIDE. 
>> THANK YOU. 
E 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL WHERE THE MAIN 
EVENT IS GETTING STARTED. 
THAT IS A STUDENT THAT WAS AT 
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS IN 
PARKLAND. 
LET'S LISTEN IN. 
>> ESPECIALLY THE ORGANIZER 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 RETURNED FROM BELL 
YESTERDAY, WHERE BREONNA TAYLOR 
WAS BRUTALLY KILLED AND IS 
STILL CLEAR THAT BLACK WOMEN 
ARE STILL UNPROTECTED. 
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 AM A STUDENT AT WASHINGTON 
UNIVERSITY, EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 
MEMBER, COFOUNDER AND CO-
ORGANIZERS OF CONFIRMED 
CITIZENS FECES. 
A GRASSROOTS GROUP OF YOUNG 
ORGANIZERS. 
THANK YOU. 
>> AS IS THE CASE SOMETIMES 
WITH THESE THINGS COMES IT 
SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALL MAY HAVE 
BEEN ABLE TO HEAR WHAT IS BEING 
SAID AT THE PODIUM, BUT 
UNFORTUNATELY WE CANNOT. 
BRUCE, COULD YOU HEAR WHAT SHE 
WAS SAYING? 
>> JUST BITS AND PIECES. 
WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL PROBLEMS 
THERE AT THE BEGINNING. 
TRYING TO LISTEN AND ABSOLUTELY.
HEY LESLIE, LORENZO, HOW YOU 
DOING? 
THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME. 
LET ME THROW THIS OUT ABOUT 
WHAT I'M SEEING. 
THE PEOPLE WEARING THE MASKS,  
THE SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
IT IS LIKE A SEPARATE TOTAL 
PLANET FROM WHAT WE SAW AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
I WOKE UP AND I'M LOOKING AT 
WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY. 
THEN, GO BACK TO LAST NIGHT. 
LAST NIGHT I THOUGHT THE 
PANDEMIC HAD ENDED AND NOBODY 
BOTHERED TO TELL ME. 
WHY AM I STILL REPORTING AT 
HOME? 
REALLY INTERESTING THE CONTRAST 
THERE. 
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF 
CONTRAST TODAY FROM WHAT WE 
HEARD LAST NIGHT. 
I'M SURE AS THE EVENING GOES 
ON, THE MORNING THE AFTERNOON 
GOES ON, WE ARE GOING TO BE 
TALKING ABOUT THAT. 
>> RIGHT BEFORE YOU STARTED 
SPEAKING YOU SAW THEM WIPING 
OFF THE PODIUM BETWEEN EACH 
SPEAKER. 
THERE EVEN TAKEN PRECAUTIONS AT 
THAT POINT AS WELL. 
>> I THINK THE OPTICS ARE 
REALLY IMPORTANT. 
EVERYBODY THAT IS GATHERED HERE 
TODAY KNOWS WHY THEY HAVE COME 
HERE TO WASHINGTON. 
THEY UNDERSTAND THE 
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS THAT 
THIS PANDEMIC IS TAKING ON THE 
VERY COMMUNITIES THAT THEY ARE 
HERE TO PROTEST AND TO CALL FOR 
EQUALITY FOUR. 
IT IS INTERESTING WHEN YOU SEE 
THAT CONTRAST BETWEEN YESTERDAY 
AND TODAY. 
THE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE 
TODAY DON'T HAVE TO GUESS OR 
WONDER ABOUT A PANDEMIC, THEY 
KNOW BECAUSE IT IS IMPACTING 
OUR COMMUNITY 
DISPROPORTIONATELY. 
WE ARE OUT COVERING PARTS OF 
TODAY'S EVENTS. 
WHERE ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU 
SEEING? 
>> Reporter: I'M ON THE SOUTH 
SIDE OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. 
YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT BEHIND US. 
I'M RIGHT BEHIND THE SPEAKER'S 
TENT. 
THAT'S WHERE I MET ALPHONSO 
DAVID. 
HE IS THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT 
OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN. 
THAT IS THE BIGGEST LGBT 
ORGANIZATION GLOBALLY. 
YOU'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING AT 
11:30. 
CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT 
THE MESSAGES YOU ARE TRYING TO 
GET ACROSS TODAY? 
>> WE HAVE TO SEE EACH OTHER'S 
HUMANITY. 
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN 
DYING FOR YEARS. 
BLACK MEN, BLACK WOMEN ARE 
DYING IN THIS COUNTRY. 
WE NEED TO CALL FOR 
ACCOUNTABILITY. 
WE NEED TO CALL FOR 
TRANSPARENCY, AND WE NEED TO 
CALL FOR ACTION. 
THIS IS NOT FOR ONLY THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY AT LARGE. 
WE ALSO SEE IT IN THE LGBTQ 
COMMUNITY. 
SPECIFICALLY BLACK TRANSGENDER 
WOMEN ARE BEING KILLED. 
SINCE 2013, MORE THAN 180 BLACK 
TRANSGENDER WOMEN PRIMARILY 
HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THIS 
COUNTRY. 
THERE IS GOWNS YOU,  THERE IS 
RACISM, AND THAT HAS TO CHANGE. 
>> Reporter: WHEN YOU THINK 
ABOUT THE WAY THAT CHANGE 
HAPPENS IN THIS COUNTRY, A LOT 
OF TIMES IT BECOMES POLICY. 
WHAT KIND OF GLOBAL POLICY CAN 
BE CREATED THAT BLACK TRANS 
LIVES DON'T BECOME A #, IT 
BECOMES SOMETHING THAT CREATES 
EFFECTIVE CHANGE? 
>> THIS IS ABOUT LEGISLATION. 
THIS IS ABOUT SOMETHING MORE 
FUNDAMENTAL. 
CAN PEOPLE SEE EACH OTHER AS 
HUMAN BEINGS? 
CAN WE GET TO A POINT THAT WE 
SEE BEYOND OURSELVES, AND SEE 
THE COMMONALITIES THAT AFFECT 
ALL OF US? 
WE CAN PASS A PIECE OF 
LEGISLATION THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T 
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ME BECAUSE 
I'M BLACK. 
WE STILL SEE BLACK MEN BEING 
KILLED ON OUR STREETS. 
WHY ARE WE BEING TREATED AS NON-
HUMAN? 
THAT IS THE KEY AND THAT IS THE 
GOAL TO MAKE SURE WE ACHIEVE A 
QUALITY AND JUSTICE AND 
LIBERATION. 
>> Reporter: YOUR FAMILY 
ESCAPED A MILITARY COUP. 
YOU CAME TO THIS COUNTRY, THEY 
CAME TO THIS COUNTRY, THEY WERE 
HERE FOR THAT FIRST MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON. 
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WOULD MEAN 
TO THEM TO SEE YOU HERE TODAY 
GIVING A SPEECH? 
>> I THINK THEY WOULD BE PROUD, 
AND ALSO SADDENED. 
>> Reporter: Y SADDENED? 
>> SADDENED BY WHERE WE ARE. 
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THIS 
COUNTRY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 
NOW, IT IS BEING TELEVISED. 
IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG 
TIME. 
WE ARE SEEING AN ESCALATION IN 
VIOLENCE AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR
IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. 
THAT'S WHERE THE SADNESS COMES. 
THEY WILL BE PROUD TO HAVE ME 
SPEAK ABOUT THESE ISSUES 
PUBLICLY, BUT WE ARE GOING 
BACKWARDS AS A COMMUNITY AND AS 
A CULTURE. 
WE NEED TO REVERSE COURSE. 
>> Reporter: THERE'S BEEN A LOT 
OF TALK ABOUT THE VISUAL 
REPETITION OF THE STRUGGLE OF 
BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AS 
THE KNEE THAT WAS ON GEORGE 
FLOYD'S NECK. 
THEY SAID TAKE THAT MONEY OFF 
OF OUR NEXT. 
WHAT DOES THAT LANGUAGE AND 
THAT VISUAL MEAN TO YOU? 
HOW DOES THAT PUSH YOU FORWARD 
AND HELP YOU CREATE CHANGE? 
>> WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE 
BREATH, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE 
CAN BREATHE, THERE ARE SO MANY 
DIFFERENT WAYS PEOPLE DIE. 
ONE OF THE WORST WAYS IS HAVING 
YOUR BREATH TAKEN AWAY FROM 
YOU. 
YES, IT'S A METAPHOR, BUT 
UNFORTUNATELY WE SEE IT IN 
PRACTICE. 
FOR ME, AS A BLACK MAN, AS A 
GAY MAN, AS A CHILD OF 
REFUGEES, NONE OF OUR BREAST 
SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY.  
NONE OF OUR VOICES SHOULD BE 
TAKEN AWAY. 
THE LEVEL OF INDIFFERENCE WE 
SEE IN THIS COUNTRY HAS TO 
CHANGE. 
WE HAVE TO ELIMINATE 
INDIFFERENCE AND EMBRACE 
HUMANITY. 
>> Reporter: YOU ARE SPEAKING 
IN 15 MINUTES. 
I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET 
THERE IN TIME. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
LESLIE, THERE IS A LOT OF 
ENERGY IN THIS CROWD IF YOU 
COMPARE IT TO THE PROTEST WE 
WERE HERE COVERING JUST A FEW 
MONTHS AGO. 
THIS ENERGY IS VERY CALM. 
IT IS VERY HOPEFUL. 
I'LL JUST KEEP MONITORING IT 
THROUGH THE DAY, BUT I'M GLAD 
WE GOT TO TALK TO HIM. 
>> THANK YOU. 
I WANT TO BRING IN OUR 
PANELISTS NOW. 
DR. ROBERT PRAIRIE, THE CHAIR 
OF THE POLITICAL SCIENCE 
DEPARTMENT AT OUR JOINING BOTH 
ALONZO AND BRUCE AND I AS WE 
HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND THE 
ADVANCE OF THE DAY. 
GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR 
JOINING US. 
ARE YOU THERE? 
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU 
ARE THERE. 
I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE 
THERE BEFORE WE KEEP GOING. 
WAVE A HAND, LET ME SEE YOU. 
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE ROBBIE. 
WE'LL START THERE. 
ROBBIE, YOU'RE NO STRANGER TO 
POLITICAL MOVEMENTS. 
YOU TEACH ABOUT THIS. 
YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE 
YOURSELF. 
YOU HAVE BEEN OBSERVING HOW 
THIS MOVEMENT HAS LITERALLY 
BEEN MOVING ACROSS THE NATION. 
OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK 
WE'LL GET BACK TO HIM IN A 
MOMENT. 
WHY DON'T WE GET YOU AND BRUCE 
ON? 
BRUCE ARE YOU THERE? 
>> STILL WITH US? 
>> HI, LESLIE. 
AS I'M SITTING HERE 
CONTEMPLATING AND WONDERING 
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO HEAR, A 
LOT OF THINGS GO THROUGH OUR 
MINDS. 
CERTAINLY MINE. 
I'M THINKING A LOT OF THINGS 
THAT ARE SAID TODAY DONALD 
TRUMP'S AND OTHERS ARE GOING TO 
USE TO ENERGIZE THEIR BASE. 
I DON'T THINK THE SPEAKERS TO 
GET UP THERE, LET'S FACE IT, 
MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE 
ADVOCATING VOTING AND THAT SORT 
OF THING. 
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT VOTING 
DONALD TRUMP OUT OF OFFICE. 
I DON'T THINK THE SPEAKERS ARE 
GOING TO GET UP THERE AND NOT 
CONSIDER THEIR WORDS AND HOW 
THEY MIGHT BE USED. 
AS YOU FIRE UP THIS BASE HERE, 
AND SEND PEOPLE BACK TO THEIR 
COMMUNITIES, KEEP IN MIND 
PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPORTING, AND 
WANTING TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST 
THE VIGILANTE. 
WHO KILLED ALLEGEDLY A COUPLE 
PEOPLE THE OTHER DAY, WON'T 
SPEAK OUT AGAINST THEM. 
THEY ARE ALSO GETTING FIRED UP. 
THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE 
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS 
EVENT TODAY, HOW IT IS GOING TO 
PLAY OUT AS WE MOVE FROM 
PROTEST TO POLITICS AND TO 
POLICY. 
I AM REALLY ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT 
THE POLLS SHOW AND MORE PORTLY, 
PEOPLE WHO DID NOT LOOK LIKE 
THE MASSES THAT ARE THERE, HOW 
THEY ARE GOING TO REACT TO 
THIS. 
THE SUBURBAN VOTER. 
THE SUBURBAN WHITE FEMALE 
BOATER. 
REALLY GOING TO BE INTERESTING 
TO SEE HOW THEY RESPOND TO THIS.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES 
HERE THAT I THINK EVEN THE 
BLACK LEADERSHIP HASN'T 
ADDRESSED. 
THAT WOULD BE THE RIOTING AND 
LOOTING. 
THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED. 
THE HIGH NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS AND
MURDERS AND CRIMES THAT ARE 
GOING ON IN BLACK COMMUNITIES. 
THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO ADDRESS 
THAT TODAY. 
>> I WANT TO POINT OUT AS WELL, 
THAT THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM WAS 
SUPPOSED TO START AT 11:00 A.M. 
I WAS LISTENING TO SOME OF THE 
PREPROGRAM SPEAKERS. 
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE RUNNING 
ABOUT AN HOUR BEHIND. 
YOU'RE SEEING SOME OF THE 
SPEAKERS THERE BUT THEY ARE NOT 
PART OF THE MAIN PROGRAM THAT 
WAS SUPPOSED TO START AT 11:00. 
LISTENING TO SOME OF THOSE 
SPEAKERS FOR THIS PREPROGRAM, 
THERE WAS A BIT OF SADNESS AND 
A BIT OF HOPE AS WELL. 
YOU PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT SOME 
OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY 
HAVE HAD TO ENDURE OVER THEIR 
LIFETIME. 
WHAT STICKS WITH ME AS ONE OF 
THE GUYS WHO WE ARE GOING TO 
HEAR FROM DURING THE MAIN 
PROGRAM IS MARTIN LUTHER KING 
III. 
WE TALKED WITH HIM YESTERDAY. 
A VERY POIGNANT QUESTION HERE 
IS, WHAT WOULD YOUR FATHER, 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., THINK 
OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TODAY?
HE SAID HE WAS STILL HERE, WE 
WOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT SOME 
OF THE ISSUES WE ARE DISCUSSING 
TODAY. 
IT IS KIND OF SAD THAT WE ARE 
STILL AT THIS POINT, 57 YEARS 
LATER. 
STILL TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE 
ISSUES THAT THOSE ORIGINAL 
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS TRIED TO 
CHAMPION AND ERADICATE SO MANY 
YEARS AGO. 
>> I WOULD HAVE TO SAY 
SOMETHING THAT IS ALSO PRETTY 
ARRESTING TO ME IS HOW 
INCLUSIVE THIS MOVEMENT IS. 
THESE ARE NOT NEW ISSUES WHERE 
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHTS FOR 
ALL PEOPLE, RIGHT? 
OUR TRANS BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 
MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. 
WOMEN, RIGHT? 
THERE WERE WOMEN THAT WERE PART 
OF THE BACKDROP WHO WERE VERY, 
VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE MARCH 
ON WASHINGTON PLANNING, BUT 
THERE WERE NO WOMEN WHO WERE 
GIVEN THE MICROPHONE ON THAT 
DAY. 
TO LOOK HERE AND SEE THAT THERE 
ARE WOMEN, TO SEE THAT THERE 
ARE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES HAVE 
BEEN IMPACTED BY DISABILITIES 
THAT ARE HAVING A VOICE. 
TO SEE THAT OUR BROWN BROTHERS 
AND SISTERS ARE GOING TO HAVE 
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
TO SEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO 
HEAR FROM SOME OF THE FAMILIES 
WHO WERE THE VERY REASON WHY 
THIS GATHERING HAPPENED TODAY. 
SO MANY FAMILIES HAVEN'T 
ACTUALLY HAD THEIR VOICES HEARD.
WE HEAR NAMES AND WE HEAR 
HASHTAGS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW 
THIS IMPACTS THEM PERSONALLY. 
WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO HAVE 
YOUR CHILD, YOUR BROTHER, YOUR 
SIBLING, THE ONE WHO WE 
LITERALLY SAW TAKE THEIR LAST 
BREATH, RIGHT? 
THESE MOMENTS THAT ARE SUPPOSED 
TO BE THESE SACRED MOMENTS AND 
SOMEONE'S LIFE EXPERIENCE. 
WE ARE ALL BEARING WITNESS TO 
THAT. 
I'M GOING TO BRING OUR 
PANELISTS NOW. 
AND PRAY THAT THE GODS ARE 
WORKING. 
YES! 
WE HAVE GOT DR. ROBERT PRAIRIE, 
WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THE 
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY. 
AARON BRYANT WHO IS CONTINUING 
WITH US WHO IS A HISTORIAN AND 
CURATOR AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 
OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND 
CULTURE. 
YOU HAVE BOTH BEEN LISTENING TO 
THE CONVERSATIONS TODAY. 
YOU ARE QUITE AWARE OF THE 
ISSUES THAT HAVE BROUGHT US 
HERE TODAY. 
TWO GENERATIONS AFTER THE 
INITIAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR 
JOBS AND FREEDOM. 
IN SOME WAYS WE ARE STILL 
HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATIONS, 
RIGHT? 
WITH MORE PEOPLE INVITED TO 
HAVE A SAY. 
THAT, IN ITSELF, HAS TO BE 
PROGRESS. 
ROBBIE? 
>> IT CERTAINLY IS. 
AS AN OPENLY BLACK MAN MYSELF,  
I WAKE UP EVERY DAY LIVING WITH 
HIV. 
IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE SEEN 
THE SEGMENT THAT YOU DID 
EARLIER ON THE SHOW FEATURING 
LGBTQ EQUALITY AND JUSTICE 
SEGMENT. 
FEATURING THE CEO AND PRESIDENT 
OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN. 
ALFONSO DAVID. 
THAT SHOWS INCLUSION. 
LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, LESLIE, 
WOMEN, WOMEN HAVE BEEN THE 
BACKBONE OF THE MOVEMENT FOR 
JUSTICE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS 
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF OUR 
HISTORY HERE IN THIS COUNTRY. 
IT IS ABOUT TIME, AND WAY PAST 
TIME, THAT THEY FINALLY HAVE 
THE CENTER ROLL NECESSARY TO BE 
THE VOICE THAT THEY HAVE ALWAYS 
BEEN BEHIND THE SCENES. 
LEADING THE MARCHES, SO IT'S 
GREAT TO SEE THIS TODAY BECAUSE 
WHAT IT SHOWS IS THE PROGRESS 
FROM THE MARCH FROM 1963, BUT 
IT ALSO SHOWS THAT MUCH OF THE 
SAME PERSISTENT CHALLENGES THAT 
WE FOUGHT FOR, THAT MARCH WAS, 
AS YOU MENTIONED, TITLED THE 
"MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS 
AND FREEDOM" . IT WAS A 
COMBINATION MARK WITH ANOTHER 
GROUP WHO WANTED TO BRING 
ECONOMIC JUSTICE MESSAGES TO 
CONGRESS. 
THEY COMBINED TOGETHER. 
WHAT THIS SAYS IS WE ARE NOT 
ONLY SEEING PEOPLE OF ALL 
BACKGROUNDS COMING TOGETHER, 
FIGHTING FOR EXAMPLE, FOR AN 
END TO POLICE BRUTALITY. 
THIS IS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS. 
THIS IS ABOUT JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
THIS IS ABOUT WHAT DR. KING 
SAID IN 1963 IN THAT SPEECH 
ABOUT MAKING JUSTICE A REALITY, 
AND MAKING REAL THOSE PROMISES 
OF DEMOCRACY. 
WE ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER 
TO THAT. 
>> STANDBY. 
WE ARE GOING TO GET BACK TO YOU 
IN JUST A MINUTE. 
WE WANT TO GO TO MEGAN RIVERS 
WHO IS LIVE ALONG THE NATIONAL 
MALL. 
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING, AND WHAT 
PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU? 
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, OR 
AFTERNOON, I'M NOT SURE WHAT 
TIME IT IS. 
WE ARE JUST OUTSIDE THE LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL. 
SPEECHES ARE HAPPENING BEHIND 
US. 
THIS IS AN AREA WHERE A LOT OF 
THE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS ARE 
CONCENTRATED RIGHT NOW. 
WE HAVE SEEN REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON. 
WE HAVE SEEN MARTIN LUTHER KING 
III. 
WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH BOTHAM 
JEAN'S SISTER. 
WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH PATRICK JIM 
O'BRIEN. 
WE ALSO SPOKE WITH THE MOTHER 
OF OSCAR GRANT. 
YOU MAY REMEMBER HE WAS KILLED 
SO MANY YEARS AGO. 
THERE IS A HOME WILL BE 
DEDICATED TO HIM. 
IS A QUICK BITE OF WHAT SHE HAD 
TO SAY. 
>> OSCAR WAS A YOUNG MAN WHO 
WAS DRIVING TO MATURE. 
AND BE THE FATHER THAT HE WAS 
CALLED TO BE. 
OSCAR WAS A YOUNG MAN WHO LOVED 
HIS FIANCEE. 
HE LOVED HIS DAUGHTER, AND HE 
LOVED LIFE. 
>> WE ARE OUT HERE FIGHTING FOR 
JUSTICE. 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN BONDAGE FOR 
TOO LONG. 
WE HAVE BEEN TREATED UNEQUALLY. 
OUR CONSTITUTION SAYS ALL MEN 
HAVE BEEN CREATED EQUALLY. 
WE SHOULD HAVE THAT SAME 
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE SAME 
EQUAL, UNALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT 
OTHERS HAVE. 
CERTAINLY WE DON'T HAVE THOSE 
RIGHTS. 
WE SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO GEORGE 
FLOYD BEEN SHOT SEVEN TIMES AND 
HOW THIS NATION IS SO DIVIDED 
BECAUSE OF THAT. 
DECIDING IF HE DESERVED IT OR 
DIDN'T DESERVE IT. 
THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. 
WE HAVE TO STAND AS MARTIN 
LUTHER KING STOOD FOR JUSTICE, 
AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT UNTIL WE 
SEE EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL. 
>> Reporter: WE HAVE ALSO BEEN 
HEARING KIND OF THAT SAME 
MESSAGE FROM ALL OF THE 
FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST LOVED 
ONES AT THE HANDS OF POLICE 
BRUTALITY. 
THAT IS THEIR MESSAGES THAT 
THEY ARE OUT THERE PROTESTING. 
I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH 
THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY 
STATES ATTORNEY. 
SHE SAID IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT 
57 YEARS HAVE GONE BY AND NOT 
MUCH HAS CHANGED. 
IN HER OPINION, AT SINCE THE 
INITIAL MARCH. 
SHE IS EXCITED THAT SO MANY 
PEOPLE, YOUNG AND OLD, ARE OUT 
HERE. 
I WANT TO TALK A BIT ABOUT THE 
DIFFERENCE OF AGES OUT HERE. 
I JUST HAD A CHANCE BEFORE WE 
CAME ON AIR TO SPEAK WITH A 13-
YEAR-OLD GIRL. 
SHE WAS ASKING TO KNOW MORE 
INFORMATION ABOUT THE REVERAND 
AL SHARPTON. 
EVERYBODY WAS GATHERING AROUND 
HIM AS HE WAS WALKING BY US, 
TAKING PICTURES AND THINGS LIKE 
THAT. 
IT WAS EVEN SIGNING SOME 
AUTOGRAPHS. 
SHE WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT 
HIM. 
SHE SAID I'VE HEARD ABOUT HIM 
BUT I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT 
HIM. 
I THINK THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE 
WE CAN EDUCATE THOSE YOUNGER 
PEOPLE ON EXACTLY WHO THE CIVIL 
RIGHT LEADERS ARE. 
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE 
FIGHT FOR JUSTICE FOR ALL 
PEOPLE. 
SHE WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT 
THE LATE CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS.
WE WERE ABLE TO EDUCATE HER IN 
THAT MOMENT ON EXACTLY WHO THEY 
WERE AND WHO THEY ARE. 
THOSE WHO ARE STILL AMONG THE 
LIVING. 
I THINK THAT AS WE TALK TO 
THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE, WE NEED 
TO REALLY TAKE THIS AS A TIME 
TO EDUCATE THEM. 
SOMETIMES WE MAY GET FRUSTRATED 
WHEN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO WE 
THINK THEY SHOULD KNOW, OR 
DON'T KNOW MORE ABOUT A PERSON 
THEY THINK THEY SHOULD KNOW. 
THIS IS A TIME FOR US TO 
EDUCATE EVERYONE AND THEN 
ESPECIALLY EDUCATE THEM ABOUT 
THE MOVEMENT. 
SO, YOU HAVE A MESSAGE YOU ARE 
TRYING TO GET OUT TO ARTICULATE 
THAT IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN 
UNDERSTAND SO THEY CAN 
UNDERSTAND WHY EVEN IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC 
THAT IS DISPROPORTIONATELY 
AFFECTING AFRICAN-AMERICAN, TO 
COME OUT HERE. 
IT'S EXCITING TO HEAR PEOPLE'S 
STORIES, EXCITING TO SEE PEOPLE 
RALLY. 
IT'S BEEN NOTHING BUT AN 
INSPIRING MOVEMENT. 
I HAVEN'T FELT ANYTHING THAT IS 
FELT TENSE OR BAD, IT IS JUST 
AN INSPIRING, INFORMATIVE, AND 
EDUCATIONAL. 
I'LL SEND THINGS BACK TO YOU. 
>> THOSE PERSONAL STORIES WE 
ARE HEARING FROM SO MANY. 
MEGAN RIVERS OUTSIDE THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL. 
I WANT TO BRING IN OUR PANEL 
AGAIN. 
AARON BRIAN TO HIS CURATOR WITH 
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-
AMERICAN HISTORY. 
DR. ROBERT PERRY CHAIR OF THE 
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY. 
AARON, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN 
DOCUMENTING ON OUR NATION'S 
HISTORY OVER TIME. 
YOU LOOK BACK AT WHERE WE WERE 
57 YEARS AGO AND TODAY. 
DO YOU SEE ANY NOTICEABLE 
DIFFERENCES THAT MIGHT LEAD TO 
SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE? 
>> YEAH, I WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE TOUCHED ON IT EARLIER. 
WE TALKED ABOUT THE ROLE THAT 
WOMEN HAVE PLAYED, AND ALSO 
TALKING ABOUT ISSUES RELATED TO 
SEXUAL ORIENTATION. 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT MOVEMENTS THAT 
ARE HAPPENING TODAY, LIKE BLACK 
LIVES MATTER. 
YOU SEE THIS EMBRACE OF 
MULTIPLE KINDS OF IDENTITIES. 
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON SHOWED US IS THAT WE 
CAN CREATE A MULTICULTURAL 
MOVEMENT. 
EVEN THOUGH THIS MAJORITY 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN, ACCORDING TO 
ACCOUNTS. 
IT WAS STILL MULTICULTURAL IN 
THE SENSE THAT BLACK PEOPLE, 
WHITE PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF 
DIFFERENT RACES WERE COMING 
TOGETHER. 
WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING TODAY IS 
MULTICULTURALISM THAT GOES 
BEYOND RACE. 
THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT 
WAS STARTED BY WOMEN WHO ARE 
ALSO DEALING WITH IMMIGRATION 
ISSUES. 
LABOR ISSUES AS WELL AS SEXUAL 
ORIENTATION AND RACE. 
I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT 
SIGN OF PROGRESS. 
>> DR. PERRY, LAST WEEK CHATTED 
IN OUR 9:00 HOUR, WE WERE 
TALKING ABOUT VOTING. 
THAT'S PART OF TODAY'S PLATFORM 
AS WELL. 
YOU HAVE POLICE REFORM AS WELL 
AS VOTING RIGHTS. 
STILL TALKING ABOUT THE 
IMPORTANCE OF VOTING RIGHT NOW, 
WHY? 
>> I THINK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 
THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING RIGHT 
NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD AN 
ASSAULT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN 
THIS COUNTRY FOR DECADES. 
IF NOT FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS 
GOING BACK TO THE FREEDOM BUREAU
AND THE GOVERNMENT SET UP OF 
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES 
IMMEDIATELY POST CIVIL WAR FOR 
RECENTLY FREED SLAVES AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
EVER SINCE BROWN VERSUS THE 
BOARD OF EDUCATION WHERE WE 
MADE A UNANIMOUS STATEMENT AS 
SUPREME COURT, SEPARATE BUT 
EQUAL. 
PLESSY V FERGUSON FROM 1896 WAS 
NOT OKAY. 
WE HAD TO IN FACT ENSURE 
EQUITABLE EDUCATION IN OUR 
SCHOOLS. 
WE STILL DO NOT HAVE THAT 
TODAY, WHETHER YOU ARE IN DC 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OR ATLANTA 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
WHAT WE FIND OUT IS 
RESEGREGATION BECAUSE OF OUR 
HISTORIC WHITE FLIGHT. 
BECAUSE OF THIS INVESTMENT IN 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. 
STATE BOARDS HAVE ENSURED THAT 
WE DO NOT LEARN ABOUT VOTING 
AND CIVIL RIGHTS IN CIVIC 
EDUCATION. 
BECAUSE OF THOSE DEFICIENCIES, 
THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THE COUNTRY 
WE DO TODAY WERE VOTING FOR 
SOME MATTERS, BUT VOTING FOR 
FAR TOO MANY, AS I GET 
UNDERSTOOD AS THE ONE TOOL THAT 
WE ALL HAVE TO REALLY MAKE SOME 
CHANGE. 
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. 
BACK IN 1963, THERE WERE -- I 
HAVE A QUESTION. 
BACK IN 1963, THERE WAS 
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DR. KING 
AND HIS TEAM AND THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
SOME OF IT BACKDOOR 
COMMUNICATION. 
THEY KNEW THIS LEGISLATION WAS 
COMING. 
THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION RIGHT 
NOW. 
FRONT DOOR, BACK DOOR, SIDE 
DOOR, BETWEEN AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
LEADERS AND THE WHITE HOUSE, OR 
AM I MISSING THAT? 
THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS 
BECAUSE, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S 
GOING ON IN THE STREETS IN 
KENOSHA AND OTHER PLACES, OTHER 
CITIES, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS 
MARCH TODAY. 
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LACK OF 
RESPONSE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE 
IN TERMS OF THE POLICE SHOOTING,
THE VIGILANTES SHOOTING UNARMED 
PROTESTERS. 
IT'S A VERY FRIGHTENING 
SITUATION. 
THIS IS NOT 1953 ALL OVER 
AGAIN. 
COULD YOU ADDRESS THAT? 
COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THAT 
PLEASE? 
WHERE ARE WE WHEN IT COMES TO 
THE PRESIDENT, THE WHITE HOUSE, 
AND BLACK LEADERSHIP, AND WHERE 
WE MIGHT GO AFTER THIS? 
>> I THINK THAT WHAT'S 
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS SORT OF 
A PHASE AS WE MAKE SOCIAL 
CHANGE. 
SOCIAL CHANGE DOESN'T HAPPEN 
NECESSARILY OVERNIGHT. 
YOU THINK ABOUT FOLKS LIKE 
FREDERICK DOUGLASS WHO TALKED 
ABOUT PROGRESS. 
EVEN BARACK OBAMA AND HIS 2008 
SPEECH WHO TALKS ABOUT 
SPECIFICALLY THIS MARCH TOWARDS 
A MORE PERFECT UNION. 
GENERALLY WITH SOCIAL MOVEMENTS 
IT COMES IN PHASES. 
I THINK RIGHT NOW WE MOST 
CERTAINLY ARE IN A PHASE. 
YOU ALERT PEOPLE TO AN ISSUE, 
YOU MAKE THEM AWARE OF WHAT THE 
ISSUE IS, AND THEN YOU BEGIN TO 
MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION. 
THEN, THERE ARE OTHER PHASES 
AFTER THAT THAT ARE INVOLVED. 
SO, I THINK WHAT WE ARE SEEING 
RIGHT NOW IN THIS COUNTRY IS 
THAT PEOPLE ARE BECOMING AWARE. 
THEY ARE BECOMING ALERT. 
THEY ARE STARTING TO TAKE 
ACTION. 
WE ARE GOING TO SEE WHERE DOES 
THIS ACTION LEAD? 
I ALSO THINK THAT WE DON'T KNOW 
NECESSARILY WHAT IS HAPPENING 
BETWEEN THE LEADERS AND SAY 
OTHER POLITICIANS, EITHER 
LOCALLY, I THINK THERE ARE 
CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE 
HAPPENING IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES. 
WE CAN'T OVERLOOK THAT. 
WE HAVE ACTIVISTS, NOT JUST ON 
A NATIONAL LEVEL, BUT 
GRASSROOTS ACTIVISTS WHO ARE 
WORKING IN COMMUNITIES ALL 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE 
IMPORTANT AS WELL, BECAUSE I 
BELIEVE SOCIAL CHANGE HAPPENS 
IN INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES. 
>> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK 
BREAK FROM YOU. 
THE CONGRESSWOMAN FROM 
MASSACHUSETTS IS SPEAKING. 
SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD HER 
DEALINGS WITH THE PRESIDENT AND 
WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION. 
LET'S LISTEN. 
>> WE WILL MARCH ON, CLEAR IN 
OUR CONVICTION, ROOTED IN OUR 
FAITH, GROUNDED IN OUR HISTORY, 
INTENTIONAL AS WE BUILD. 
LET ME MAKE IT PLAIN, BLACK 
LIVES MATTER. 
>> LET'S BRING YOU BACK. 
I APOLOGIZE ON OUR END, 
UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T ACTUALLY 
HEAR WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE. 
I'D LOVE TO GET SOME REACTION 
TO WHAT SHE WAS SAYING, BUT WE 
COULDN'T HEAR WHAT SHE SAID, 
GENTLEMEN. 
>> I'LL CHIME IN. 
THAT WAS CONGRESSWOMAN AYANNA 
PRESSLEY, WHO I HAD THE 
PLEASURE OF MEETING BACK IN THE 
DAY WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE 
WORCESTER AND RELATIONS TEAM IN 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
SHE WAS A COUNCILWOMAN IN 
BOSTON. 
TO SEE HER ASCEND THROUGH 
CONGRESS AND TO SEE HER THERE 
IN FRONT OF THE MEMORIAL 
SPEAKING, VERY PLAINLY AS SHE 
JUST ENDED, BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
WE ARE AT A POINT IN THIS 
COUNTRY WHERE WE HAVE HAD 
POLITICIANS LINING UP IN SUPPORT
OF WORDS THAT WERE ONCE RULED 
TO BE FAR TOO EXTREME, AND FAR 
TOO DIVISIVE. 
WHAT WE ARE FINDING OUT IS THAT 
BLACK LIVE TO IN FACT MATTER. 
WHILE MOST AFRICAN-AMERICANS 
HAVE AGREED WITH THAT FROM THE 
GET-GO, WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS 
THAT HAS EXPANDED TO GROUPS AND 
TWO GENERATIONS AND TWO 
INDIVIDUALS WHO DID NOT 
IDENTIFY AS BLACK. 
INCLUDING FROM A COUPLE WEEKS 
AGO, EARLIER THIS SUMMER WHEN 
WE SAW GOP UTAH SENATOR MITT 
ROMNEY. 
FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR 
AND FORMER PRESIDENT FOR 
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
HE CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED BLACK 
LIVES MATTER. 
WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT PROGRESS 
DOES IN FACT HAPPEN. 
WHEN WE FIRST SAW BLACK LIVES 
MATTER COME TOGETHER AS A RESULT
OF THE TRAUMA INFLICTED, AND 
MURDER OF TRAYVON MARTIN OR THE 
SUBSEQUENT POLICE BRUTALITY 
INCIDENTS SINCE THEN. 
WHICH BY THE WAY WE SHOULD 
EMPHASIZE, POLICE OFFICERS, AND 
NEARLY ALL OF THEM HAVE NOT 
BEEN CHARGED. 
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TODAY, 
IN 2020, IN THE MIDST OF A 
TRUMP PRESIDENCY, IN WHICH THEY 
HAVE A CLAIM ON AFRICAN-
AMERICAN SUPPORT AS AT LEAST 
DEMONSTRATED BY THE TOKEN 
INDIVIDUALS THEY HAVE 
REPRESENTING THE BLACK COMMUNITY
DURING THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION THIS WEEK. 
THE REALITY IS THAT MOST OF THE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMITTEE, 90+ 
PERCENT OF THEM IF WE BELIEVE 
RECENT POLLS, HAVE CLEARLY SAID 
THAT THIS PRESIDENT, THIS KKK 
ENDORSED PRESIDENT IS NOT OKAY. 
BLACK LIVES MATTER NOT ONLY 
TALKS ABOUT THE HUMAN DIGNITY 
OF ALL AFRICAN-AMERICANS, AND 
THE DIVERSITY THEREIN, BUT OF 
THE FACT THAT IF WE ACHIEVE 
THAT GOAL, AS AFRICAN-AMERICANS,
WE THEREFORE WOULD ACHIEVE IT 
FOR EVERYONE. 
THIS REALLY IS A HUMAN GLOBAL 
STORY, AND MARCHES LIKE THIS 
ONE TODAY THAT WE SEE, AND 
LOCALLY, MARCHES ARE CONTINUING 
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND HERE IN 
THE DISTRICT. 
THESE ARE THE MOMENTS THAT WE 
HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND SAY 
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. 
FOLLOW THAT UP OF COURSE WITH 
OUR ACTIONS. 
>> ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, WE ARE 
GOING TO CONTINUE THIS 
CONVERSATION. 
WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO GET TO 
TODAY OBVIOUSLY WITH THIS 
COVERAGE OF THE COMMITMENT 
MARCH IN WASHINGTON. 
WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT MAIN 
PROGRAM TO GET UNDERWAY. 
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR 
CONVERSATION RIGHT AFTER THE 
BREAK. 
>> A PIECE OF THE LEGISLATION 
HIGHLIGHTED IN THE HARLEM 
MANIFESTO AGAINST POLICE 
BRUTALITY. 
THEY ARE ALL INCLUDED IN THE 
GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN 
POLICING ACT. 
LET'S GET RID OF THE CHOKEHOLD. 
LET'S GET RID OF THE KN 
THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL WHERE YOU CAN 
SEE PEOPLE ARE ALL AROUND THE 
REFLECTING POOL, A SEA OF 
HUMANITY. 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME FROM NEAR 
AND FAR RIGHT THERE. 
I WANT TO GO TO OUR COLLEAGUE 
DARREN HAYNES WHO HAS BEEN 
TALKING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS WHO 
HAVE SORT OF THE SAD 
BITTERSWEET TASK OF HAVING TO 
GO FROM REMEMBERING THEIR 
CHILDREN WHO DIED OF FATAL 
POLICE ENCOUNTERS, AND REALLY 
TRY TO AWAKEN THE CONSCIOUSNESS 
OF THE NATION TO THE HORRIFIC 
NATURE OF WHAT THIS DOES TO A 
FAMILY. 
HOW IT HAS IMPACTED BLACK 
PEOPLE AS A WHOLE. 
YOU JUST TALKED WITH JACOB 
BLAKE'S DAD. 
HE HAS HAD TO ENDURE YET 
ANOTHER UNTHINKABLE SITUATION. 
WHAT DID HE TELL YOU? 
>> Reporter: ONE OF THE THINGS 
HE TOLD ME THAT REALLY STOOD 
OUT A LOT LESLIE, WAS HIS SON 
IS IN THE HOSPITAL, PARALYZED. 
SEVEN GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO HIS 
BACK. 
YET HE FELT LIKE HE STILL 
NEEDED TO COME HERE TO 
WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR THE MARCH 
ON WASHINGTON. 
I SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT IT AND 
THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. 
>> YOU HAVE TO ACT A CERTAIN 
WAY OR THEY WILL KILL YOU. 
THEY HAVE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR 
THEY WILL KILL YOU. 
SO, THEY BECOME THE JUDGE, THE 
JURY, AND THE EXECUTIONER IS 
WHAT THEY BECOME. 
ALL IN ONE. 
BECAUSE MY SON, THEY MADE NO 
MOTIONS FOR THAT. 
HE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM THEM. 
HE HAD TO PULL HIS SHIRT TO 
CONTINUE. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF 
THAT WAS YOUR CHILD? 
>> Reporter: IS THERE ANYTHING 
YOU WANT PEOPLE HERE TO TAKE 
AWAY FROM THE INCIDENT? 
>> THE LESSON IS THAT WE ALL 
MUST STAY TOGETHER. 
WE ALL MUST STAY TOGETHER. 
WE MUST MOVE IN ONE ACCORD. 
I'M NOT ANGRY. 
I'M TIRED. 
WHEN YOU BECOME ANGRY, YOU LOSE 
YOUR ABILITY TO THINK PROPERLY. 
WHEN YOU BECOME -- WHEN YOU LET 
YOUR EMOTIONS TAKE OVER, YOU 
DON'T SLIDE LIKE YOU'RE 
SUPPOSED TO SLIDE. 
YOU DON'T PUT THAT LEFT FOOT TO 
BLOCK IN A CERTAIN WHOLE. 
YOU UNDERSTAND? 
YOU DON'T SLIDE. 
YOU KEEP YOUR FEET UPFIELD. 
YOU NEVER LET ANYBODY PUSH YOU 
BACK. 
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU NEVER GET 
ANGRY. 
BECAUSE IF I GET ANGRY AND I 
START SCREAMING AND HOOTING AND 
HOLLERING, THEY SAY I'M ONE OF 
THEM CRAZY ONES. 
BUT I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF 
EDUCATION. 
I UNDERSTAND HOW I'M SUPPOSED 
TO PRESENT MYSELF. 
I UNDERSTAND HOW I'M PRESENTING 
MY FAMILY. 
I WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE WITH THEM 
THAT THEY CAN'T BURN DOWN A 
BUILDING, BECAUSE WHEN THE 
BURDEN THAT BUILDING DOWN, 
THERE IS NOWHERE FOR US TO USE. 
THAT USE OF THAT BUILDING AND 
THAT PROPERTY IS GONE. 
VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE. 
WE CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE 
WITHIN OUR OWN SOCIETY WITH 
VIOLENCE. 
THE ONLY THING THAT VIOLENCE 
GIVES YOU IS OPPRESSION, AND 
THAT'S WHAT THEY RULE US WITH. 
>> Reporter: WITH EVERYTHING 
YOUR FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH, 
WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO 
SHOW UP HERE TODAY? 
>> BECAUSE MY FATHER WAS HERE 
FOR THE FIRST MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON. 
HE WAS A MAN. 
THAT IS MY GUY FROM MSNBC BY 
THE WAY. 
>> Reporter: HAS ANYBODY 
EXPLAINED TO YOU WHY YOUR SON 
IS SHOCKED UP? 
>> NO, THEY HAVE GIVEN ME NO 
REASON. 
HE IS PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST 
DOWN. 
WHERE IS HE GOING? 
HE IS SHACKLED. 
HE HAS THAT COLD STEEL ON HIS 
RIGHT ANKLE. 
EXPLAIN THAT TO ME PLEASE. 
WHERE CAN HE GO? 
HAS ANYBODY EVER HEARD OF 
OVERKILL? 
THAT'S KIND OF -- THAT'S LIKE 
SLAPPING -- 
>> Reporter: I WAS INSIDE THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL WHERE THERE 
ARE OTHER MOTHERS AND FATHERS 
JUST LIKE YOU THAT HAD TO DEAL 
WITH THIS. 
HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL 
WHEN YOU ARE HERE, WHEN YOU SEE 
THAT THERE IS A COMMON CAUSE? 
A NEGATIVE COMMON CAUSE WITH 
MOMS AND DADS EITHER HAVING 
THEIR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF 
POLICE BRUTALITY, OR LOSING 
THEIR CHILD TO POLICE 
BRUTALITY? 
>> AT A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME 
YOU SHOULD GET TIRED OF IT. 
WE AS A PEOPLE SHOULD BE TIRED 
OF IT. 
WE ARE TIRED OF LOOKING AT THE 
RULES, READING THE NEWSPAPERS, 
AND SEEING OUR BROWN BROTHERS 
AND SISTERS KILLED. 
IF NOT KILLED, MAIMED. 
DEEMED USELESS. 
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? 
IT SHOULD HURT EVERYBODY THE 
WAY IT HURTS ME ENOUGH TO COME 
OUT HERE. 
MY SON IS STILL LAYING IN THE 
ICU PARALYZED. 
I'M HERE TO SHARE MY STORY. 
BECAUSE I WANT SOMEBODY TO GET 
SOME STRENGTH FROM IT. 
>> Reporter: WHERE DOES THAT 
STRENGTH COME FROM FOR YOU? 
>> THAT STRENGTH COMES FROM A 
LINE OF BLAKE'S. 
WHEN MY FATHER WALKED ACROSS 
THAT EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE, HE 
DIDN'T SHOW NO FEAR. 
HE KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO WHIP 
HIM, AND HE TOOK THAT WHIPPING. 
SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO TAKE A 
WHIPPING. 
TO MOVE FORWARD. 
>> Reporter: THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> POWERFUL, EMOTIONAL WORDS 
FROM JACOB BLAKE SENIOR. 
HIS SON, JACOB BLAKE IS STILL 
IN THE HOSPITAL BED. 
PARALYZED. 
WHILE YOU WERE LISTENING TO THE 
EMOTIONS OF JACOB BLAKE SENIOR, 
RIGHT BEHIND ME, IN THESE GROUP 
OF PEOPLE, IS THE ENTIRE FAMILY 
OF GEORGE FLOYD. 
WHO LOST HIS LIFE AFTER AN 
OFFICER PUT A KNEE TO HIS NECK. 
YOU HEAR THAT SAME RAW EMOTION. 
LIKE JACOB BLAKE, WHERE YES, 
YOU ARE HURT, BUT YOU ARE HERE 
TO FIGHT FOR YOUR CHILD. 
TO FIGHT FOR YOUR SON. 
TO FIGHT FOR YOUR FAMILY 
MEMBER. 
BECAUSE THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER, 
AND COMING HERE CONTINUES THAT 
FIGHT. 
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THAT GEORGE 
FLOYD FAMILY HERE. 
YOU ALSO HAVE THE FATHER OF 
JACOB BLAKE, JACOB BLAKE SENIOR,
COMING HERE DESPITE HIS SON 
STILL IN THE HOSPITAL BED. 
>> I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE ARE 
OVER 100 MEMBERS OF GEORGE 
FLOYD'S FAMILY THAT ARE THERE. 
WE MAY HAVE GOTTEN JUST A 
SNAPSHOT OF THEM. 
I KNOW YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY 
TO ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS OF 
JACOB BLAKE'S FATHER. 
I HEARD HIM TALK EARLIER ON 
ANOTHER PROGRAM. 
HE SAID WHEN HIS SON WAS SORT OF
IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS, HE 
SAID TO HIM, WHY DID THEY SHOOT 
ME SO MANY TIMES? 
HE SAID THE GRANDCHILDREN, THE 
CHILDREN THAT WERE IN THE CAR 
THAT JACOB BLAKE WAS TRYING TO 
PROTECT, WHO HAVE WITNESSED ALL 
OF THIS, THE 8-YEAR-OLD SAID, 
WHY DID THEY SHOOT DADDY SO 
MANY TIMES? 
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE 
ARE THESE KIND OF FATAL POLICE 
ENCOUNTERS. 
THERE IS A STORY, A HUMAN STORY 
AND A HUMAN TOLL BEHIND EVERY 
NAME AND EVERY INSTANCE. 
THE FACT THAT SO MANY FAMILIES 
ARE HERE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES 
IS SOBERING, BUT YOU DO WONDER 
WHERE THAT COURAGE COMES FROM. 
SO, TO HEAR FROM JACOB BLAKE'S 
FATHER THAT HIS OWN FATHER WAS 
A FREEDOM FIGHTER OF COURSE WAS 
SOMETHING PRETTY POWERFUL TO 
HEAR. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 
WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT TO TALK 
TO THE FAMILY OF BREONNA TAYLOR.
BREONNA TAYLOR YOU HAVE HEARD A 
LOT ABOUT IN RECENT MONTHS. 
THE INJUSTICE, THE INCREDIBLE, 
HORRIFIC ATTACK. 
THE FACT THAT NO ONE HAS BEEN 
CHARGED IN HER MURDER. 
>> Reporter: LESLIE, THAT'S 
EXACTLY WHAT I WAS JUST TALKING 
TO THEM ABOUT. 
THIS IS HER AUNT AND UNCLE. 
BREONNA'S AUNT AND UNCLE.  
YOU WERE TELLING ME THIS HAS 
BECOME LIKE A NEW JOB FOR YOU. 
COMING OUT AND FIGHTING. 
WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT 
KEEPING THE MOMENTUM GOING? 
IS THAT PART OF WHAT YOU'RE 
DOING HERE? 
>> YES. 
IT IS US COMING ALL TOGETHER. 
JUST LEARNING HOW TO HUMANIZE 
EACH OTHER. 
LEARNING HOW TO COEXIST BETWEEN 
ONE ANOTHER. 
GETTING JUSTICE FOR OUR BABY 
GIRL RIGHT NOW. 
THAT IS OUR MAIN FOCUS. 
WE ARE THE FUEL THAT IS GOING 
TO KEEP THE FIRE LIT. 
>> Reporter: HAVE YOU BEEN 
WORKING WITH POLITICS 
NATIONWIDE TO GET MORE OF THE 
NO NOT, OR THE KNOCK POLICY 
HACKED IN OTHER STATES? 
HOW HAS THAT BEEN GOING FOR YOU?
>> LOCALLY WE DID GET BREONNA'S 
LAW PASSED.  
>> WHEN YOU HAVE GOT A LOT OF 
PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND TO HAVE 
TECHNOLOGY, SOMETIMES WE ARE 
GOING TO HAVE THESE SLIPS. 
WE WILL TRY TO GET BACK TO THAT.
WE WERE TALKING WITH THE AUNT 
AND UNCLE OF BREONNA TAYLOR. 
THEY WERE JUST GETTING TO THE 
POINT WHERE THERE WERE TALKED 
ABOUT WORKING FULL-TIME TO GET 
THESE LAWS PASSED. 
TO GET RID OF THESE TACTICS 
THAT TOOK BREONNA'S LIFE.  
>> HER PIECE REALLY POINTS TO 
SOME OF THE LEGISLATION THAT 
NEEDS TO PASS IN ORDER TO GET 
THIS DONE. 
SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING WHY 
WEREN'T THE OFFICERS ARRESTED? 
MONTHS LATER, WHY ARE THEY 
STILL OUT THERE? 
AS FREEMEN, AND THAT'S PART OF 
THE PROBLEM. 
IN A LOT OF THESE PLACES, 
SMALLER COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY, 
YOU HAVE LEGISLATION IN PLACE 
THAT PROTECTS A LOT OF THESE 
OFFICERS IN THESE CASES. 
THEY WANT TO SEE THIS CHANGE. 
THEY WANT TO SEE SOMETHING DONE.
YOU HEAR SAY HER NAME OVER AND 
OVER. 
PEOPLE CALLING FOR THE ARREST 
OF THOSE OFFICES. 
THEIR FIGHT IS GOING TO 
CONTINUE UNTIL THIS HAPPENS. 
THIS IS A DEEP-SEATED PROBLEM 
THAT GOES BEYOND THAT SIMPLE 
SHOOTING. 
>> JUST LOOKING AT THE OPTICS 
HERE, YOU SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE 
KEEPING THEIR DISTANCE. 
PEOPLE THAT ARE MOSTLY MASKED. 
IT'S QUITE THE CONTRAST TO WHAT 
WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST 
WEEK. 
THIS IS THE REAL WORLD, HERE. 
THIS MERGING OF BOTH PROTEST 
AND PANDEMIC WITH THE IDEA OF 
CHANGING POLICIES. THE FACT 
THAT PEOPLE WERE MILLING TO 
MAKE THIS CHECK FROM WHEREVER 
THEY WERE. 
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT 
TO RAISE THEIR VOICES SOME TWO 
GENERATIONS AFTER THE INITIAL 
MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS 
AND FREEDOM. 
>> THINK ABOUT THIS. 
THIS CURRENT MARCH STARTED 
AFTER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD 
IN MINNEAPOLIS. 
BACK IN LATE MAY. 
WE HEARD FROM THE REVERAND AL 
SHARPTON THEME. 
HE REALLY WANTED TO CONDENSE 
THIS MOVEMENT. 
TO HAVE A SIX-INCH MESSAGE AND 
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ONE 
MESSAGE. 
ALL CENTERED ON EQUALITY. 
I KNOW AT THAT POINT IT WAS 
SORT OF SPLINTERING A BIT. 
YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PROTESTS IN 
DIFFERENT CITIES WITH DIFFERENT 
MESSAGES AND DIFFERENT GROUPS. 
THIS IS AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE 
EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME ACCORD, 
GETTING THE SAME MESSAGE. 
YOU'RE HEARING EVERYONE'S STORY 
IN ONE PLACE. 
FITTINGLY WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. 
REALLY THE REFLECTING POOL. 
JUST ON A NORMAL DAY IN 
WASHINGTON IT IS SUCH A 
TRANQUIL PLACE. 
A GOOD PLACE TO SIT AND THINK 
ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE 
WORLD. 
YOU SEE THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 
SURROUNDING THE POOL LISTENING 
TO THE STORIES, LISTENING TO 
THE PAIN. 
ALSO TALK ABOUT THOSE MOMENTS 
OF HOPE AND HOW TO MOVE FORWARD 
AND MAKE CHANGE. 
>> SO MANY MOVEMENTS OF CHANGE 
HAVE STARTED HERE AT THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL. 
WANT TO BRING IN OUR COLLEAGUE 
CHRIS JOHNSON WHO HAD SOME 
OBSERVATIONS AS WELL. 
BRUCE? 
>> HEY LESLIE, LORENZO. 
A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
THE GOOD THING ABOUT BEING ON 
THE AIR FOR ALL THIS TIME, WE 
ARE ABLE TO BRING IN A LOT OF 
THINGS. 
ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GOING TO 
BE WATCHING FOR AND LISTING FOR,
IS TO FIND OUT WHAT THE 
LEADERSHIP THERE IS GOING TO 
SEND THIS CROWD AWAY WITH. 
1963 IT WAS EASY, YOU HAD A 
GREAT SPEECH, PEOPLE WERE 
ENERGIZED. 
IT WAS ABOUT DUE PROCESS AND 
VOTING RIGHTS, CIVIL RIGHTS, 
ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
WHAT'S THE MESSAGE? 
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO SEND 
PEOPLE AWAY WITH HERE? 
NOT JUST THE PEOPLE THAT BRAVED 
THE PANDEMIC TO SHOW UP, BUT 
PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE ON 
SOCIAL MEDIA. 
PEOPLE ARE SENDING ME THINGS. 
SOMEBODY SENT ME AN ARTICLE 
FROM THE DAILY BEAST. 
IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING. 
BUT DON'T EXPECT THE PRESIDENT 
TO RESPOND TO THE GATHERING 
TODAY. 
THE DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVES ARE 
WATCHING. 
AS OTHER REPUBLICAN OPERATIVES. 
WHAT THIS ARTICLE SAYS, AND IF 
YOU SAW THE PRESIDENT LAST 
NIGHT, AND THE GATHERING IN 
WHICH HE ACCEPTED THE 
NOMINATION. 
REPUBLICANS ARE VERY GOOD AT 
WEAPON ICING THINGS. 
ONE OF THE THINGS THEIR WEAPON 
ICING RIGHT NOW ARE POOR BLACK 
PEOPLE. 
THIS ARTICLE POINTS OUT WHAT 
THEY HAVE DONE. 
PUBLIC HOUSING IN NEW YORK CITY.
DEMOCRATIC BACKING. 
THEY BROUGHT UP PUBLIC HOUSING 
TENANTS TO CRITICIZE THE MAYOR 
THERE, RIGHT? 
DAVID DOING, A LOT OF PEOPLE 
ARE GOING TO REMEMBER HIM. 
HE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN LAW 
ENFORCEMENT GUY THAT WAS KILLED 
DURING ONE OF THE RIOTS. 
THE WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN 
INCARCERATED FOR 22 YEARS. 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN, FOR A 
NONVIOLENT DRUG OFFENSE. 
ALSO, THERE REALLY HITTING HARD 
ON JOE BIDEN'S RECORD, 40+ 
YEARS OUT THERE. 
INCLUDING THAT CRIME BILL, AND 
THEY'RE TAKING WORDS OF JOE 
BIDEN THAT HE UTTERED. 
REPUBLICANS ARE VERY GOOD AT 
THIS. 
THEIR WEAPON ICING BLACK STUFF 
IF YOU WILL. 
I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO 
GET THEM A LOT OF VOTES, BUT 
WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO IS 
SUPPRESS THE BLACK VOTE. 
McKAY BRUCE -- 
>> PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH THE 
MASK IN THE SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
>> LET ME INTERRUPT YOU FOR 
JUST A SECOND. 
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL 
ACTION NETWORK, AND SENIOR 
PASTOR WITH GRACE BAPTIST 
CHURCH IS TALKING. 
THIS IS DR. FRANKLIN RICHARDSON.
YOU TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO 
HEAR WHAT THE LEADERSHIP HAS TO 
SAY. 
LET'S LISTEN IN. 
>> GOD BLESS YOU. 
>> WE WILL TRY TO GET YOU A 
SYNOPSIS OF THAT AT SOME POINT. 
YOU WERE SAYING? 
>> I'M JUST UNSURE WHAT I'M 
SAYING. 
I'M NOT SURE IT'S GOING TO COME 
FROM HIM. 
IT'S GOING TO COME FROM 
SHARPTON. 
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO SEND THE 
MASSES AWAY WITH? 
YOU HAVE TO GET PEOPLE WHO COME 
HERE TO WASHINGTON, YOU HAVE TO 
GIVE THE MARCHING ORDERS. 
IS IT GOING TO BE GO VOTE? 
THAT MAY BE ENOUGH. 
KEEP IN MIND MOST PEOPLE THAT 
ARE OPPOSED ARE VOTING AGAINST 
DONALD TRUMP. 
I THANK YOU ALSO HAVE TO GIVE 
THEM A GOOD REASON TO VOTE FOR 
JOE BIDEN. 
THE REPUBLICANS ARE GIVING 
THEIR BASE A LOT OF REASONS FOR 
WHY JOE BIDEN SHOULD NOT BE 
REPLACING DONALD TRUMP. 
I THINK JOE BIDEN HAS TO 
DELIVER THAT MESSAGE AND SELF. 
I'LL BE INTERESTED IN WHAT HE 
HAS TO SAY TO THIS GROUP. 
WHY WOULDN'T JOE BIDEN APPEAR 
AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS? 
I'M JUST ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT 
THEY SEND THIS CROWD AWAY WITH. 
>> HERE AS WELL, BRUCE. 
ASIDE FROM THE CROWD WE ARE 
LOOKING HERE, I KNOW THE 
NATIONAL AT WORK. 
THEY TALKED ABOUT SPREADING THE 
MESSAGE ONLINE AS WELL. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'T BE HERE 
IN PERSON BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC. 
MAKING SURE THAT MESSAGE GETS 
ACROSS EFFECTIVELY ONLINE, ON 
SOCIAL MEDIA. 
MAKE SURE THAT MESSAGES ARE 
GETTING MUDDIED AT ALL IS A 
CRITICAL POINT AS WELL FOR A 
LOT OF THE ORGANIZERS. 
>> WERE GOING TO BRING OUR 
PANELISTS BACK IN. 
YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING US TALK 
ABOUT THE MESSAGING. 
WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN FROM HERE. 
WHAT WILL BE THE MARCHING 
ORDERS FOR PEOPLE? 
WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF WHAT 
PEOPLE NEED TO LEAVE WITH TODAY?
TO ENSURE THAT THIS GATHERING 
WASN'T HELD IN VAIN? 
>> I THINK AS WITH MANY OF THE 
PROTESTS MARCH AND GATHERINGS 
LIKE THIS ONE TODAY, IT'S 
REALLY ESSENTIAL THAT PEOPLE 
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF 
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. 
HOW ALL OF US HAVE A 
RESPONSIBILITY TO EXERCISE OUR 
RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES, AND 
DEMAND EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER 
THE LAW GUARANTEED. 
BY OUR CITIZENSHIP, AND PART OF 
BEING A CITIZEN IS TO REALLY BE 
ENGAGE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 
WHETHER YOU SEE YOUR COMMUNITY 
AS BEING LOCAL OR NATIONAL. 
I THINK THAT'S PART OF IT. 
I THINK THAT BECOMES IMPORTANT, 
PARTICULARLY AS WE SAW MOVING 
CLOSER TO NOVEMBER, BECAUSE WE 
REALLY DO NEED, REGARDLESS OF 
ONE'S POLITICAL AFFILIATION OR 
IDEOLOGY, WE REALLY DO NEED 
PEOPLE TO START TAKING THE IDEA 
OF DEMOCRACY IN THIS NATION 
SERIOUSLY. 
I THINK THAT IS REALLY CENTRAL 
TO THE MESSAGE AS WELL. 
>> DR. PERRY? 
>> I WOULD ADD TO THAT. 
WE CAN OFFER SOME BOILERPLATE, 
VERY SPECIFIC THINGS PEOPLE CAN 
DO. 
ONE, THEY CAN REGISTER TO VOTE. 
WE CAN OFFER PEOPLE THE CLEAR 
GUIDELINES IN THEIR PARTICULAR 
JURISDICTIONS ABOUT HOW TO 
REGISTER TO VOTE. 
THAT THEY CAN VOTE AFTER THEY 
ARE REGISTERED, EITHER BY 
MAILING IN A BALLOT, OR GOING 
TO THE POLLS THEMSELVES. 
SOME PEOPLE, HONESTLY REALLY 
NEED KIND OF GUIDANCE IN HOW TO 
ENSURE THAT THEIR VOTE IS 
EFFECTIVELY CAST. 
WITH POLL WATCHERS ON ACTUAL 
ELECTION DAY. 
SO, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE 
CAN DO POST THIS VERY IMPORTANT 
UPRISING, AND POST THIS VERY 
IMPORTANT MOVEMENT AND MARGE 
TODAY THAT REALLY CENTERS WHAT 
THESE MARCHES ALSO ARE ABOUT. 
THAT IS ABOUT BRINGING 
SUBSTANCES CHANGED TO MASSES. 
IN THIS COUNTRY, THE WAY WE 
BRING SUBSTANCES CHANGED TO 
MASSES, BECAUSE WE ARE A 
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, WE ARE A 
REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM. 
THAT REQUIRES US TO ENGAGE WITH 
OUR POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS. 
IT IS SIMPLY THE SYSTEM WE HAVE 
NOW, AND UNTIL WE CHANGE IT 
WITH A TWO THIRDS VOTE, STATE 
LEGISLATURES AND IN CONGRESS, 
THIS IS THE SYSTEM WE GOT. 
THE BEST WAY WE CAN ENGAGE IT 
IS BY TAKING ALL THE ENERGY 
THAT WE SEE TODAY, THAT WE HAVE 
SEEN THIS ENTIRE SUMMER, AND 
CHANNEL THAT ENERGY INTO OUR 
VOTING BEHAVIOR THIS NOVEMBER. 
OR, FOR MANY OF US, WHEN THE 
BALLOTS ARE MAILED IN THE 
COMING WEEKS, IN SEPTEMBER. 
AS MANY JURISDICTIONS WILL BE 
DOING. 
WE'LL BE ABLE TO VOTE IN OUR 
KITCHEN, ON OUR KITCHEN TABLES, 
IN OUR HOMES, EARLIER THAN 
NOVEMBER 3rd. 
MAIL IT IN EARLY, BECAUSE YOU 
KNOW THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 
HAS LITERALLY LOCKED UP POST 
OFFICE BOXES, AND TAKEN THEM, 
AND REMOVED THEM. 
OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT 
REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS ALSO CLOSED
DOWN PULLING CENTERS IN 
MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. 
THERE IS A CONCERTED EFFORT TO 
ENSURE THAT PEOPLE DO NOT VOTE. 
WHEN MORE PEOPLE VOTE, 
HISTORICALLY IN GENERAL 
ELECTIONS, REPUBLICANS LOSE. 
THIS IS JUST A FACT. 
THEY ARE AWARE OF THAT FACT. 
THESE MOMENTS LIKE TODAY ARE 
MADE REAL WHEN WE ATTACH THE 
ENERGY HERE, AND WE APPLY IT IN 
OUR VOTING ACTIONS ON NOVEMBER 
3rd. 
IF WE DO THAT, WHATEVER THE 
MESSAGE IS HERE, WILL ACTUALLY 
NOT JUST BECOME A MESSAGE, NOT 
JUST BE A MOVEMENT, BUT IT WILL 
BECOME POLITICS. 
>> ALL RIGHT SETTLEMENT, WE ARE 
GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER QUICK 
BREAK. 
OUR COVERAGE OF THIS COMMITMENT 
MARCH ON WASHINGTON 2020 
CONTINUES. 
OU 
LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 2020 
COMMITMENT MARCH ON WASHINGTON. 
I THINK THAT IS DR. TOMBALL 
BRYANT WHO IS A PASTOR AT NEW 
BIRTH BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATLANTA 
WHO IS SPEAKING RIGHT NOW ON 
THE STEPS OF THE LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL. 
RIGHT NOW THE MAIN EVENT HAS 
BEEN UNDERWAY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM A LOT OF 
SPEAKERS, AND AS YOU LIKELY 
KNOW, TODAY'S MARCH COINCIDES 
WITH THE 57th ANNIVERSARY OF 
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON. 
THAT'S WHEN DR. MARTIN LUTHER 
KING JR. DELIVERED HIS "I HAVA 
A DREAM" SPEECH. 
THE MESSAGES FROM THEN AND NOW 
ARE BOTH POWERFUL. 
I'M JOINED NOW BY BRUCE 
JOHNSON,  LORENZO HALL WILL BE 
CARING YOU THROUGH THE COVERAGE 
THIS AFTERNOON. 
OBVIOUSLY GENTLEMEN, SOME OF 
THE SAME ISSUES THAT THEY WERE 
TALKING ABOUT 57 YEARS AGO ARE 
STILL PRESENT TODAY. 
THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE REALLY 
IS AROUND THE FATAL ENCOUNTERS 
OF LIFE ALTERING, ENCOUNTERS 
WITH POLICE AND AFRICAN-
AMERICANS. 
THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS 
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED, 
EVEN BETWEEN THE GEORGE FLOYD 
INCIDENT AND NOW. 
JUST DAYS BEFORE THIS EVENT, WE 
ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED 
TO JACOB BLAKE, WHO ENDED UP 
WITH SEVEN BULLETS IN HIS BODY. 
A WHIRLWIND OF QUESTIONS ABOUT 
HOW THAT COULD HAPPEN. 
>> I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE 
TALKING ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD 
INITIALLY, YOU HEARD FROM SO 
MANY FAMILIES SAYING WHO IS 
GOING TO BE NEXT? 
THAT ALWAYS RESONATES. 
YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN 
AGAIN. 
EVEN AFTER HEARING JACOB 
BLAKE'S DAD SPEAK A FEW MINUTES 
AGO, YOU WONDER IN HIS CASE AS 
WELL, WHO IS GOING TO BE NEXT? 
THIS IS AN EFFORT TO TRY TO PUT 
AN END TO THIS. 
ALSO PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON IT FOR 
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY TO 
UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE ARE 
SAYING AND WHAT THEY ARE 
DEALING WITH IN THEIR 
COMMUNITIES, AND THEIR HOMES, 
AND HOW THIS REALLY FRACTURES 
SO MANY FAMILIES AND 
COMMUNITIES. 
>> BRUCE? 
>> LET'S REALIZE WHERE WE ARE. 
WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE 
SHOOTINGS. 
THE ONLY SHOOTINGS THAT PEOPLE 
WERE ABLE TO SEE IN THEIR HOMES 
DURING THIS PANDEMIC WERE THOSE 
THAT WERE CAUGHT ON VIDEOTAPE. 
THERE HAVE BEEN AN AWFUL LOT 
MORE SHOOTINGS OVER THE YEARS, 
GOING BACK DECADES, THAT WE 
DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT. 
THEY WERE JUST LOCAL STORIES, 
IF STORIES AT ALL. 
MAYBE THEY WERE JUST NUMBERS, 
STATS. 
A LOT OF CRITICS ARE PAYING ALL 
THIS ATTENTION TO AFRICAN 
AMERICANS WERE BEING KILLED. 
A LOT OF THE CRITICS ARE SAYING 
FAR MORE WHITE PEOPLE ARE SHOT 
BY POLICE. 
THEY ARE FIVE TIMES, EASILY 
FIVE TIMES AS MANY WHITE PEOPLE 
IN THE COUNTRY. 
IT'S A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER 
OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT ARE 
BEING KILLED. 
THE MAJORITY OF THE AFRICAN-
AMERICANS BEING KILLED BY 
POLICE ARE UNARMED ALSO. 
THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITH THE 
WHITES THAT ARE KILLED BY 
POLICE. 
DON'T TRY TO DISTORT THIS AND 
SHOOT DOWN WHAT IS CLEARLY A 
CRISIS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. 
AS MUCH SO AS WITH THE 
SHOOTINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE 
IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. 
I'VE OFTEN COMPARED, AND I'VE 
HEARD OTHERS COMPARE, SO IT'S 
NOT ME ORIGINALLY. 
A BAD COP IS LIKE A PEDOPHILE 
PRIEST. 
NOT EVERY COP IS BAD. 
THE MAJORITY OF COPS ARE REALLY 
GOOD COPS. 
WE NEED GOOD COPS, AND GIVE 
THEM THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. 
IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF BAD 
COPS TO RUIN IT FOR EVERYBODY. 
YOU PUT THE GOOD COPS IN 
JEOPARDY OUT THERE. 
THEY CAN'T GET THEIR 
COOPERATION FROM COMMUNITIES 
WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO SOLVE 
CRIMES AND HOMICIDES. 
THEY CAN'T BE TRUSTED BY THE 
COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY DON'T 
KNOW IF THEY ARE LOOKING AT A 
GOOD CUP OR A BAD COP. 
SOMEBODY SAID WHAT KIND OF 
POLICE DO YOU WANT? 
I THINK ONE OF THE BLACK 
LEADERS RESPONDED THIS WAY. 
I LOVE THIS ANSWER. 
WE WANT THE SAME KIND OF 
POLICING THAT YOU GET IN THE 
SUBURBS, THAT YOU GET TO WHITE 
PEOPLE. 
I THINK THAT SAYS IT ALL. 
DON'T GET OUT OF THE CAR 
STRAPPED FOR ACTION. 
DON'T JUDGE US BECAUSE WE ARE 
STANDING THERE IN A GROUP, AS 
BEING THE ENEMY, AS THOUGH WE 
ARE TRYING TO HARM YOU. 
THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE. 
SO, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT TODAY. 
HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE ADDRESSED 
BEGINNING WITH POLICE. 
BACK TO YOU GUYS. 
>> LET'S GET TO REPRESENTATIVE 
SHEILA JACKSON LEE OF TEXAS. 
SHE IS ON THE MIC NOW. 
>> GRABBING ONTO THE HISTORY OF 
WHAT THE LINCOLN MONUMENT MEANS 
TO ALL OF US. 
WHO HAVE A BIRTHRIGHT 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 BEEN 
GIVEN A BAD CHECK,  A CHECK THE 
COMPANY MARKED INSUFFICIENT 
FUNDS. 
TODAY, WE STOP THE INSUFFICIENT 
FUNDS, AND WE PUT MONEY IN THE 
BANK, BECAUSE WE GOT TO HEAL 
THIS NATION. 
SO, I SAY TO YOU, WHY WE CAN'T 
WAIT. 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 ASSIGNED TO PROTECT AND 
SERVE CAN TAKE BIG FLOOD, PUT A 
KNEE ON HIS NECK, AND SAY I 
CAN'T BREATHE. 
THEN, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO 
CHANGE THIS NATION WHEN WE HAVE 
BREONNA TAYLOR, AHMAUD ARBERY, 
TRAYVON MARTIN, ERIC GARNER, 
MICHAEL BROWN AND MANY OTHERS. 
TODAY WE COME TO ACKNOWLEDGE 
THAT WE ASK AMERICA NOT TO FEAR 
US. 
WE ASK YOU NOT TO SEND SUITES 
THAT WE ARE ATTACKING YOU AS A 
MOM BECAUSE WE ARE SHOT WITHOUT 
ANYONE'S CONCERN. 
WE ARE STANDING HERE TODAY TO 
SAY WHY WE CAN'T WAIT. 
WE WANT AN AMERICA THAT WILL 
STOP OUT THE DIVISIVENESS, THE 
INTIMIDATION, AND THE THREATS. 
WE WANT A WHITE HOUSE WHO 
STANDS AS A HEALER IN CHIEF. 
WHO UNDERSTANDS BLACK MOTHERS' 
PAIN, AND UNDERSTAND 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 
HR -- THE BILL OF GEORGE FLOYD 
JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT. 
HERE WE ARE TODAY ASKING THE 
QUESTION, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? 
BECAUSE OF INSTITUTIONAL RACISM.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE 
MUST HAVE THE COMMISSION TO 
STUDY AND DEVELOP AS MY 
BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE SAID, 
REPARATION PROPOSALS. 
WE MUST ANSWER THE CALL OF 
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM. 
WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT 
THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC, 
PSYCHOLOGICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND 
EDUCATIONAL GOVERNMENT 
SANCTIONED, INSTITUTIONAL 
RACISM, STOPS RIGHT NOW. 
AS I TOLD A 12-YEAR-OLD, AS I 
WALKED AND TOLD MARTIN LUTHER 
KING III'S 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 WILL STOP TODAY. 
THANK YOU, REVEREND SHARPTON 
AND THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK 
FOR UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE 
OF THE CONGRESS WITH 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 PASSED AS THE 
MOST SIGNIFICANT CIVIL RIGHTS 
LEGISLATION OF THE 21st 
CENTURY. 
NOW IS THE TIME, WHY WE CAN'T 
WAIT. 
>> ALL RIGHT, YOU WERE 
LISTENING TO REPRESENTATIVE 
SHEILA JACKSON LEE OF TEXAS, 
THERE AS A LEGISLATOR, BUT 
THERE AS A BLACK MOTHER. 
SAYING WE ASK AMERICA NOT TO 
FEAR US. 
TALK ABOUT THE JUSTICE IN 
POLICING ACT WHICH THEY HAVE 
BEEN TRYING TO GET PAST SINCE 
THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. 
ADDRESSING THIS CALL OF 
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN HR 40. 
THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE THE STUDY 
OF REPARATIONS FOR PEOPLE OF 
AFRICAN DESCENT. 
AGAIN, JUST ONE OF MANY 
SPEAKERS TODAY. 
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE TRYING TO
GET BACK TO THE SCHEDULE. 
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE A LITTLE 
BEHIND. 
WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP YOU 
AS ADVISED AS WE CAN CATCH UP 
HERE LOOKING AT BOTH THE 
SCHEDULE AND WHO COMES UP ON 
THE STAGE. 
WE HAVE BEEN COVERING THE 
COMMITMENT MARCH ON WASHINGTON. 
THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM HAS BEEN 
UNDERWAY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. 
YOU CAN SEE THERE A SEA OF 
PEOPLE. 
SOME 50,000 PEOPLE. 
50,000 TO 60,000 PEOPLE WERE 
EXPECTED TO TURN OUT TODAY. 
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT THE 
END OF THE DAY THOUGH. 
THE PARKS SERVICE DOESN'T DO 
NUMBERS ANYMORE. 
WE MAY NOT HAVE OFFICIAL 
NUMBERS. 
YOU CAN SEE THERE THE PEOPLE 
GATHERED, WHICH OF COURSE DID 
NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE MANY 
OTHERS THAT MAY BE GATHERING 
VIRTUALLY. 
>> OUT IN THAT SEA OF PEOPLE IS 
MEGAN RIVERS. 
SHE HAS BEEN TALKING WITH A 
NUMBER OF THE FAMILIES IMPACTED 
BY POLICE BRUTALITY. 
WE WANT TO GET TO HER RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> Reporter: WE STAND BACK A 
LITTLE BIT FROM THE CROWD TO 
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS 
CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL AT 
HOME. 
AND YOU GUYS THERE IN THE 
STUDIO. 
WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH 
FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE WHO 
HAVE LOST LOVED ONES BY THE 
HANDS OF POLICE. 
WE HAD A CONVERSATION. 
I HEARD BRUCE SAY EARLIER THERE 
ARE SO MANY NAMES WE DON'T 
KNOW. 
HE IS RIGHT. 
I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH A 
MOTHER OF A YOUNG MAN OUT OF 
ATLANTA THAT WAS SHOT 76 TIMES 
BY OFFICERS. 
SHE SAID THERE'S NOT A LOT OF 
EVIDENCE. 
THAT'S WHAT OFFICERS TOLD HER. 
SHE SAID HER SONS POLICY IS ALL 
THE EVIDENCE THEY NEED. 
I ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK 
WITH BOTH OF JOHN'S SISTER. 
SHE IS HERE IN WASHINGTON TODAY 
MARCHING AND PROTESTING FOR HER 
BROTHER. 
HER BROTHER WAS KILLED BACKING 
TWO YEARS AGO ALMOST. 
IT HAS ALMOST BEEN TWO YEARS 
EXACTLY. 
TWO YEARS AGO IN DALLAS. 
HE WAS IN HIS HOME WHEN AN 
OFFICER, MISTAKING HIS 
APARTMENT FOR HERS, CAME IN 
WHILE HE WAS EATING ICE CREAM 
AND SHOT AND KILLED HIM. 
HERE IS WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY. 
>> I CAME HERE BECAUSE ONE, 
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MARCH 
LED BY FAMILIES. 
UNFORTUNATELY I'M PART OF A 
FAMILY WHO WAS IMPACTED BY 
POLICE BRUTALITY. 
I WANTED TO SHOW SOLIDARITY 
WITH ALL THE FAMILIES. 
I WANTED TO SEE CHANGE FOR ALL 
OF OUR FAMILIES. 
POLICE BRUTALITY IS TO ME THE 
LARGEST KILLER OF BLACK PEOPLE. 
IT IS ALL, NO MATTER WHAT TYPE 
OF BLACK PERSON, HE WAS A 
CHURCH LEADER. 
HE WASN'T DOING ANYTHING. 
HE WASN'T IN THE STREET, HE WAS 
HOME, AND HE STILL GOT KILLED 
BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF HIS 
SKIN. 
I WANTED TO BE HERE TO CHAT 
WITH ALL THE FAMILIES AND SAY 
WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH. 
>> Reporter: SHE ALSO TALKED 
ABOUT HOW THE OFFICER IN THAT 
CASE WAS SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS 
IN PRISON. 
EVEN WITH THAT SENSE, SHE STILL 
HAS NO PEACE. 
SHE SAID HER WORLD WAS 
DESTROYED WHEN HER BABY BROTHER 
WAS KILLED. 
EVEN THOUGH SOME LEVEL OF 
JUSTICE HAS BEEN RENDERED, IT 
DOESN'T BRING HIM BACK. 
IT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY BETTER. 
THAT IS WHY SHE HITS HERE IN DC.
IT STILL HURTS, AND IT WILL 
FOREVER HURT THAT SHE LOST HER 
LITTLE BROTHER. 
SHE DESCRIBED HIM AS HER LITTLE 
TEDDY BEAR. 
HE WAS ONE OF HER FAVORITE 
SIBLINGS. 
SHE IS HEARTBROKEN EVEN YEARS 
LATER AFTER EVERYTHING THAT HAS 
TRANSPIRED. 
EVEN THOUGH THE OFFICER IS 
BEHIND BARS FOR THE NEXT FEW 
YEARS. 
IT STILL DOESN'T BRING HER ANY 
PEACE, NO SOLACE HAS BEEN FOUND 
IN THAT INSTANCE FOR HER. 
WE HAVE BEEN CONTINUING TO BE 
IN THIS AREA. 
THIS IS KIND OF A CONCENTRATED 
AREA WHERE A NUMBER OF THE 
FAMILIES HAVE BEEN SET UP. 
WE HAVE SEEN MARTIN LUTHER KING 
III IN THIS AREA. 
WE HAVE SEEN THE REVERAND AL 
SHARPTON IN THIS AREA. 
ANOTHER THING WE NOTICED IS 
THERE IS SO MANY DIFFERENT 
GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS 
AREA. 
WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT 
MILLENNIAL'S. 
CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, 
MILLENNIAL'S ARE A LITTLE BIT 
OLDER THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE 
THINK THEY ARE. 
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE IN 
GENERATION C. ALL OUT HERE 
ASKING QUESTIONS AND TRYING TO 
GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT 
EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 
THIS MOVEMENT. 
WANTING TO UNDERSTAND WHO ALL 
THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS WE ARE 
SEEING SPEAKING TODAY, AND THE 
UP-AND-COMING CIVIL RIGHTS 
LEADERS ARE. 
IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE A SENSE 
OF A PASSING OF THE BATON FROM 
ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT. 
JUST EXPLAINING EVERYTHING THAT 
IS GOING ON AND EXACTLY WHY IT 
IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BE 
HERE IN THIS MOMENT. 
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUT 
HERE. 
WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO SPEAK 
WITH THESE FAMILIES AND TALK 
WITH DIFFERENT LEADERS FROM 
DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AS WELL. 
WE WILL BRING YOU THAT SOUND ON-
AIR AND ONLINE. 
FOR NOW, I MEGAN RIVERS, I'LL 
SEND THINGS BACK TO YOU GUYS IN 
THE STUDIO. 
>> YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE NAMES 
THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD OF. 
THE NAMES THAT WE HAVE HEARD 
LIKE THE GEORGE FLOYD, BREONNA 
TAYLOR. 
NOW, JACOB BLAKE. 
ALSO ON SOME OF THOSE SIGNS AS 
WELL, WITH THESE MOVEMENTS, 
EMMETT TILL. 
HE WAS KILLED, LYNCHED ON THIS 
DAY BACK IN 1955. 
ACCUSED OF WHISTLING AT A WHITE 
WOMAN. 
WE KNOW HIS MOM HAD AN OPEN 
CASKET BECAUSE YOU WANTED THE 
PUBLIC TO SEE HER PAIN, FEEL 
HER PAIN, AND UNDERSTAND IT. 
I'M SURE WITH A LOT OF THESE 
FAMILIES OUT THERE TODAY THEY 
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE 
CAN SEE IT AND FEEL IT. 
DO HOPE THAT PERHAPS THIS WILL 
LEAD TO SOME CHANGE THIS TIME 
AROUND. 
MEGAN, THANK YOU. 
>> NATHAN BACA IS ALSO OUT ON 
THE MALL AS WELL. 
HE IS OVER BY THE WORLD WAR II 
MEMORIAL. 
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? 
>> Reporter: THE LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL IS RIGHT OVER THERE. 
YOU SEE WHERE THE STAGE IS, AND 
THEN THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL. 
PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK ALL DOWN 
THE REFLECTING POOL TO GET TO 
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. 
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN ARE MEMBERS 
OF THE ANTIFA. 
THEY ARE JUST KIND OF RELAXING 
OVER HERE. 
ON STANDBY. 
WE HAVE NOTICED THAT THEY DO 
HAVE A BAT. 
THEY DO HAVE APPARENTLY SOME 
OTHER BLUNT WEAPONS IN CASE, 
THEY BELIEVE THAT IN CASE OF 
PROVOCATION, FROM GROUPS THAT 
ARE AGAINST THIS MARCH. 
THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED AT ALL. 
WE HAVE NOT WITNESSED ANY SORT 
OF THREAT OR COUNTER MOVEMENT. 
THEY ARE HERE, AND THEY BELIEVE 
THEY ARE HERE TO PROTECT THIS 
GROUP OF PEOPLE IN CASE 
SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN. 
AGAIN, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED SO 
FAR. 
IT IS COMPLETELY PEACEFUL. 
ONE OTHER THING TO NOTICE AS 
WELL. 
BEFORE PEOPLE NEEDED TO LINE UP 
TO GET THESE GREEN BANDS. 
EFFECTIVELY SAYING THEY'VE GONE 
THROUGH THE TEMPERATURE CHECKS. 
WE HAVE NOTICED SOME PEOPLE NOW 
JUST MILLING ABOUT THE LAWN. 
IN OTHER WORDS, PEOPLE CAN GET 
ON GROUNDS NOW WITHOUT THE 
MANDATORY TEMPERATURE CHECK.  
WE HAVE NOTICED THE VAST 
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE COMING IN 
WITH MASKS.  
SO, HEALTH AND SAFETY HAVE BEEN 
FIRST AND FOREMOST HERE. 
WE ARE LIVE RIGHT NOW. 
RIGHT NEXT TO THE WORLD WAR II 
MEMORIAL. 
NATHAN BACA, WUSA 9.  
>> NATHAN, THANKS. 
OUR BRUCE JOHNSON IS JOINING 
OUR COVERED TOO. 
YOU CAN'T SEE HIM IN THE STUDIO 
BUT HE IS THERE AT HOME AND 
HAVE BEEN WATCHING AND 
OBSERVING, AND HAS SOME 
THOUGHTS. 
BRUCE, I KNOW YOU WERE REALLY 
INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT THE 
LEADERSHIP IS GOING TO SAY FROM 
THE PODIUM, AND WHAT THE 
MESSAGE THEY ARE GOING TO 
IMPART THE PEOPLE WILL BE. 
>> YEAH. 
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, 
LESLIE. 
I WANT OUT THE FACT THAT WE 
HAVE A VERY DIVERSE CROWD. 
WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF WHITE 
PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR
IN THE 1963 MARCH SUPPORTING 
DR. KING AND OTHERS. 
THREE PEOPLE THAT WE SHOULD 
REMEMBER, AND I'M HOPING THE 
LEADERSHIP TODAY WILL RECOGNIZE 
THESE PEOPLE. 
THERE HAVE BEEN AN AWFUL LOT OF 
WHITE PEOPLE THAT HAVE JOINED 
THE BLACK LIVE MATTER PROTESTERS
IN KENOSHA AND OTHER PLACES. 
I'M SITTING HERE AND I PULLED 
THIS OFF OF GOOGLE A SHORT TIME 
AGO. 
26-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY HUBER. 
HE IS A SKATEBOARDER, OR HE WAS.
HE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE KILLED 
BY KYLE RITTENHOUSE, THE 
VIGILANTE IN KENOSHA. 
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OR HEARD 
ABOUT THIS YOUNG MAN AND HEARD 
FROM HIS GIRLFRIEND WHO WAS 
GRIEVING HIM. 
THEY WERE BOTH OUT THERE 
PROTESTING. 
ANOTHER PERSON, JOSEPH 
ROSENBAUM. 
ANTHONY BY THE WAY 26 YEARS OLD.
JOSEPH ROSENBAUM, 36 YEARS OLD. 
HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY 
RITTENHOUSE. 
BOTH OF THESE MEN WERE REACHING 
FOR THE VIGILANTE'S GUN. 
TRYING TO GET THAT GUN AWAY 
FROM HIM TO PROTECT OTHERS. 
ROSENBAUM LEAVES A FIANCE AND A 
SMALL CHILD. 
THERE'S ANOTHER GUY. 
26 YEARS OLD. 
ALL OF THESE GUYS FROM KENOSHA. 
HE WAS SHOT IN THE ARM, BUT IT 
WAS SUCH A CLOSE RANGE SHOT, HE 
LOST THE USE OF THAT ARM. 
OR WHAT'S LEFT OF THAT ARM. 
I JUST WANT TO MENTION THESE 
THREE GUYS. 
THEY ARE MARTYRS OUT THERE WHO 
ARE MARCHING FOR BLACK LIVES 
MATTER. 
PROTESTING THE SENSELESS 
SHOOTING IN THE BACK OF THIS 
YOUNG MAN. 
I'M HOPING THE LEADERSHIP SHOWS 
UP TODAY WILL RECOGNIZE AND 
REMEMBER THOSE. 
JUST AS WE HAD RIGHT FREEDOM 
RIDERS GIVE THEIR LIVES BACK IN 
THE 60s. 
WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE THAT HAVE 
GIVEN THEIR LIVES ON THE FRONT 
LINES HERE TOO. 
>> LET ME BRING OUR PANELISTS 
BACK IN. 
DID TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE 
ABOUT THIS. 
BRUCE IS RIGHT. 
THERE HAVE LONG BEEN ALLIES IN 
THIS FIGHT FOR JUSTICE FOR THIS 
NATION. 
THEY HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TOO. 
WE SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW -- 
EVEN THE COVERAGE THIS WEEK OF 
WHAT HAPPENED WITH JACOB BLAKE 
AND THE YOUNG MAN KYLE 
RITTENHOUSE, WHO IS ALLEGED TO 
HAVE CARRIED OUT THESE HORRIBLE 
ATTACKS. 
WE JUST HEARD FROM BRUCE THE 
NAMES OF THE TWO MEN WHO LOST 
THEIR LIVES TRAGICALLY, AND THE 
OTHER MAN WHO WAS SHOT AS WELL. 
EVEN THE PORTRAYAL OF -- WHEN 
YOU LOOK AT HOW HE WAS TREATED, 
RIGHT? 
WALKING AROUND THE STREET, 
CARRYING THIS AK LONG GUN. 
ABLE TO CARRY OUT THIS VIOLENCE.
THE FACT THAT HE STILL LIVED TO 
TELL THE POLICE WHAT HE DID. 
TO MAKE CALLS THAT NIGHT. 
IT ILLUSTRATES AGAIN PART OF 
THE REASON WHY THIS IS 
HAPPENING TODAY. THERE IS TWO 
JUSTICE SYSTEMS. 
ONE FOR BLACK PEOPLE, ONE FOR 
WHITE PEOPLE. 
IN MANY CASES WHERE BLACK 
PEOPLE DON'T SURVIVE, AND THEN 
YOU HAVE THIS CASE HERE WITH 
THE 17-YEAR-OLD WHO IS ALIVE 
AND APPARENTLY WELL AFTER THIS 
INCIDENT THIS WEEK. 
>> WOW, YOU SAID IT SO 
ELOQUENTLY, LESLIE. 
THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE HERE 
IS TO ACTUALLY SPEAK TRUTH TO 
POWER IN THIS MOMENT OF 
CONTINUAL TRAUMA. 
EVERYTHING YOU JUST DESCRIBED 
IS TRAUMATIZING. 
IT IS TRIGGERING. 
AS A BLACK MAN, I WAS ACTUALLY 
INTRODUCED TO GUNS BY POLICE 
OFFICERS WHO POINTED SOME AT ME.
MANY OF US IN THIS COUNTRY WHO 
ARE BROWN SKINNED AND PERCEIVED 
TO BE BLACK, ARE VERY FAMILIAR 
WITH ALL THE STORIES OF THESE 
FAMILIES. 
VERY FAMILIAR OF THE FEAR OF 
SEEING BLUE LIGHTS IN OUR 
REARVIEW MIRROR AND HOW YOUR 
HEART SKIPS SEVERAL BEATS IN 
THE PROCESS. 
THAT IS DAILY. 
THIS IS A DAILY EXPERIENCE OF 
BEING A BLACK PERSON IN 
AMERICA. 
YET, WE ALWAYS HAVE HAD ALLIES 
WHO HAVE JOINED US ON THAT 
BATTLEFIELD. 
IT HAS NEVER BEEN ENOUGH, AND 
THEY HAVE NEVER NECESSARILY 
BEEN CONSISTENT, BUT THEY HAVE 
BEEN THERE. 
THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THOSE, 
VIOLA ALISA, IN THE 1960s, OR 
THOSE THAT YOU MENTIONED TODAY 
WHO ARE NOT BLACK, FOR JOINING 
US IN THESE MARCHES AND BEING 
INJURED THEMSELVES. 
THIS IS A GLOBAL STORY. 
IT ONLY WILL BECOME A ACTUAL 
GLOBAL SET OF POLICIES, AND 
LAWS THAT GOVERN OUR 
INTERACTIONS AS STATES AND AS 
COUNTRIES AND AS INDIVIDUAL 
CITIES AND COMMUNITIES, IF WE 
DO THIS WORK TOGETHER. 
PEOPLE OF COLOR CANNOT BE THE 
ONLY ONES DOING THIS WORK. 
WE CANNOT BE THE BURDEN, THE 
BURDEN CANNOT BE ON US. 
WE CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO SOLVE 
PROBLEMS THAT REALLY ARE NOT 
PROBLEMS THAT WE CREATED. 
THE RACISM ASSOCIATED WITH 
THIS, AND THE PREJUDICE 
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. 
OR, PREJUDICES THAT WERE 
DELIBERATELY PROMULGATED 
AGAINST US. 
WHILE WE HAVE A ROLE CERTAINLY 
IN HELPING SOCIETY TO MOVE 
THROUGH, NOT BEYOND, BUT MOVED 
THROUGH THIS HISTORY SO THAT WE 
CAN COME THROUGH IT TOGETHER, 
AND THEN GET TO A POINT ON THE 
OTHER SIDE. 
WE HAVE TO DO THAT TOGETHER. 
WE HAVE TO HOLD HANDS WITH OUR 
CAUCASIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, 
AND NATIVE AMERICANS, LATINO 
BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 
ASIANS, PACIFIC ISLANDERS. 
OUR IMMIGRANTS THROUGHOUT THE 
WORLD, AND THAT'S WHAT WE SEE 
IN THESE IMAGES TODAY. 
THIS IS REALLY THE BEST MOMENT 
OF AMERICA. 
THE MORE OF THIS, IT MIGHT BE A 
LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSER TO 
MAKING IT A MORE PERFECT NATION.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT 
PARTICULARLY AS YOU ARE LOOKING 
AT PROTESTS THAT ARE HAPPENING 
TODAY AROUND BLACK LIVES 
MATTER. 
YOU CAN SEE IMAGES ONLINE AT 
PROTESTS HAPPENING ALL AROUND 
THE WORLD. 
HAPPENING WITH DIFFERENT 
CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD. 
I SAW A PROTEST IN AUSTRALIA 
FOR EXAMPLE WHERE YOU HAD 
ABORIGINES AND CARRYING SIGNS 
THAT SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
SWITZERLAND, BRUSSELS, IRELAND. 
LITERALLY EVERY CORNER OF THE 
WORLD. 
YOU CAN SEE MASSIVE PROTESTS 
REGARDING BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
I THINK WHAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT, 
IS TO NOTE THAT IN 1963, YOU 
KNOW AS WE WERE ORGANIZING ALL 
KINDS OF PROTESTS. 
MOST CERTAINLY WITH THE MARCH 
ON WASHINGTON, YOU HAD FOLKS 
LIKE A PHILIP RANDOLPH, AND 
OTHERS REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE 
LIKE WALTER LUTHER WHO WAS 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
AUTOMOBILE WORKERS. 
EUGENE CARSON BLAKE, FORMER 
PRESIDENT AT THAT TIME OF THE 
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES. 
IN MATTHEW ILAN, EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
FOR INTERRACIAL JUSTICE. 
AND THEN WASHINGTON PRINCE, 
PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN 
JEWISH CONGRESS. 
YOU HAD LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE 
ALSO A PART OF HELPING TO PLAN 
AND ORGANIZE RIGHT ALONGSIDE OF 
THE NAACP. 
OF COURSE A PHILIP RANDOLPH AND 
OTHERS WHO WERE WORKING SIDE-BY-
SIDE. 
IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE 
PHOTOGRAPHS AND IMAGES FROM 
THAT TIME YOU CAN SEE ALL THE 
SIGNS WITH THE DIFFERENT GROUPS 
AND ORGANIZATIONS ALL CAME 
TOGETHER TO HELP SUPPORT WHAT 
WAS A NATIONAL MOVEMENT. 
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT 
PRECEDENT FOR WHERE WE ARE 
TODAY. 
>> THIS QUESTION IS FOR BOTH OF 
YOU. 
HOW DO YOU GET THE PEOPLE WHO 
WILL SIMPLY LOOK AT THIS AS A 
LIBERAL ISSUE, BECAUSE WE KNOW 
IT IS BEING WESTERNIZED IN SOME 
SENSE. 
HOW DO YOU GET THEM TO REALLY --
ASHLEY LEFT LISTENING TO TOM 
PEREZ, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DNC. 
>> 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 ARE 
ANSWERING ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS
WITH A RESOUNDING YES! 
WE ARE ALL FIGHTING BACK. 
OUR FIGHT CANNOT END HERE. 
JUST AS WE MARCHED TO THIS MALL,
WE MUST MARCH TO CONGRESS, TO 
THE UNITED STATES SENATE IN 
PARTICULAR, TO DEMAND PASSAGE 
OF THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS 
ADVANCEMENT ACT. 
AND THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN 
POLICING ACT. 
JUST AS WE MARCHED TO THIS MALL,
WE MUST MARCH TO THE BALLOT 
BOX. 
OR THE MAILBOX. 
TO DEMAND THE LEADERSHIP WE 
DESERVE. 
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 MILLIONS 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 IN 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 IN THE MUTUAL STRUGGLE 
FOR JUSTICE. 
DIGNITY, AND OPPORTUNITY. 
FROM THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES,
CONFRONTING THE SCOURGE OF 
COVID, AND THE DELAY OF THEIR 
STIMULUS FUNDING, TWO LATINX 
CHILDREN BEING SEPARATED FROM 
THEIR CHILDREN AT THE BORDER. 
TWO ASIAN AMERICANS FACING HATE 
FUELED 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 DREAMS. 
WE CAN ADVANCE RACIAL EQUALITY 
AND 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 BONDS, BY 
THE MARCHERS WHOSE FEET HAVE 
GROWN TIRED, WHOSE VOICES HAVE 
DONE HORSE, WHOSE SHIRTS HAVE 
STAINED WITH SWEAT AND DIRT AND 
BLOOD. 
JOHN LEWIS, AS YOU KNOW, LEFT 
US WITH THESE MARCHING ORDERS. 
SO, GO TO I WILL VOTE.COM, I 
WILL VOTE.COM. 
CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION STATUS. 
TELL YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND 
NEIGHBORS, TO MAKE A PLAN TO 
VOTE. 
REMEMBER, NOVEMBER 3rd IS THE 
LAST DAY TO VOTE, BUT IT'S NOT 
THE FIRST DATE THE VOTE.  
MAKE A PLAN. 
DO NOT LET YOUR VOICE GO 
UNHEARD. 
DO NOT LET YOUR VOICE GO 
UNCOUNTED. 
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 
ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME. 
MAKE NO MISTAKE, YOU HAVE THE 
POWER TO DECIDE THE OUTCOME. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
>> TOM PEREZ THERE, CHAIRMAN OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
COMMITTEE, WHO ALSO SERVED AS 
LABOR SECRETARY UNDER THE OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION. 
TALK ABOUT A RANGE OF ISSUES 
FROM ASIAN AMERICANS ALSO 
FACING ATTACKS. 
OUR COVERAGE OF THE COMMITMENT 
MARCH ON WASHINGTON IS GOING TO 
CONTINUE IN JUST A MINUTE. 
STAY RIGHT THERE. 
 THAT 
MEANS EXAMINING HOW SEEMINGLY 
DISTINCT FIGHTS FOR PROGRESS 
CAN INTERSECT. 
BLACK WOMAN EXPERIENCED THE 
LAYERED EFFECT OF RACISM AND 
SEXISM AND HAVE A LONG HISTORY 
OF FIGHTING FOR EQUALITY ON 
BOTH FRONTS. 
STATISTICS PROVIDED WOMEN INTO 
OUR RACISM, SEXISM AND OTHER 
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FOR 
BLACK WOMEN AT A DISADVANTAGE. 
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE 
NUMBERS. 
FOR PAY INEQUALITY, FOR EVERY 
DOLLAR A WHITE MAN MAKES, A 
WHITE WOMAN MAKES $.79. 
A BLACK WOMAN MAKES $.62. 
A NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN MAKES 
$0.57. 
LATINO WOMEN EARN $0.54. 
BLACK WOMEN ARE THREE TIMES 
MORE LIKELY TO DIE DURING 
CHILDBIRTH AND WHITE AND LaTINA 
WOMEN. 
NATIVE AMERICAN, BLACK AND 
LATINO WOMEN, ARE TWICE AS 
LIKELY AS WHITE WOMEN TO LIVE 
BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL. 
THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL 
ASSOCIATION FOUND THAT BLACK 
WOMEN ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN 
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACISM AND 
SEXISM. 
EVEN THOUGH THEY EXPERIENCE 
BOTH FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AT 
THE SAME TIME. 
FROM ABOLITION TO WOMEN'S 
SUFFRAGE, THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOVEMENT, LGBTQ RIGHTS AND MANY 
MORE, COUNTLESS FIGHTS FOR 
PROGRESS HAVE BEEN FUELED BY 
THE TIME AND THE ENERGY, AND 
THE BACKBONE OF BLACK WOMEN. 
SO, WHAT IS THIS NEW GENERATION 
OF SOCIAL MOVEMENT FIGHTING FOR 
RACIAL AND GENDER EQUALITY 
MEANING FOR BLACK WOMEN? 
I RECENTLY SPOKE WITH DR. 
MARSHALL CHAPLIN, PROFESSOR OF 
HISTORY AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
STUDIES AT GEORGETOWN. 
HERE IS PART OF OUR 
CONVERSATION. 
WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT TWO OF 
THE MOST PROMINENT SOCIAL 
MOVEMENTS OF THE LAST TWO 
YEARS, BLACK LIVES MATTER AND 
ME TOO. 
WE KNOW THAT BOTH OF THEM WERE 
CREATED BY BLACK WOMEN. 
BOTH OF THOSE MOVEMENTS HAVE 
BEEN ACCUSED OF REALLY UNDER 
SERVING BLACK WOMEN'S VOICES 
AND CONCERNS. 
HOW DID THESE MOVEMENTS, 
STARTED BY BLACK WOMEN, FAILED 
TO FULLY RECOGNIZE THEM IN 
THEIR FULL CIRCUMFERENCE OF 
THIS EXPERIENCE? 
>> I THINK TWO THINGS HAPPENED. 
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ME TOO 
MOVEMENT, I THINK THE FACT THAT 
A LOT OF PROMINENT WHITE WOMEN 
CELEBRITIES WERE USING THE # IN 
ORDER TO AMPLIFY IT, THEY 
ENFORCER BECAME THE FACE OF 
THOSE MOVEMENTS. 
I THINK THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER,
ALTHOUGH FEWER PEOPLE MAY BE A 
THAT THREE BLACK WOMEN STARTED 
THAT MOVEMENT, I THINK THAT 
MOVEMENT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT 
MORE PROTECTIVE OF TRYING TO 
AMPLIFY THE ROOTS OF THE 
ACTIONS THAT ARE TAKEN ON 
BEHALF. 
IN BOTH INSTANCES WE SEE THE 
WAY THAT THE ERASURE OF BLACK 
WOMEN AND THEIR ACTIVISM CAN 
HAPPEN OVER A VERY SHORT PERIOD 
OF TIME. 
>> THERE'S A LOT OF 
CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW ABOUT 
BREONNA TAYLOR, AND WHAT 
HAPPENED TO HER. 
IT TOOK MONTHS AND MONTHS AND 
MONTHS AND MONTHS FOR US TO 
REALIZE SORT OF ADD SOME LIGHT 
TO THE SITUATION AND BRING HER 
NAME TO THE POOR. 
IN WAYS THAT ARE REALLY 
ASTOUNDING. 
I LOOK NOW AND I SEE HER ON THE 
COVER OF OPRAH MAGAZINE. 
YOU SEE HER LIKENESS ON THE 
COVER OF VANITY FAIR. 
WHY DID IT TAKE US SO LONG TO 
REALLY, FULLY PROCESSED THE 
INJUSTICE THAT HAPPENED TO 
BREONNA TAYLOR? 
>> I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING 
THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAPPENS OFTEN
WHEN YOU SEE WOMEN AND GIRLS 
WHO ARE THE VICTIM OF POLICE OR 
STATE VIOLENCE. 
OFTEN THEIR VIOLENCE IS 
COMMITTED OUTSIDE OF A PUBLIC 
SPHERE, LIKE INSIDE THE HOME, 
OR IT INVOLVES SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
THERE AREN'T PEOPLE RECORDED IT.
UNFORTUNATELY WE STILL LIVE IN 
A MOMENT IN WHICH PEOPLE 
DESIRE, OR REQUIRED, FILMED 
EVIDENCE TO REALLY BELIEVE WHAT 
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. 
>> WE KNOW THAT BLACK LIVES 
MATTER AND ME TOO HAVE BEEN 
TRYING TO KIND OF SHATTER THESE 
RACE AND GENDER HIERARCHIES. 
I WONDER HOW THE TWO MOVEMENTS 
HAVE BEEN FORMED AND SHAPED ONE 
ANOTHER, AND WHAT WAYS THEY 
STILL REMAIN DISTINCT? 
>> YOU CAN'T HAVE BLACK LIVES 
MATTER, OR ME TOO, WITHOUT 
BLACK FEMINISM. 
AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF BLACK 
WOMEN'S ACTIVISM FOR A VERY 
LONG TIME. 
FOR ME TOO, BLACK WOMEN HAVE 
BEEN ABLE TO HOLD THEM 
ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE THEY 
UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES OF SEXUAL 
VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT 
AREN'T JUST ABOUT HIGH-POWERED 
RELATIONSHIPS IN HOLLYWOOD. 
IT'S ABOUT DOMESTIC WORKERS. 
IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST 
TRYING TO COMMUTE EVERY DAY ON 
THE STREET. 
IT'S ABOUT WOMEN WHO ARE 
INCARCERATED. 
IT'S ABOUT SAYING NO MORE TO 
THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE. 
FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER, I THINK 
THAT THE GENDER ANALYSIS OF WHO 
GETS ATTENTION, WHO MOTIVATES 
MARCHES, AND WHOSE VOICES ARE 
RESPECTED AND AMPLIFIED, IS 
ALSO SO CRITICAL FOR THEM TO 
CONTINUE TO DO THE GOOD WORK. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF TIME 
LEFT, BUT I DO WANT TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WOMEN AND 
LGBTQ MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY 
ARE MUCH MORE VISIBLE THAN EVER 
IN THIS FIGHT FOR RACIAL 
EQUALITY. 
WE HEAR A LOT MORE CONVERSATION 
WHEN IT COMES TO BLACK TRANS 
WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN LARGELY 
INVISIBLE. 
BUT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED 
SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN WE TALK 
ABOUT THIS INFRINGEMENT ON 
RIGHTS. 
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 
UNDERSTAND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 
VISIBILITY. 
JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE 
CERTAIN GROUPS REPRESENTED, IT 
DOESN'T MEAN THEY AREN'T AT THE 
CENTER OF A NUMBER OF STRUGGLES 
AND A NUMBER OF VERY IMPORTANT 
CHANGES. 
I THINK THAT WE ARE IN A MOMENT 
RIGHT NOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE 
HEEDING THE LESSONS OF THE PAST 
ABOUT THE WAY THAT MOVEMENTS 
HAVE EXCLUDED, OR EVEN HARMED 
PEOPLE BY NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THE 
MANY DIMENSIONS OF THEIR 
IDENTITY. 
I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT WE 
ARE AT A MOMENT WHERE SO MANY 
LEADERS ARE SAYING THAT BLACK 
LIVES MATTER, THAT BLACK TRANS 
LIVES MATTER, THAT WE NEED TO 
PROTECT PEOPLE AND THAT WE NEED 
TO -- THAT WE ARE NO LONGER 
OBSESSED WITH THIS IDEA OF 
BEING SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE, THAT 
WE REALLY ARE COMMITTED TO 
CREATING A WORLD THAT IS 
SOCIALLY JUST. 
>> WELL, I KNOW YOU'RE 
COMMITTED TO DOING THAT IN YOUR 
WORK. 
YOU HAVE JUST STARTED THIS WEEK 
TEACHING YOUR FIRST CLASSES ON 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES FOR 
THE SCHOOL YEAR AT GEORGETOWN. 
WHICH SHOULD BE FASCINATING, 
GIVEN WHERE WE ARE IN THIS 
MOMENT IN HISTORY. 
WE WISH YOU WELL, AND WE HOPE 
TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN 
SOON. 
THANKS SO MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> I'M GOING TO BRING OUR 
PANELISTS BACK INTO KIND OF 
KEEP GOING NOW. 
WHAT WE KNOW OVERALL WHEN WE 
THINK ABOUT POLICE BRUTALITY, 
THERE HAS BEEN THIS TENDENCY TO 
FOCUS ON BLACK MEN. 
BLACK WOMEN ARE VICTIMS TOO. 
THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT 
OF VIOLENCE. 
YOU COULD FILL PAGES OF BOOKS 
OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. 
I SUPPOSE AS A SOCIETY, WE ARE 
INFLICTING MORE VIOLENCE, MORE 
INJURY UPON THESE CASES BY 
IGNORING THEM. 
THOUGH, NOW CASES LIKE BREONNA 
TAYLOR ARE GETTING MORE 
DAYLIGHT. 
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 
TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE 
IMPOTENCE BEHIND MOST SOCIAL 
MOVEMENTS IS THIS IDEA OF 
RECOGNITION. 
WHEN PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE 
NOT BEING RECOGNIZED OR 
REPRESENTED, OR THEY ARE 
MISRECOGNIZED AND 
MISREPRESENTED. 
WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING NOW, 
PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES -- 
WITH TRANS WOMEN AND TRANS MEN. 
WOMEN IN GENERAL. 
I THINK YOU HAVE DIFFERENT 
GROUPS, EVEN WITHIN A LARGER 
MOVEMENT LIKE BLACK LIVES 
MATTER. 
IT'S BECOMING EVEN MORE 
SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW IT NEEDS TO 
SPEAK OUT AND SPEAK UP FOR THE 
RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN 
NOT RECOGNIZED OR 
MISREPRESENTED. 
I CERTAINLY HOPE WE HAVE MORE 
OF THAT. 
AGAIN, THIS WHOLE IDEA OF MOVING
CLOSER TOWARDS A MORE PERFECT 
UNION. 
THAT DEMOCRACY IS ALWAYS A WORK 
IN PROGRESS. 
THE MORE WE SEE DIFFERENT GROUPS
SPEAKING UP ON THEIR BEHALF, 
AND THE MORE WE SEE OTHER 
PEOPLE WHO ARE ALLIES WITH 
THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS, IT 
TELLS US WE ARE GETTING CLOSER 
AND CLOSER TO A DEMOCRACY. 
>> I WOULD ADD THAT BLACK WOMEN
, BLACK WOMEN, BLACK WOMEN. 
THEY ARE THE BETTER OFF OF THE 
BLACK COMMUNITY. 
THEY ARE THE BACKBONE IN TERMS 
OF POWERS AND POLITICS OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC POLICY. 
WE FINALLY HAVE SEEN THE 
ASCENDANCY OF BLACK WOMEN IN 
TERMS OF THAT POLITICS OF 
RECOGNITION. 
IN THE RISE OF SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS. 
A PROUD POLITICAL SCIENCE GRAD. 
SO PROUD TO REPRESENT HER. 
OBVIOUSLY AS A VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 
>> MARTIN LUTHER KING III IS 
SPEAKING, STANDING THERE WITH 
HIS DAUGHTER. 
MLK'S GRANDDAUGHTER. 
WE WANT TO GO TO THEM RIGHT NOW 
AT THE PODIUM. 
>> MY DAUGHTER AND ONDREA'S 
DAUGHTER, YOLANDA RENE KING. 
>> SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER 
THAT TWO YEARS AT THE MARCH FOR 
LIFE, 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. 
THE KILLING 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.
MORE EXTREME WEATHER THAN EVER 
BEFORE. 
GREAT CHALLENGES PRODUCE GREAT 
LEADERS. 
WE HAVE MASTERED THE SELFIE AND 
TIKTOK. 
NOW, WE MUST MASTER OURSELVES. 
LESS THAN A YEAR BEFORE HE WAS 
ASSASSINATED, MY GRANDFATHER 
PREDICTED THIS VERY MOMENT. 
HE SAID THAT WE WERE MOVING 
INTO A NEW PHASE OF THE 
STRUGGLE. 
THE FIRST PHASE WAS CIVIL 
RIGHTS, AND THE NEW PHASE IS 
GENUINE EQUALITY. 
GENUINE EQUALITY IS WHY WE ARE 
HERE TODAY, AND WHY PEOPLE ARE 
COMING TOGETHER ALL ACROSS THE 
WORLD, FROM NEW ZEALAND TO NEW 
JERSEY. 
HE SAID THAT WE MUST NOT FORGET 
THE DAYS OF MONTGOMERY. 
WE MUST NOT FORGET THE MOVEMENT.
WE MUST NOT FORGET THE FREEDOM 
RIDES, THE BIRMINGHAM AND SELMA.
WE WON'T! MY GENERATION HAS 
ALREADY TAKEN TO THE STREETS, 
PEACEFULLY. 
AND WITH MASKS,  AND SOCIALLY 
DISTANT, 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 CAN BE THE 
GENERATION THAT MOVES FOR ME, 
TO WEAVE. 
WE ARE GOING TO BE THE 
GENERATION THAT DISMANTLES 
SYSTEMIC RACISM ONCE AND FOR 
ALL. 
NOW AND FOREVER. 
WE ARE GOING TO BE THE 
RESTORATION THAT CALLS A HALT 
TO POLICE BRUTALITY AND POLICE 
BRUTALITY NOW AND FOREVER. 
WE ARE GOING TO BE THE 
GENERATION THAT RESERVES 
CLIMATE CHANGE AND SAVES OUR 
PLANET ONCE AND FOR ALL. 
NOW AND FOREVER. 
WE ARE GOING TO BE THE 
GENERATION THAT ENDS POVERTY 
HERE IN AMERICA. 
THE WEALTHIEST NATION ON EARTH. 
ONCE AND FOR ALL, NOW AND 
FOREVER. 
WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF OUR 
GRANDPARENTS, GREAT-
GRANDPARENTS, AND ALL OF OUR 
ANCESTORS. 
WE STAND AND MARCH FOR LOVE AND 
WE WILL FULFILL MY 
GRANDFATHER'S DREAM. 
NOW, TELL ME WHAT DEMOCRACY 
LOOKS LIKE. 
THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
TELL ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
TELL ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
ONE LAST TIME. 
TELL ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
OKAY THEN, LET'S SHOW THEM. 
>> THE VOICE OF 12-YEAR-OLD 
YOLANDA RENE KING. 
PROOF THAT GENERATIONAL 
GREATNESS FLOWS IN THE GENES. 
LET'S LISTEN AGAIN TO MARTIN 
LUTHER KING III. 
>> LET ME THANK GOD THAT WE 
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASSEMBLE 
TODAY. 
AND TO THANK REVEREND SHARPTON 
AND THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK,
AND ALL OF THE CONVENERS THAT 
ARE ACTUALLY HERE TODAY. 
MOST OF ALL, THESE FAMILIES 
THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY 
POLICE BRUTALITY AND MISCONDUCT.
SO, WE'VE COME TO BEAR WITNESS, 
TO REMAIN AWAY, TO REMEMBER 
FROM WHERE WE COME AND TO 
CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHERE WE ARE 
GOING. 
WHETHER YOU WERE 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 THANK AL GREEN FOR 
THE VERY WARM INTRODUCTION MY 
DEAR FRIEND. 
WHEN WE ARE TAKING A STEP 
FORWARD ON AMERICA'S ROCKY, BUT 
RIGHTEOUS, JOURNEY TOWARDS 
JUSTICE. 
AUGUST 28th IS A DAY TO 
REMEMBER THE TRIUMPH AND 
TRAGEDY THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE 
IN OUR HISTORIC STRUGGLE FOR 
RACIAL JUSTICE. 
TODAY, WE COMMEMORATE THE MARCH 
ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND 
FREEDOM IN 1963 WHERE MY FATHER 
DECLARED HIS DREAM. 
BUT, WE MUST NEVER FORGET THE 
AMERICAN NIGHTMARE OF RACIST 
VIOLENCE EXEMPLIFIED WHEN 
EMMETT TILL WAS MURDERED ON 
THIS DAY IN 1955 AND THE 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FAILED 
TO CONVICT HIS KILLER. 
65 YEARS LATER, WE STILL 
STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE. 
THE MILITARIZING THE POLICE, 
DISMANTLING MASS INCARCERATION, 
AND DECLARING IT 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, IN THAT EVENING 
IN THE MILE HIGH CITY, 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. 
THE PROGRESS WE CELEBRATED THEN 
IS IN PERIL YET AGAIN. 
NOW, WE MUST MARCH TO THE 
BALLOT BOX. 
AND THE MAILBOXES, TO DEFEND 
THE FREEDOMS THAT EARLIER 
GENERATIONS WORK SO HARD TO WIN.
IN SO MANY WAYS, WE STAND 
TOGETHER TODAY IN THE SYMBOLIC 
SHADOW OF HISTORY. 
WE ARE MAKING HISTORY TOGETHER 
RIGHT NOW. 
WE ARE MARCHING WITH THE 
LARGEST AND MOST ACTIVE, MOST 
MULTI GENERATIONAL, MOST MULTI 
RACIAL MOVEMENT FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS SINCE THE 1960s. 
FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO 
SENIOR CITIZENS, BLACK AS WELL 
AS WHITE, LATINO, ASIAN 
AMERICANS, NATIVE AMERICANS, 
PACIFIC ISLANDERS, AMERICANS 
ARE MARCHING TOGETHER, MANY FOR 
THE FIRST TIME. 
WE ARE DEMANDING REAL, LASTING 
STRUCTURAL CHANGE. 
WE ARE MARCHING TOGETHER FOR 
TIME-HONORED GOALS AND IN 
TIMELY WAYS. 
WE ARE COURAGEOUS, BUT 
CONSCIOUS OF OUR HEALTH. 
WE ARE SOCIALLY DISTANT, BUT 
SPIRITUALLY UNITED. 
WE ARE MAKING MASKING OUR FACES,
BUT NOT OUR FACE AND FREEDOM. 
WE ARE TAKING OUR STRUGGLES TO 
THE STREETS, AND TO SOCIAL 
MEDIA. 
THE NATION HAS NEVER SEEN SUCH 
A MIGHTY MOVEMENT OF MODERN-DAY 
INCARNATION OF 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 OF POVERTY. 
RACISM AND VIOLENCE. 
TODAY, THOSE EVILS HAVE 
EXACERBATED FOUR MAJOR 
CHALLENGES THAT CURRENTLY FACE 
OUR COUNTRY. 
FIRST, COVID-19. 
TRAGICALLY HAS KILLED MORE THAN 
175,000 AMERICANS. 
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFRICAN-
AMERICAN. 
AND LATINO AND LOW INCOME 
PEOPLE IN EVERY BACKGROUND. 
SECOND, MORE THAN 30 MILLION 
AMERICANS ARE UNEMPLOYED AGAIN, 
DISPROPORTIONATELY PEOPLE OF 
COLOR. 
COVID-19 HAS LAID BARE THE 
STRUCTURAL AND RACIAL 
INEQUALITIES IN OUR ECONOMY. 
THAT KEPT TOO MANY PEOPLE 
TRAPPED IN POVERTY. 
THIRD, POLICE BRUTALITY AND GUN 
VIOLENCE. 
THEY ARE KILLING SO MANY 
UNARMED AFRICAN-AMERICANS. 
TODAY WE MARCH WITH THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
WE SAY THEIR NAMES. 
GEORGE FLOYD. 
BOTHAM JEAN. 
BREONNA TAYLOR. 
ERIC GARNER. 
MICHAEL BROWN. 
TAMIR RICE. 
YOUSSEF RICHARDSON. 
TRAYVON MARTIN. 
AHMAUD ARBERY. 
ELIJAH McCLAIN. 
AND SO MANY OTHERS. 
FOR OUR VOTING RIGHTS ARE UNDER 
ATTACK. 
WE MUST VIGOROUSLY DEFEND OUR 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
THOSE RIGHTS WERE PAID FOR WITH 
THE BLOOD OF THOSE LYNCHED FOR 
SEEKING TO EXERCISE THEIR 
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. 
THEY WERE PAID FOR WITH THE 
BLOOD OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS 
SUCH AS SAMMY YOUNG JUNIOR. 
JIMMIE LEE JACKSON, VIOLA 
LOUISE OH. 
JAMES READ. 
THOSE RIGHTS WERE PAID FOR 
THROUGH THE SACRIFICES MADE BY 
HEROES SUCH AS THE T VIVIAN. 
AND JOHN LEWIS. 
SINCE THE UNITED STATES SENATE 
HAS FAILED TO RENEW THE VOTING 
RIGHTS ACT, WE HAVE HAD TO 
OVERCOME A WHOLE NEW CHECK BAGS 
OF TACTICS TO SUPPRESS OUR 
VOTES. 
DISCRIMINATORY VOTER I.D. 
REQUIREMENTS. 
CUTBACKS IN EARLY VOTING AND 
VOTE BY MAIL. 
VOTER PURGES TARGETING THOSE 
WHO HAVE MISSED SEVERAL 
ELECTIONS, AND DISENFRANCHISING 
THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR TIME
AND PAID THEIR DEBT TO SOCIETY. 
NOW, COVID-19 IS MAKING A 
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 BE ABLE TO DO WHAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES. 
VOTE SAFELY 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 THESE THREATS TO OUR 
LIVES AND LIBERTIES, OUR 
CHALLENGE IS TO USE THIS MOMENT 
TO EXPAND THIS MOVEMENT, A 
MOVEMENT THAT NOT ONLY RAISES 
ITS WILL,  BUT CASTS 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, ELEVATED ROSA PARKS 
AND SO MANY OTHER HISTORIC 
WOMEN AND MEN IN VISION IN 
AMERICA, WHOSE DRAMATIC 
PRACTICE IS AS GOOD AS IT IS 
PROMISED. 
AN AMERICA WHERE THE TRIPLE 
EVILS OF POVERTY, RACISM AND 
VIOLENCE, WILL BE REPLACED BY 
PEACE, JUSTICE, AND SHARED 
ABUNDANCE. 
WHERE HATE AND FEAR FINALLY 
GIVE WAY TO HEALTH AND LOVE. 
TO ACHIEVE THAT AMERICA, WE 
NEED TO RAISE OUR VOICES AND 
CAST OUR VOTES. 
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 RISKS OF 
DISENFRANCHISING US THAN THOSE 
WHO SUFFERED FROM IT. 
THERE IS A KNEE UPON THE NECK 
OF DEMOCRACY. 
OUR NATION CAN ONLY LIVE SO 
LONG WITH OUT THE OXYGEN OF 
FREEDOM. 
THE STREETS MUST BE EXERCISED 
BY MORE THAN REDDICK. 
AND MORE THAN MARCHING. 
THE SIMPLE CHALLENGE BEFORE US 
IS THAT EVERYONE CAN CAST A 
BALLOT, AND EVERYONE WHO CAN, 
MUST CAST A BALLOT. 
THAT BALLOT THAT IS CAST MUST 
BE COUNTED. 
THE RESULT MUST BE TRANSPARENT 
AND KNOWN TO THE WHOLE WORLD. 
SO 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 YOUR 
NEIGHBOR. 
FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND 
COMPANIES THAT CARE ABOUT 
DEMOCRACY, I CALL ON YOU TODAY 
TO OFFER YOUR RESOURCES AND 
YOUR CAPACITY TO MAKE SURE 
EVERY BALLOT IS COUNTED. 
IF OUR FOREFATHERS WERE WILLING 
TO DIE FOR THE ROAD TO BITE, WE 
CAN WORK FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE 
I WILL CONTINUE TO CALL ON YOU 
TO ACT IN THE COMING DAYS. 
WHEN MY FATHER WAS ASSASSINATED 
IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, WHILE 
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH 
POOR WORKING PEOPLE, SANITATION 
WORKERS WHOSE FOCUS I AM A MAN 
WAS A STATEMENT. 
THEY WERE ASKING FOR SAFE 
WORKING CONDITIONS, FOR A 
LIVING WAGE, FOR RECOGNITION OF 
THEIR UNION, AND FOR HUMAN 
DIGNITY. 
THEY SUMMED UP THEIR STRUGGLE 
WITH THOSE FOUR WORDS, I AM A 
MAN. 
THAT IS SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL. 
THE SLOGAN TO THE ME TOO 
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. 
THAT FIGHT IS NEVER ENDING. 
IN 1963, THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
DEMANDED JOBS AND FREEDOM. 
IN 1968 THE MEMPHIS SANITATION 
STRIKE WORKERS DEMANDED, AND 
THE POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN 
INSISTED THAT WORKING PEOPLE 
SHOULD NOT LIVE AND LABOR IN 
POVERTY. 
THOSE FIGHTS FORESHADOWED OUR 
STRUGGLE TODAY TO MAKE THE 
MINIMUM WAGE A LIVING WAGE. 
NOT A POVERTY WAGE. 
WE ARE FIGHTING ALONGSIDE THE 
FRONT-LINE WORKERS. 
SANITATION WORKERS. 
HEALTH CARE WORKERS. 
GROCERY WORKERS. 
TRANSPORT WORKERS. 
FOOD SERVICE WORKERS, AND SO 
MANY MORE. 
THEY ARE PRAISED FOR BEING 
ESSENTIAL. 
THEY ARE TREATED AS IF THEY ARE 
EXPENDABLE. 
WHILE STANDING WITH SANITATION 
WORKERS IN MEMPHIS, DAD SAID, 
SO OFTEN WE OVERLOOK THE WORK 
AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THOSE 
WHO ARE NOT IN PROFESSIONAL 
JOBS. 
OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT UNDER SO-
CALLED GOOD JOBS. 
LET ME SAY TO YOU TONIGHT, THAT 
WHEREVER YOU ARE, OR WHENEVER 
YOU ENGAGE THAT WORK THAT 
SERVED HUMANITY, AND IT IS FOR 
THE BUILDING OF HUMANITY, IT 
HAS DIGNITY IN WORK. 
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 THAT EVERYONE WANTS 
TO BE A DRUM MAJOR, THE LEADER 
OF THE MARCHING BAND. 
HE CHALLENGED US TO CHANNEL OUR 
DRUM MAJOR INSTINCTS INTO 
BECOMING DRUM MAJORS FOR 
JUSTICE. 
WHILE WE HONOR OUR HISTORY, WE 
MUST BE LIVING -- A LIVING 
MOVEMENT, NOT A MONUMENT. 
IF THAT WERE HERE TODAY, I'M 
SURE HE WOULD IMPLORE US NOT TO 
DEIFY HIM WITH SELECTIVELY 
QUOTED HIM WITH CONVENIENCE. 
HE WOULD WANT US TO BE DRUM 
MAJORS FOR JUSTICE. 
TO CHAMPION THE IDEALS HE 
PROMOTED, RACIAL JUSTICE, SOCIAL
EQUALITY, AND PEACE. 
HE WOULD GENTLY, BUT INTENTLY, 
CHALLENGE US NOT TO DWELL UPON 
THE PAST, BUT TO LIVE AND LABOR 
IN WHAT HE CALLED THE FIERCE 
URGENCY OF NOW. 
SO, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A 
SAVIOR, GET UP AND FIND A 
MIRROR. 
WE MUST BECOME THE HEROES OF 
THE HISTORY WE ARE MAKING. 
IN US, MEANS ALL OF US. 
IN 1963, AFTER MY FATHER SPOKE, 
HE ASKED THE PARTICIPANTS TO 
JOIN AND DEMAND THAT CONGRESS 
PASS STRONG CIVIL RIGHTS AND 
VOTING RIGHTS LAWS. 
MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY LATER, 
WE MUST DEMAND THAT THE UNITED 
STATES SENATE STOP BLOCKING 
PASSAGE OF THE GEORGE FLOYD 
JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT. 
AND THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING 
RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT. 
SO, WHEN WE CONCLUDE TODAY, 
LET'S REMEMBER THAT THIS IS THE 
COMMITMENT MARCH, IN THE SPIRIT 
OF 1963. 
I ASK YOU TO JOIN ME IN 
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, BUT MAKE SURE 
AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON 
REGISTER TO VOTE. 
SECOND, I ASK YOU TO COMMIT TO 
SERVICE AND STRUGGLE IN YOUR 
COMMUNITY. 
FROM VOTER REGISTRATION TO 
RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE. 
TO DO MILITARIZING THE POLICE. 
GET INVOLVED WITH ONE OR MORE 
OF 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 THAT IN THE FIGHT 
AGAINST INJUSTICE, NONVIOLENCE 
DOESN'T MEAN PASSIVE ACCEPTANCE.
THE WOMEN'S MARCH AND ME-TOO 
MOVEMENT. 
PARK LAND STUDENTS AND MARCH 
FOR OUR LIVES. 
SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. FAMOUSLY 
SAID -- HE WAS THE FIRST TO 
SAY, THAT IT DOESN'T BEND ON 
ITS OWN, WE MUST DO SOME WORK 
OURSELVES. 
IN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIS LIFE 
HE WROTE IN HIS LAST BOOK, 
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? 
CHAOS OR COMMUNITIES. 
MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND 
DEAR FRIENDS, IN THIS DEFINING 
MOMENT, WE MUST ANSWER DR. 
KING'S QUESTION. 
WILL OUR ANSWER BE CHAOS OR 
COMMUNITY? 
I BELIEVE SOME HAVE CHOSEN THE 
ANSWER WITH CHAOS INCLUDING THE 
CURRENT OCCUPANT IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE TODAY. 
WE WHO BELIEVE MUST CHOOSE 
COMMUNITY, BECAUSE 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. 
IF WE CHOOSE COMMUNITY, WE WILL 
BE ABLE TO ANSWER IN THE 
AFFIRMATIVE TO THE SCRIPTURE, 
HERE COMES THAT DREAMER, COME, 
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, GUNNED DOWN, YOU 
KNOW THAT, BY ASSASSINS BULLET. 
SIX YEARS LATER, MY DADDY'S 
MOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER WAS 
GUNNED DOWN IN THE CHURCH WHILE 
PRAYING THE LORD'S PRAYER. 
SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS 
TO LOSE A LOVED ONE. 
I WAS SO THANKFUL MY 
GRANDFATHER AND MY MOTHER AND 
AUNTS AND UNCLES TAUGHT ME 
ABOUT LOVE. 
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 BY 
SON, I REFUSE TO LET THEM -- WE 
GOT TO COME TOGETHER, DAD 
TALKED ABOUT IT IN THAT SERMON 
LEVELS OF LOVE. 
WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THEM. 
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 
HIGHEST LEVEL OF LOVE, THAT 
LOVE THAT SEEKS NOTHING IN 
RETURN, THAT LOVE THAT IS 
UNSELFISH. 
YOU LOVE SOMEONE IF THEY ARE 
YOUNG, YOU LOVE THEM IF THEY 
ARE OLD, LOVE THEM IF THEY ARE 
BLACK OR WHITE, NATIVE 
AMERICAN, HISPANIC OR LATINO, 
AFRICAN, YOU LOVE THEM IF THEY 
ARE ASIAN. 
WE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO DO IT 
IN LOVE. 
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU AND 
LET'S KEEP ON KEEPING ON. 
A 
POWERFUL CALL TO ACTION FROM 
THE OLDEST SON OF DR. MARTIN 
LUTHER KING JR. THAT WAS MARTIN 
LUTHER KING JR. III. 
HE SAID IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR 
A SAVIOR, GET UP AND LOOK IN 
THE MIRROR, REGISTER TO VOTE, 
PLEDGE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, 
GET INTO GOOD TROWEL, SOMETHING 
THE LATE GREAT JOHN LEWIS 
ENCOURAGED SO MANY OF US TO DO. 
I WANT TO THANK OUR PANELISTS 
FOR SHARING THEIR TIME AND 
EXPERTISE WITH US TODAY. 
THE PROGRAM IS BUILDING. 
WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM 
THE REVEREND AL SHARPTON UP 
NEXT AND WE WILL BE BACK. 
RIGHT TO THE 
MICROPHONE AND REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON. 
>> 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 COULDN'T STOP ON 
THE ROAD TO USE A BATHROOM 
BECAUSE IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW 
BUT THEY CAME ANYHOW. 
MANY OF THEM COULDN'T STOP AND 
EAT IN A RESTAURANT. 
THEY HAD TO PUT THEIR 
SANDWICHES IN A PAPER BAG 
BECAUSE NO RESTAURANT WOULD 
SERVE THEM BECAUSE IT WAS 
AGAINST THE LAW. 
THEY CAME ANYHOW. 
MANY OF THEM COULDN'T REST IN A 
MOTEL OVERNIGHT BUT THEY CAME 
ANYWAY BECAUSE IT WAS AGAINST 
THE LAW FOR THEM TO STOP. 
BECAUSE THEY CAME IN 63, WE 
WERE ABLE TO COME BACK IN 2020, 
RIDING WHATEVER WE WANTED TO 
RIDE, STAYING THIS WHATEVER 
HOTELS WAS AVAILABLE, THEY 
OPENED THE DOOR FOR US BUT 
THERE ARE STILL DOORS WE HAVE 
TO OPEN AND SOME PEOPLE WE HAVE 
GOT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT. 
2020 -- 
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2020, WE MUST DEAL WITH THOSE 
THAT WANT TO ROB OUR RIGHT TO 
VOTE. 
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE HERE IN THE 
MIDST OF A PANDEMIC, SOCIALLY 
DISTANCING, TELLING YA'LL TO 
DISTANCE, I KEEP SAYING SPREAD 
OUT, WE WANTED TO COME TO SHOW 
WHAT WITH OUR BODIES THAT 
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. 
WHEN I WAS HEADED TO GEORGE 
FLOYD'S FUNERAL, I TALKED WITH 
MARTIN THE III, I SAID, 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 DIDN'T KNOW HOW WEAPON GOING 
TO DO IT, HOW WE WERE GOING TO 
PLAN IT, HOW MANY WOULD COME, 
BUT WE DID IT. 
WHY ARE WE IN WASHINGTON? 
I TALKED WITH ONE OF THE 
LEADING MINDS OF OUR NATION, 
DR. MICHAEL ERIC DYSON, HE TOLD 
ME THAT REVEREND AL, YOU HAVE 
GOT 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 INJUSTICE ACT. 
NOW WE NEED TO PASS THAT ACT IN 
THE SENATE. 
WE NEED MITCH Mc CONNELL AND 
THE U.S. SENATE TO MEET ON THE 
GEORGE FLOYD POLICING INJUSTICE 
ACT OR WE ARE GOING TO MEET YOU 
SENATORS AT THE POLL  NOVEMBER 
3rd , WHETHER WE GOT TO MAIL 
IN, RIDE IN, WALK IN, CRAWL IN, 
WE WANT OUR BILL PASSED. 
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, JOHN LEWIS, 
AN OUTSTANDING CONGRESSMAN, 
MADE HIS TRANSITION, LAST TIME 
MARTIN AND I WERE HERE, HE WAS 
WITH US, JOHN LEWIS. 
HE AND REV RAPID HOSEA WILLIAMS 
AND AMELIA BOYNEKIN WERE BEATEN 
ON THE EDMOND PETTIS BRIDGE, 
BEATEN, GOT US THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE, THAT RIGHT LASTED UNTIL 
2013, WHEN THEY TOOK AND GUTTED 
OUT THE MIDDLE OF THAT BILL, 
TAKEN AWAY, THE MAP WHERE WE 
COME TO WASHINGTON, SAYING HOW 
CODO YOU MEMORIALIZE JOHN LEWIS 
AND ALLOW THE BILL THAT 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 WOULD NOT LEAD TO 
CHANGE. 
WE DIDN'T COME OUT AND STAND IN 
THIS HEAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T 
HAVE NOTHING TO DO. 
WE COME TO LET YOU KNOW IF WE 
WILL COME OUT BY THESE NUMBERS 
IN THE HEAT AND STAND IN THE 
HEAT, THAT WE WILL STAND IN THE 
POLLS ALL DAY LONG. 
THEY KEEP TELLING ME ABOUT HOW 
IT'S BEEN A SHAME THAT BLACK 
PARENTS HAVE TO HAVE THE 
CONVERSATION WITH OUR CHILDREN, 
HOW WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN IF A COP 
STOPS YOUS DON'T REACH FOR THE 
GLOVE COMPARTMENT, DON'T TALK 
BACK, THE CONVERSATION, WE HAD 
THE CONVERSATION FOR DECADES. 
IT'S 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'S NO TROUBLE TO 
SHOOT US IN THE BACK. 
YOU ACT LIKE IT'S NO TROUBLE TO 
PUT A CHOKE HOLD ON US WHILE WE 
SCREAM I CAN'T BREATHE 11 
TIMES. 
YOU ACT LIKE IT'S NO TROUBLE TO 
HOLD A MAN DOWN ON THE GROUND 
UNTIL HE YOU SQUEEZE THE LIFE 
OUT OF HIM. 
IT'S 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 GOT TO 
UNDERSTAND, REVEREND AL, 100 
YEARS BEFORE 63, 1963, WAS 
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 AND WE 
COME LIKE DR. KING, CAME 57 
YEARS AGO TO SAY WE ARE TIRED 
OF BROKEN PROMISES. 
SOME SAY TO ME REVEREND AL, YOU 
SHOULD DENOUNCE THOSE AGAINST 
LOOTING, WE HAVE DENOUNCED 
THOSE AGAINST LOOTING, WHAT WE 
HAVEN'T HEARD IS THE DENOUNCE 
AGAINST SHOOTING. 
WE WILL SPEAK AGAINST THE 
LOOTING. 
WHEN WILL YOU SPEAK AGAINST 
WRONG POLICE SHOOTINGS? 
I REMEMBER REVEREND DR. YT 
WALKER SAT REVEREND DOUGLAS 
FRANKLIN RICHARDSON WHO SPOKE 
TODAY AND SAT US DOWN AND SAID 
THAT 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 RAW DISREGARD FOR RIGHTS 
AND AS THEY DID, THEY WENT ALL 
OVER THE SOUTH AND REVEREND 
FRED SHUTTLESWORTH TOLD THEM TO 
COME TO BIRMINGHAM BECAUSE 
THERE WAS A POLICE CHIEF THERE, 
BULL CONNOR, BULL CONNOR WOULD 
ACT INSENSITIVE AND BRUTAL WAY. 
WELL, IN 1963 AND 1964, THEY 
FOUGHT BULL CONNOR. 
HERE WE ARE IN 2020. 
WE HAVE GONE FROM BULL CONNOR 
TO BULL TRUMP. 
WE HAVE GONE FROM A MEAN 
SPIRITED SHERIFF TO A MEAN 
SPIRITED PRESIDENT WHOSE LIPS 
DRINK WITH THE -- 
NULLIFICATION. 
WE DO NOT WANT TO BE 
DISRESPECTED. 
HOW DO YOU SPEAK WHILE THIS 
YOUNG MAN JACOB LIES IN A 
HOSPITAL? 
YOU WON'T CALL HIS NAME. 
HOW DO YOU SIT WHILE BREONNA 
TAYLOR IS IN HER GRAVE AND YOU 
WON'T CALL HER NAME. 
HOW DO YOU SIT WHILE ERIC 
GUARDNER IS IN A GRAVE AND YOU 
WON'T CALL HIS NAME. 
HOW DO YOU SIT WHILE GEORGE 
FLOYD IS LAYING IN A GRAVE AND 
YOU WON'T CALL HIS NAME. 
WELL, MR. TRUMP, LOOK RIGHT 
DOWN THE BLOCK FROM THE WHITE 
HOUSE, WE HAVE COME TO 
WASHINGTON BY THE THOUSANDS, WE 
ARE GOING TO CALL THEIR NAME. 
WE ARE GOING TO CALL THEIR 
NAME. 
WE WILL NEVER LET AMERICA 
FORGET WHAT YOU DONE. 
CALL THEIR NAME. 
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 -- 
OUR VOTE IS DIPPED IN BLOOD, 
OUR VOTE IS DIPPED IN THOSE 
THAT WENT TO THEIR GRAVE. 
WE DON'T CARE HOW LONG THE 
LINE, WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU 
DO. 
WE ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR A 
NATION THAT WILL STOP THE 
GEORGE FLOYDS, THAT WILL STOP 
THE BREONNA TAYLORS. 
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 EVERYBODY MATTERED 
BUT EVERYBODY HASN'T MATTERED 
THE SAME IN AMERICA. 
REASON WE HAD AND SHOULD HAVE 
TO SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER IS 
BECAUSE WE GET HEALTH CARE 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 POLICEMEN THAT WE PAY THEIR 
SALARIES LIKE WE DON'T MATTER. 
WE FIGURED WE WOULD LET YOU 
KNOW WHETHER WE ARE TALL OR 
SHORT, FAT OR SKINNIES LIGHT 
SKINNED OR DARK SKINNED, BLACK 
LIVES MATTER AND WE WON'T STOP 
UNTIL IT MATTERS TO EVERYBODY. 
LET THE SISTER, IF SHE WANTS TO 
HOLD UP HER FISTS, LEAVE HER 
ALONE. 
LET ME SAY, AS WE HEAR FROM 
SOME OF THE VICTIMS AND AS WE 
GET READY TO MARCH OVER TO THE 
KING MEMORIAL, 1963, DR. KING, 
TALKED ABOUT HE HAD A DREAM. 
TODAY, WE HEARD FROM HIS HEIR 
AND HIS SON, MARTIN LUTHER KING 
THE 3rd, HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND 
HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, YOLANDA. 
THEY ARE IN THEIR BLOODLINE, 
THE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN 
OF THE DREAMER. 
WE COME IN THE SAME SPIRITUAL 
LINEAGE, I WANT THIS COUNTRY TO 
KNOW THAT EVEN WITH YOU 
BRUTALITY,, YOU CAN'T ROB US OF 
OUR DREAMS. 
YOUR BIGOTRY CAN'T ROB US OF 
OUR DREAMS BECAUSE WE HAVE 
ALWAYS HAD TO 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 DREAM 
IS STILL ALIVE. 
YOU MIGHT HAVE KILLED A DREAMER 
BUT YOU CAN'T KILL THE DREAM 
BECAUSE TRUTH CRUSHED THE 
EARTH, WE ARE GOING TO RISE 
NEVER TO FALL AGAIN. 
WE ARE GOING TO STAND UP EVEN 
WHEN OUR LEGS ARE TIED, WE ARE 
GOING TO MAKE THIS DREAM COME 
TRUE. 
LET ME SAY THIS, LET ME SAY 
THIS AS WE CLOSE, SHH, I WANT 
EVERYBODY TO BE ORDERLY, LET ME 
SAY THIS, WE ALL SHOULD LEAVE 
HERE COMMITTED TO KEEPING THIS 
DREAM ALIVE. 
I WANT EVERYBODY THAT WENT TO 
THE WEBSITE -- NATIONAL ACTION 
NETWORK .NET THAT WANTS TO HELP 
US ON ELECTION DAY, BE POLL 
WATCHERS, TO PROTECT OUR VOTE, 
I WANT YOU TO BE SIGNING UP. 
EARLY VOTING STARTS IN TWO 
WEEKS. 
WE ARE ON A NON PARTISAN WAY, 
THEY WANT TO SUPPRESS OUR VOTE. 
WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE FOOT 
SOLDIERS THAT WILL PROTECT THE 
VOTE AND THAT WILL BE OUT 
THERE. 
YOU ARE 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 BUT 
SOCIETY HAD THEIR KNEE ON YOUR 
NECK. 
WE COULD HAVE DEVELOPED AND 
BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL AS OTHERS 
BUT SOCIETY HAD THEIR KNEE ON 
OUR NECK. 
WE ARE NOT GOING TO LAY AND 
SUBMIT NO MORE. 
WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT. 
SOME HAVE DIFFERENT TACTICS, 
BUT WE ALL ARE RISING UP. 
YOU ARE GOING TO GET YOUR KNEE 
OFF OF OUR NECK IF WE GOT TO 
MARCH EVERYDAY, THE WE GOT TO 
VOTE EVERYDAY, 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. 
I WANT YA'LL TO BACK UP. 
I WANT YA'LL TO BRING TO MY 
LEFT IS THE MOTHER OF BREONNA 
TAYLOR. 
SAY HER NAME. 
SAY HER NAME. 
SAY HER NAME. 
SAY HER NAME. 
SAY HER NAME. 
LET US HEAR FROM TAMACA, 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 WANT -- I GOT TO 
THANK LOUISVILLE, MY FAMILY, 
MOST IMPORTANTLY KENNETH WALKER 
FOR COMING OUT HERE AND 
CONTINUING TO SAY HER NAME 
LOUDER. 
WHAT WE NEED IS CHANGE. 
WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN 
GET THAT CHANGE BUT WE HAVE TO 
STAND TOGETHER. 
WE HAVE TO VOTE. 
SAY HER NAME, SAY HER NAME, SAY 
HER NAME. 
WAIT A MINUTE. 
SHHH. 
I BROUGHT MR. LINCOLN, ALL OF 
THE BROKEN PROMISES. 
WE ALL STOP WHEN A MAN WAS 
KILLED WITH A KNEE ON HIS NECK. 
NARRATED HIS OWN DEATH ON 
VIDEOTAPE AND DIDN'T KNOW THEY 
WERE RECORDING. 
HIS DEATH HAS BEEN THE IMPETUS 
OF A GLOBAL MOVEMENT. 
I BRING YOU THE BROTHER OF 
GEORGE FLOYD. 
THANK YA'LL. 
MY SISTER, BRIDGET, MY 
ATTORNEY, TONY, MY WIFE, KITA, 
MY SISTER, TONYA, MY NEPHEW 
BRANDON. 
I'M SO OVERWHELMED RIGHT NOW 
WITH EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE 
RIGHT NOW. 
I WISH GEORGE WERE HERE TO SEE 
THIS RIGHT NOW. 
THAT'S WHO I'M MARCHING FOR. 
I'M MARCHING FOR GEORGE, FOR 
BRIANA, FOR AMAD, FOR JACOB, 
PAMELA TURNER, FOR MICHAEL 
BROWN, TRAVON, AND ANYBODY ELSE 
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES OR TO 
EVIL. 
IT'S NEVER BEEN MORE CLEAR THAN 
CHANGE RIGHT NOW. 
IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW 
BECAUSE WE DEMAND IT. 
EVERY ONE HERE HAS MADE A 
COMMITMENT BECAUSE THEY 
WOULDN'T BE HERE FOR NO OTHER 
REASON RIGHT NOW. 
IT'S HOT. 
I KNOW IT'S HOT. 
AS OF NOW, WE ARE HERE BECAUSE 
WE ARE BEING FRIED RIGHT NOW, 
MAN. 
AS OF NOW, EVERYBODY OUT HERE 
RIGHT NOW, OUR LEADERS, THEY 
NEED TO FOLLOW US WHILE WE ARE 
MARCHING TO ENACT LAWS TO 
PROTECT US. 
IT'S HARD, MAN. 
IT'S REALLY HARD. 
I'M SO SORRY, MAN. 
MY BROTHER, GEORGE, HE IS 
LOOKING DOWN RIGHT NOW, HE IS 
THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT 
EVERYBODY IS DOING RIGHT NOW. 
YA'LL ARE SHOWING A LOT OF 
EMPATHY AND PASSION AND I'M 
ENJOYING EVERY LAST BIT OF IT 
RIGHT NOW. 
IF IT WEREN'T FOR YA'LL, YOU 
ARE DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE 
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YA'LL ARE 
KEEPING ME RUNNING. 
I HAVE TO HAVE A CASE FOR 
EVERYBODY, MAN, BECAUSE RIGHT 
NOW, JACOB BLAKE, I'M FEELING, 
IT'S HARD JUST TO TALK RIGHT 
NOW, SHOT SEVEN TIMES, MAN, 
WITH HIS KIDS, THAT'S PAINFUL. 
. 
>> I'M BRIDGET FLOYD, GEORGE 
FLOYD'S SISTER. 
I WANT YOU GUYS TO ASK YOURSELF 
RIGHT NOW, HOW WOULD THE 
HISTORY BOOKS REMEMBER YOU? 
WHAT WILL BE YOUR LEGACY? 
WILL YOUR FUTURE GENERATIONS 
REMEMBER YOU FOR YOUR 
COMPLACENCY? 
YOUR INACTION? 
OR WILL THEY REMEMBER YOU FOR 
YOUR EMPATHY, YOUR LEADERSHIP, 
YOUR PASSION FOR WEEDING OUT 
THE INJUSTICES AND EVIL IN OUR 
WORLD? 
MARTIN LUTHER KING STOOD HERE 
57 YEARS AGO AND HE TOLD THE 
WORLD HIS DREAM. 
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW THAT 
WE ARE HERE RIGHT NOW AND HAVE 
THE POWER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
I DON'T THINK YA'LL HEAR ME. 
WE 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 THAT VOICE. 
WE HAVE TO BE THE CHANGE AND WE 
HAVE TO BE HIS LEGACY. 
THANK YOU FROM THE FLOYD 
FAMILY. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
NOW, WAIT A MINUTE, YA'LL ARE 
TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. 
STRETCH YOUR ARMS OUT AND 
STRETCH OUT. 
I KNOW WE ARE OUTSIDE AND YOU 
GOT ON A MASK BUT DON'T GET 
THAT CLOSE, SPREAD YOUR ARMS 
AND SOCIAL DISTANCE. 
YA'LL ARE TOO TIGHT UP HERE. 
A FEW DAYS AGO, A FEW DAYS 
AGO -- OKAY -- ALL RIGHT, GO 
AHEAD. 
GO AHEAD. 
GO AHEAD. 
COME ON. 
GIVE A HAND TO FLOYD'S FAMILY 
AS WE GET READY. 
PLEASE HAVE ONE SPEAKER -- SH 
HH -- NOW, YA'LL ARE TOO LOUD. 
WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING? 
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, POLICEMEN HAD THE EDGE 
OF HIS T-SHIRT. 
THERE WAS NO WEAPON IN HIS 
HAND, THERE WAS NO THREAT TO 
THE POLICEMAN. 
BY LAW, A POLICEMAN SHOULD ONLY 
USE DEADLY FORCE WHEN THEY ARE 
UNDER EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE. 
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE 
CIRCUMSTANCE WHEN A MAN IS 
RUNNING AWAY FROM YOU? 
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE 
CIRCUMSTANCE WHEN A MAN IS 
TRYING TO GET IN HIS CAR? 
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 THEY SHOT HIM, THEY DIDN'T 
KNOW WHAT WAS IN THE CAR. 
WHAT THEY KNEW IS THAT A BLACK 
MAN SEEMS TO BE EXPENDABLE. 
WE 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 THE 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'M 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. 
HIS SISTER IS GOING TO FIRST 
SPEAK FOR THE MOTHER, WHO IS IN 
THE TENT. 
>> AMERICA, UNAPOLOGIZED -- I 
AM HERE TO TELL YOU IN FRONT OF 
THE WORLD THAT YOU GOT THE 
RIGHT ONE. 
GOD HAS BEEN PREPARING ME. 
AMERICA, YOUR REALITY IS NOT 
REAL. 
CATERING TO YOUR DILUTIONS IS 
NO LONGER AN OPTION. 
WE WILL NOT PRETEND, WE WILL 
NOT BE OUR DOCILE SLAVES, 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'S HEAVY, BUT FORGIVE 
HIM AND HEAL, THIS MAN THAT WAS 
TAKEN FROM HIM A LONG TIME AGO. 
BUILD HIM UP. 
BLACK CHILDREN, READ, LEARN, 
GROW AND LIVE AND QUESTION 
EVERYTHING. 
BLACK MEN, STAND UP, STAND UP, 
BLACK MEN, EDUCATE YOURSELF, 
PROTECT THE BLACK FAMILY UNIT, 
PERIOD. 
. 
>> NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. 
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. 
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. 
JACOB BLAKE. 
JACOB BLAKE. 
JACOB BLAKE. 
JACOB BLAKE. 
JACOB BLAKE. 
>> THERE ARE TWO SYSTEMS OF 
JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES. 
THERE IS A WHITE SYSTEM AND 
THERE IS A BLACK SYSTEM. 
THE BLACK SYSTEM AIN'T DOING SO 
WELL. 
WE ARE GOING TO STAND UP. 
EVERY BLACK PERSON IN THE 
UNITED STATES IS GOING TO STAND 
UP. 
WE ARE TIRED. 
I'M TIRED OF LOOKING AT CAMERAS 
AND SEEING THESE YOUNG BLACK 
AND BROWN PEOPLE SUFFER. 
WE ARE GOING TO HOLD COURT 
TODAY. 
WE ARE GOING TO HOLD COURT ON 
SYSTEMATIC RACISM. 
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE COURT 
RIGHT NOW. 
GUILTY. 
GUILTY. 
GUILTY. 
RACISM AGAINST ALL OF US. 
GUILTY. 
GUILTY. 
RACISM AGAINST TRAVON MARTIN. 
WE FIND THEM GUILTY. 
RACISM AGAINST GEORGE FLOYD. 
WE FIND THEM GUILTY. 
RACISM AGAINST JACOB BLAKE. 
IF I SAID THE NAME WRONG, 
FORGIVE ME. 
GUILTY. 
WE ARE NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE. 
I ASK EVERYONE TO STAND UP. 
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. 
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. 
I MET THIS MAN WHEN I WAS 7 
YEARS OLD. 
HOW DID I KNOW I WAS GOING TO 
MEET THIS MAN AGAIN IN THESE 
CIRCUMSTANCES? 
I TRULY DID NOT WANT TO COME 
AND SEE YA'LL TODAY FOR THESE 
REASONS. 
MY FATHER WAS IN TOWN FOR THE 
FIRST MARCH ON DC. 
I HAVE A DUTY, I HAVE A DUTY TO 
SUPPORT AND UNDERSTAND -- I 
LOVE EVERYBODY IN THIS CROWD. 
I LOVE YOU. 
IF NOBODY TOLD YOU TODAY, BIG 
JAKE LOVES YOU. 
WE ARE GOING TO STAND UP, BABY. 
WE ARE GOING TO STAND UP 
TOGETHER. 
I NEED YOUR STRENGTH. 
BIG DADDY'S LEGS AIN'T THAT 
GOOD ANYMORE. 
I NEED YOUR STRENGTH. 
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. 
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. 
I LOVE YA'LL. 
I WANT TO BRING ATTORNEY LAMONT 
WHO REPRESENTS THESE FAMILIES, 
THEN I WANT TO TELL THE STUDENT 
TO COME WHO REPRESENTS THE MANY 
FAMILIES HERE. 
I THINK WE SHOULD HEAR FROM A 
FEW MORE BEFORE WE MARCH TO THE 
KING MEMORIAL. 
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, DC. 
I'M ATTORNEY LAMAR. 
I REPRESENT THE -- FAMILY WHO 
WAS KILLED IN A CITY OF 
MILWAUKEE BY AN OFF-DUTY 
OFFICER BEFORE GEORGE FLOYD AND 
WAS STRANGLED FOR 10 MINUTES. 
I ALSO REPRESENT THE FAMILY OF 
JACOB BLAKE WHO WAS UNHUMANELY 
KILLED, SHOT 7 TIMES BUT HE 
LIVES TODAY. 
AT THIS TIME I WANT TO JUST 
THANK REVEREND AL SHARPTON AND 
THE ACTION NETWORK FOR HAVING 
THIS EVENT TODAY BECAUSE ACTION 
IS WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR. 
WE ARE TIRED OF TALKING. 
WE ARE TIRED OF PLAYING GAMES. 
2020 IS THE YEAR THAT AMERICA 
IS GOING TO BE PUT ON TIMEOUT. 
WE THANK THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS 
AND ALL THE NBA TEAMS WHO 
SACRIFICED THEIR GAME FOR THIS 
SPECIAL CAUSE, MAJOR LEAGUE 
BASEBALL,, ACTORS, ENTERTAINERS 
AND CELEBRITIES THAT UTILIZE 
THEIR PLATFORM FOR JUSTICE. 
TODAY, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, 
THIS IS THE LAST SEASON OF THE 
POLICE VERSION OF HOW TO GET 
AWAY WITH MURDER. 
WE KNOW YOUR PLAY BOOK. 
WE KNOW YOUR PLAY. 
STEP ONE, CLAIM THAT YOU IN 
FEAR. 
FIND AN OBJECT AND SAY YOU ARE 
IN FEAR SO YOU CAN JUSTIFY 
KILLING A BLACK OR BROWN 
PERSON. 
STEP TWO, AS IS NATE THAT BLACK 
OR BROWN PERSON AND STEP THREE 
YOU ASSASSINATE HIS CHARACTER. 
AFTER YOU GET TO STEP FOUR, YOU 
DELAY YOUR INVESTIGATION. 
YOU EXAGGERATE IT. 
YOU GOT THE VIDEO THAT TAKES 20 
SECONDS TO WATCH BUT YOU TAKE 
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, MONTHS TO SAY 
YOU ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. 
THEN WHEN YOU CAUSE AN UP ROAR 
AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, THEN YOU 
ATTACK OUR PROTESTERS THAT ARE 
GATHERING PEACEFULLY AND TAKE 
ANY EXTREME AND USE TEAR GAS 
AGAINST THEM. 
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE ARE 
HERE TODAY BECAUSE THE GAME IS 
OVER. 
THIS TIMEOUT IS NOT IN VAIN. 
WE KNOW YOUR PLAY AND IT'S 
OVER. 
IT IS TRAINING DAY FOR POLICE 
OFFICERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
IT IS TRAINING DAY. 
IF YOU DON'T TRAIN YOUR 
OFFICERS ON THE STANDARD 
OPERATING PROCEDURES AND GET 
THEM RACIAL BIAS TRAINING, THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYERS IN THIS 
COUNTRY WILL HOLD YOU 
ACCOUNTABLE. 
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE CHEAP 
BECAUSE BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
I WANT TO THANK YOU ACROSS THIS 
COUNTRY FOR STANDING UP FOR 
JUSTICE, STANDING UP FOR THIS 
VERY IMPORTANT CAUSE. 
THE TIME IS NOW TO TAKE CHANGE 
AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO STOP 
UNTIL WE GET IT. 
WE ARE GOING TO SHUT IT DOWN IF 
WE DON'T GET IT. 
IF WE DON'T GET IT, IF WE DON'T 
GET IT, SHUT IT DOWN. 
THANK YOU. 
I'M GOING TO BRING UP THE 
FAMILY, ANOTHER STATE IN THE 
STATE OF WISCONSIN WHEN AN 
OFFICER STRANGLED AN INNOCENT 
MAN FOR 10 MINUTES. 
LET US FREE, WE ARE FREE, WE 
ARE FREE PEOPLE. 
I COME DOWN HEAR TO LET 
EVERYONE KNOW, LET THE 
GOVERNMENTS KNOW AS WELL, WE 
HAVE RIGHTS. 
IF THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE NO 
JUSTICE, THERE IS NEVER GOING 
TO BE NO PEACE. 
I LOVE THIS, THIS IS WHAT OUR 
GOD WANTS, OUR BROTHERS TO 
STAND IN ONE IN UNITY WITH 
HISPANICS, ASIANS, EVERY 
DIFFERENT NATIONALITY THAT'S 
STANDING FOR RIGHT. 
HE DID NOT DESERVE TO DIE, HE 
WAS INVITED TO A POLICE PARTY 
WHERE THERE WAS DRUGS AND 
ALCOHOL. 
THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE HAS BEEN 
HIDING THIS CASE. 
THEY CHOKED HIM FOR OVER 10 
MINUTES IN THE OFFICER'S HOUSE. 
MICHAEL AND HIS TWO ACCOMPLICES 
THEY WANT TO USE AS WITNESSES. 
ANDREW -- ERIC -- 
MR. PETERSON, I TELL YOU RIGHT 
NOW, AMERICA, WAKE UP, BECAUSE 
YOU ARE GOING TO 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 AMED 
ARBERY, HOLD IT, WE ARE GOING 
TO GET EVERYBODY IN, AS WE GET 
THE NEXT SET OF FAMILY MEMBERS 
TO COME FORWARD, THEN PREPARE 
TO MARCH TO THE KING MEMORIAL. 
MANY ATHLETES AND ARTISTS HAVE 
STOOD FOR JUSTICE, ONE OF THEM 
SAID I'M COMING TO SING FOR THE 
FAMILY, MAY WE HEAR FROM 
INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED 
ARTIST BB WINEN. 
>> NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. 
THIS SONG, I WROTE AFTER THE 
DEATH OF FREDDIE GRAY. 
MY SON, AT THE TIME, WAS 15 
YEARS OLD. 
ALL I REMEMBER WAS, SEEING MY 
SON'S EYES IN FREDDIE'S EYES. 
I WENT TO THE PIANO AND I WROTE 
A SONG, NOT JUST FOR MY SON BUT 
FOREVER SON AND EVERY DAUGHTER 
THAT'S REPRESENTED. 
BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
I SAID BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
>> TOMORROW I HOPE TO SEE HIS 
EYES LOOKING BACK AT ME WITH 
THAT SMILE, HIS POSSIBILITIES 
AND OUR PLANS 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 -- WHEN ALREADY 
JUDGED BY HIS SKIN. 
IT'S ALL RIGHT TO LIVE THAT WE 
ARE AFTER. 
WANT TO TRADE MY TEARS, MY 
TEARS TO LAUGHTER. 
COMES IN ONE MOMENT, ONE MOMENT 
DREAMS ARE SHATTERED. 
OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS MATTER. 
YES BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
LET MY WORDS RESOUND CLEAR, 
WITH HANDS LIFTED HIGH AND 
REVERED, URGENTLY REGARD, 
DISPEL FEAR IN HOPE OF SAVING 
LIVES THAT WE HOLD DEAR. 
YES, WE DO. 
IT'S ALL RIGHT TO LIVE THAT WE 
ARE AFTER. 
WE MUST TRADE OUR TEARS, OUR 
TEARS FOR LAUGHTER. 
IN ONE MOMENT, IN ONE MOMENT 
DREAMS ARE SHATTERED. 
OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, THEY 
MATTER. 
YES, THEY DO. 
BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
YES, THEY DO. 
MY CHILDREN, YOUR CHILDREN.
ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD. 
YOUR CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN, 
HIS CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN, 
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE 
CHILDREN, ALL THE CHILDREN OF 
THE WORLD. 
IT'S A RIGHT TO LIVE. 
WE MUST RAISE THESE KIDS FOR 
LAUGHTER. 
IN ONE MOMENT, ONE MOMENT 
DREAMS ARE SHATTERED. 
OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS MATTER. 
YES, THEY DO. 
YES, THEY DO. 
BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
YOUR CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN,
RICH CHILDREN, POOR CHILDREN, 
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE 
CHILDREN. 
ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD. 
HIS CHILDREN, OUR 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 THAT WE ARE AFTER. 
TRAIN OUR KIDS FOR LAUGHTER 
BECAUSE IN ONE MOMENT, ONE 
MOMENT, ONE MOMENT, DREAMS ARE 
SHATTERED, ARE SHATTERED AND 
THEY MATTER. 
YES, THEY DO. 
BECAUSE BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
TOMORROW, I HOPE TO SEE MY 
SON'S EYES, MY SON'S EYES 
LOOKING BACK AT ME. 
BEBEWINAN. 
>> I BRING YOU WORDS AND THANKS 
FOR THE SUPPORT. 
ON BEHALF OF WALTER SCOTT AND 
ALTON STERLING AND ALL OF THE 
OTHER NAMES, THE SUPPORT IS 
BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY HERE, 
BECAUSE OF REV, BECAUSE OF 
LEMUR IT, BEN CRUMP AND THE 
PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING UP AND 
FIGHTING, 7 YEARS AGO, WE WERE 
SAYING IT RIGHT HERE, TRYING TO 
FIGHT POVERTY AND OPPRESSION, 
THAT ILLNESS HAS NOT CHANGED. 
THERE HAS BEEN NO VACCINE FOR 
RACISM, NO QUARANTINE FOR 
POLICE BRUTALITY. 
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR 
TODAY. 
WE ARE ALL THE CURE. 
ALL THE FAMILIES, THEIR 
CHILDREN ARE NOT VICTIMS. 
THEY ARE THE VACCINE. 
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
CONTINUE TO FIGHT BECAUSE 
WITHOUT YOU, WE ARE NOTHING. 
>> LET  US HEAR, THE MOTHER,
THE SISTER OF BOBBY JOHN KILLED 
BY A POLICEWOMAN WHO SAYS SHE 
THOUGHT IT WAS HER HOUSE. 
LET US HEAR FROM HIS SISTER. 
>> MY NAME IS ALECIA FINDLY. 
I WANT TO THANK THE NATIONAL 
ACTION NETWORK. 
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE 
NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK, 
REVEREND AL SHARPTON AND MARTIN 
LUTHER KING 3rd FOR ORGANIZING 
THIS MARCH. 
SEPTEMBER 6th, MARKS TWO YEARS 
SINCE I LAST HEAD HIS VOICE, 
HEARD HIS LAUGH, TWO YEARS 
SINCE MY FAMILY HAS FELT WHOLE 
BECAUSE SEPTEMBER 6th , WILL BE 
TWO YEARS SINCE AMBER GUYGER 
SHOT MY BROTHER THROUGH HIS 
HEART. 
HE DIED WHILE SITTING AT HIS 
HOME EATING ICE CREAM AND 
WATCHING FOOTBALL. 
HE WAS MINDING HIS OWN 
BUSINESS. 
SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN ON A 
MISSION TO SEEK REFORM TO THE 
SEVERERY BROKEN JUSTICE SYSTEM 
BECAUSE HE WOULD BE ALIVE 
TODAY, INSTEAD WE ARE 9 DAYS 
AWAY FROM THE SECOND 
ANNIVERSARY OF HIS MURDER. 
TWO YEARS OF SAYING HIS NAME 
AND ANTOINE ROSE'S NAME, TWO 
YEARS OF SEEKING JUSTICE FOR DJ 
HENRY, FOUR YEARS OF SAYING 
TERRENCE CRUTCHER'S NAME, 
CHANTELL DAVIS, SMALL, 
JEFFERSON, BLAND AND SO MANY 
OTHERS. 
I AM TIRED OF LEARNING NEW 
NAMES, ADDING NEW HASH TAGS 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 ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. 
WE ARE OUR BROTHERS AND 
SISTER'S KEEPER. 
THANK YOU. 
. 
>> THE MOTHER OF AMED ARBERY, 
THE YOUNG MAN JOGGING, SHOT 
DOWN IN COLD BLOOD IN GEORGIA, 
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. 
GIVE JUANDA A BIG HAND. 
>> I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A 
PROUD MOTHER OF AHMAUD ARBERY. 
I'M CARRYING A VERY BROKEN 
HEART BUT ALSO A GRATEFUL HEART 
THAT GOD CHOSE MY SON AHMAUD 
ARBERY TO BE A PART OF THIS 
MOST HUGE MOVEMENT. 
I DO BELIEVE IF WE CONTINUE TO 
STAND AND FIGHT TOGETHER THAT 
WE WILL GET CHANGE. 
SADLY, WE HAVE THESE TYPE OF 
TRAGIC EVENTS FOR 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 AMAD WOULD 
WANT ME TO SHARE WITH YOU AS 
WELL, THAT IS I LOVE YOU. 
I LOVE YOU ALL FOR STANDING 
WITH US. 
I ALSO WANT YOU GUYS TO HELP ME 
CHANT HIS NAME AND MAYBE HE 
WILL HEAR IT IN THE HEAVENS. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
>> AHMAUD ARBERY. 
>> SAY HIS NAME. 
>> AHMAUD ARBERY. 
>> THANK YOU AND I LOVE YOU. 
LET US HEAR FROM ATTORNEY LEMUR 
IT. 
>> BLACK POWER. 
I SAID BLACK POWER.  
BLACK POWER. 
WE CANNOT BE AFRAID TO SAY 
BLACK POWER. 
YOU CANNOT SAY THAT BLACK LIVES 
MATTER IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN 
BLACK POWER. 
THE ONLY WAY WE STOP THIS FROM 
HAPPENING IS WHEN WE BEGIN TO 
EXERCISE OUR OWN POWER. 
I HAVE 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 FREED OURSELVES WHEN WE 
FIGHT FOR OURSELVES AND WE 
FIGHT FOR OURSELVES THROUGH 
BLACK POWER. 
BLACK POWER, BLACK POWER, SAY 
THEIR NAMES, TATIANA JEFFERSON, 
JEMEL ROBERSON, AHMAUD ARBERY. 
BOTHAM JEAN, OSCAR GRANT. 
SEVILLE SMITH. 
AR BER, DARIUS CRUTCHER, SO 
MANY NAMES. 
WHEN WE SAY BLACK POWER, THAT 
MEANS IT ALL. 
SAY IT 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 ALL SUPPORT FOR MY SON AND 
HIS MOTHER. 
I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN A 
HARD ROAD BECAUSE MY BOY HAS 
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, BUT IT'S 
REAL. 
I SIT BACK, I'M USED TO MY BOY 
CALLING ME EVERYDAY AND TELLING 
ME HE LOVES ME. 
SOMETIMES I'M LIKE WOW, HE 
FORGOT TO CALL ME. 
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. 
I SIT BACK AND SAY, MY BOY IS 
GONE, HE IS NOT COMING BACK. 
ME AND THIS FAMILY HAVE TO BE 
HIS VOICE NOW AND WE GOT TO 
KEEP ON FIGHTING. 
I'M GOING TO FIGHT. 
I'M A FIGHTER. 
I'M NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL GOD 
CALLS ME HOME. 
MORE POWER TO THE PEOPLE. 
. 
>> CAN WE ALSO SAY THE NAME 
TRAVON MARTIN? 
TRAVON MARTIN. 
TRAVON MARTIN. 
PLEASE WELCOME TRAVON MARTIN'S
MOTHER, OUR HERO -- SABRINA 
FULTON. 
TRAVON MARTIN. 
TRAVON MARTIN. 
TRAVON MARTIN. 
SABRINA FULTON. 
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK 
YOU. 
I JUST WANT TO SAY EVEN THOUGH 
WE ARE 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 WERE BUILT FOR THIS. 
LAST AND NOT LEAST, I WANT TO 
LEAVE WITH YOU MY FAVORITE 
BIBLE VERSE, PROVERBS, 3, 5, 6, 
TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR 
HEART, LEAN NOT UNTO YOUR OWN 
UNDERSTANDING AND ALL YOUR WAYS 
ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HE SHALL 
DIRECT YOUR PATH. 
REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU ARE 
GOING THROUGH, TRUST IN GOD. 
HE IS THE ONLY THING THAT 
MATTERS. 
STAND UP, PEOPLE. 
STAND UP. 
WE WERE BUILT FOR THIS. 
KEEP FIGHTING. 
>> AMEN. 
>> TRAVON MARTIN. 
TRAVON MARTIN. 
TRAVON MARTIN. 
LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE 
TO SABRINA FULTON, ALL OF THESE 
FAMILIES FOR THEIR STRENGTH AND 
COURAGE. 
ANOTHER BROTHER WHO THE NYPD 
KILLED, ERIC GARNER, I CAN'T 
BREATHE. 
I CAN'T BREATHE. 
I CAN'T BREATHE. 
I CAN'T BREATHE. 
WE HAVE NOW ERIC GARNER JR., IF 
YOU WOULD LET HER MAKE HER WAY 
TO. 
GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
I CAN'T BREATHE. 
I CAN'T BREATHE. 
IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS SINCE MY 
FATHER'S 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 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 ARE HERE TO MARCH 
PEACEFULLY. 
I DON'T WANT TO SEE NO RUIN, I 
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. 
RONDA JOHNSON, LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN. 
>> 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 ENDURES AND WE ARE A 
FIGHTING PEOPLE. 
MICHAEL 6 AND 8 SAYS WHAT DOES 
THE LORD REQUIRE OF YOU TO WALK 
HUMBLY AND JUSTLY AND WHEN WE 
THINK ABOUT JUSTICE, WE LOOK AS 
A PEOPLE, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED 
THE JUSTICE THAT WE DESERVE AND 
IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE EACH AND 
EVERY ONE OF US TO CONTINUE TO 
BAND TOGETHER TO CONTINUE TO 
MARCH, TO CONTINUE TO PROTEST, 
TO CONTINUE TO CALL THE 
UNJUSTICES UNJUST AND YOU, AS A 
PEOPLE, CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
WE CAN CHANGE, SOME OF THE LAWS 
THAT ARE BEFORE US. 
IF WE BAND TOGETHER, I HAVE 
WITH ME MY BROTHER, UNCLE 
BOBBY, WE ARE HERE TO FIGHT 
UNTIL THE END BECAUSE 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 AND UNTIL WE AS A 
PEOPLE BEGIN TO FIGHT LIKE WE 
ARE FIGHTING ON TODAY, LIKE 
MARTIN LUTHER KING HAD THAT 
DREAM, SO WE MUST HAVE THE 
DREAM THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE 
EQUALITY OF ALL PEOPLE. 
I AM OSCAR GRANT. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
OSCAR GRANT. 
>> WE LOVE YA'LL. 
WE GOT A COUPLE OF MORE OUT OF 
RESPECT. 
WE NEED EVERYONE TO BRING VERY 
BRIEF GREETINGS SO WE CAN LINE 
UP TO MARCH. 
THE MOTHER OF DEONTAE HAMILTON. 
>> THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER. 
WE WILL SHOW UP ON  NOVEMBER 
3rd , TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK. 
WE WILL SHOW UP NOVEMBER THE  
3rd  TO TAKE OUR FAMILY BACK. 
HE WAS SHOT 14 TIMES FOR 
SLEEPING IN THE PARK. 
I WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR 
YOU. 
LET'S FIGHT TOGETHER. 
. 
>> SISTERS AND BROTHERS -- MIKE 
BROWN'S MOTHER IS HERE. 
SISTERS AND BROTHERS, LET ME 
JUST SAY THIS, THE PROBLEM IS, 
THE POLICE HAVE KILLED SO MANY 
OF US, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME 
FOR US TO HEAR FROM EVERY 
FAMILY. 
I'M GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE 
FAMILIES THAT ARE AROUND ME 
JUST ACKNOWLEDGE WHO IS HERE, 
THE FAMILY OF STEPHAN CLARK IS 
HERE, HOLD YOUR FIST UP, 
BROTHER. 
THE FAMILY OF MICHAEL BROWN IS 
HERE. 
COME STAND NEXT TO ME, SO 
PEOPLE CAN SEE YOU. 
THE FAMILY OF SEVILLE SMITH IS 
HERE. 
THE FAMILY TERRENCE CRUTCHER'S 
TWIN SISTER IS HERE. 
WHO AM I LEAVING OUT? 
DAVID JONES IS HERE. 
AM I LEAVING ANYBODY OUT? 
PHILIP PENEL. 
ANTOINE ROSE. 
MONTEZ HAMBEN. 
EMMANUEL LEE. 
YOU SEE ALL THE NAMES THAT ARE 
BEING CALLED. 
WE WANT TO PRAY FOR ALL OF 
THESE FAMILIES. 
PAMELA TURNER. 
TAMIR RICE.
LILES AIRINGTON. 
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE 
MARSHALS AND BEGIN TO LINE UP 
TO MY RIGHT AS WE BEGIN TO 
MARCH. 
. 
>> WE ARE NOT DOING ALL OF 
THAT. 
THERE IS NO TIME. 
WE GOT TO MARCH. 
WE GOT TO MARCH. 
YOU ARE ON TV, BROTHER. 
YOU ARE ON TV. 
I KNOW, YOU ARE ON CAMERA. 
OKAY? 
>> FEW DOZEN FAMILIES JOINED 
TOGETHER, WE HEARD FROM THEIR 
PAIN AND SUPPORT GROUP THAT NO 
ONE WANTS TO BE PART OF, OF 
LOVED ONES THAT HAD FATAL OR 
LIFE ALTERING POLICE 
ENCOUNTERS. 
WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM MANY, 
MANY SPEAKERS TODAY HERE AT THE 
COMMITMENT MARCH ON WASHINGTON, 
THEY ARE PREPARING TO LINE UP 
TO MARCH. 
WE ARE BACK, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE 
NOW STARTING TO LEAVE THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL, MANY OF THEM 
FILING INTO LINE, GETTING READY 
TO MARCH TO THE MLK MEMORIAL 
WHICH IS WHERE THIS WILL END. 
LET'S GET TO OUR COLLEAGUE, 
MEAGAN RIVERS, YOU ARE WITH 
PEOPLE MOVING FROM THE LINCOLN 
MEMORIAL TO THE MLK MEMORIAL. 
I WONDER HOW THEY ARE FEELING 
AND WHAT THEY ARE COMMITTED TO 
DOING AFTER HEARING THE 
SPEECHES TODAY. 
>> Reporter: I THINK, I BELIEVE 
EVERYBODY IS READY TO MARCH. 
WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO A 
NUMBER OF PEOPLE SPEAK. 
YOU CAN HEAR EVERYTHING THAT 
WAS GOING ON. 
YOU WERE ABLE TO HEAR THE 
SPEAKERS FROM THE MEMBERS OF 
THE FAMILIES WHO SPOKE EARLIER. 
THIS AREA IS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE 
GATHERED TOGETHER, WE ARE 
GETTING READY TO MARCH TOWARDS 
THE MARTIN LUTHER KING 
MEMORIAL. 
WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE 
REVEREND AL SHARPTON AND OTHER 
LEADERS, TO COME DOWN TO 
FORMALLY BEGIN THIS MARCH. 
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE 
GATHERING IN THIS AREA 
TOGETHER. 
PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, 
ALL AGES, ANOTHER THING TO NOTE 
-- (INAUDIBLE.) -- 
MAKE SURE YOU ARE HYDRATED. 
IT IS VERY HOT OUTSIDE. 
WE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF PEOPLE 
WHEELED OFF IN AMBULANCES. 
MAKE SURE IF YOU DECIDE TO COME 
THIS WAY, THERE IS A CAR BEHIND 
HIM THAT'S COMING THIS WAY. 
WE HAVE SEEN A FEW PEOPLE 
WHEELED OFF IN EMERGENCY 
VEHICLES BECAUSE IT IS SO WARM 
OUT HERE. 
MAKE SURE YOU GET HYDRATED. 
THEY ARE GOING TO START WALKING 
DOWN THE STREET NOW, HEADING 
TOWARDS THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING 
JR. MEMORIAL. 
THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCITING DAY 
-- [NO AUDIO] 
-- 
[TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES] 
-- -- 
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, MEAGAN, 
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK 
BREAK AND WE WILL BE RIGHT 
BACK. 
LOOKING AT INEQUALITY IN 
AMERICA, TRICKLING DOWN TO A 
LOT OF TOPICS INCLUDING THE 
HEALTH CARE. 
THE COVID-19 EPIDEMIC IS 
DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMING 
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. 
THE NUMBERS ARE STRIKING. 
AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE 4.7 TIMES 
AS LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED 
COMPARED TO THEIR WHITE 
NEIGHBORS. 
LATINO 4.6 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO 
BE HOSPITALIZED. 
A BIG PART COMES DOWN TO 
QUALITY OF CARE. 
>> IT'S NOT THAT THEY ARE 
GETTING INFECTED MORE OFTEN, 
IT'S WHEN THEY DO, THEIR 
UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS, 
DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, THE 
OBESITY, THE ASTHMA, THOSE ARE 
THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WIND 
THEM UP IN THE ICU AND GIVE 
THEM A HIGHER DEATH RATE. 
>> LET'S LOOK AT THE 
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS, THE 
LIST OF CONDITIONS FROM THE CDC 
SAYS, INCREASES YOUR RISK, OF 
ENDING UP IN THE HOSPITAL IF 
YOU GET CORONAVIRUS, ASTHMA, 
HYPERTENSION, OBESITY, DIABETES 
AND KIDNEY DISEASE. 
IF YOU HAVE TWO OF THESE YOUR 
ANSWER THE CHASES OF NEEDING 
HOSPITAL CARE GOES UP BY 4.5 
TIMES. 
AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE HIGHER 
RATES OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 
THESE CONDITIONS YOU SEE THERE. 
WE WANTED TO ADD CONTEXT AND 
FIND OUT WHY THERE IS SO MUCH 
INEQUALITY WHEN IT COMES TO 
HEALTH CARE. 
I SPOKE WITH DR. JEFFREY OF 
MINIMALLY INVASIVE VASCULAR 
CENTER. 
THEY TOLD ME ABOUT WHAT 
INEQUALITY MEANS DURING THIS 
PANDEMIC. 
A NUMBER OF PREEXISTING 
CONDITIONS PUT PEOPLE AT A 
HIGHER RISK FOR DISEASES. 
PEOPLE OF COLOR, THEY HAVE 
HIGHER RATES OF THESE 
CONDITIONS THAN PEOPLE WHO ARE 
WHITE. 
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THERE IS A 
STARK CONTRAST HERE? 
>> I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF 
FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO IT. 
AS THE POPULATION OF PEOPLE FOR 
VARIOUS REASONS, WE TEND TO 
HAVE HIGHER RATES OF THE 
DISEASES YOU MENTIONED. 
I THINK WE HAVE TO PUT THAT 
INTO CONTEXT. 
SOME OF THAT CONTEXT IS, ONE'S 
ABILITY TO BE HEALTHY ONLY IS 
DRIVEN BY WHAT HAPPENS WITH 
THEIR INTERACTION WITH THE 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM BUT NOT 
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SUCH AS 
THINGS OF WHERE A PERSON LIVES. 
PLACE MATTERS. 
WHERE SOMEONE LIVES PLAYS JUST 
AS MUCH A FACTOR IF THEIR 
ABILITY TO PURSUE A HEALTHY 
LIFESTYLE OR TO BE HEALTHY AS 
MUCH AS THEIR GENETIC FACTORS. 
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE POPULATION 
OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED IN 
POVERTY, LOOK AT A POPULATION 
OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN 
HISTORICALLY AT THE LOWER END 
OF THE ECONOMIC CONTINUUM, WE 
HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE 
THAT ALL OF THESE FACTORS PLAY 
IN THEIR HEALTH CARE. 
THAT HEALTH IS NOT SOLELY BASED 
ON INTERFACING WITH THE HEALTH 
CARE SYSTEM BUT A WHOLE EVENT 
OF FACTORS. 
>> IF YOU CAN TOUCH ON THAT IN 
TERMS OF WHAT YOU ARE SEEING, 
YOU SAY IT'S TO BE EXPECTED. 
>> SAME REASON WHY MINORITIES, 
THEY ARE HIGHER RISK FOR EVERY 
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, LACK OF 
ACCESS, WHETHER IT'S FINANCIAL, 
WHETHER IT'S BEING ABLE TO HAVE 
INSURANCE, GO SEE A DOCTOR, 
EVEN IF YOU ARE FORTUNATE 
ENOUGH TO HAVE GOOD INSURANCE 
AND SEE A DOCTOR, 
UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE NOT ALL 
TREATED THE SAME WANT TO TOUCH 
ON TRUST QUICKLY AS WELL 
ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK MEN. 
I DON'T EVER REMEMBER SEEING 
BLACK MEN IN MY FAMILY GO TO 
THE DOCTOR. 
THAT'S THE CASE TODAY. 
THE SYPHILIS EXPERIMENT THAT 
WENT ON FOR DECADES, SURGERY 
EXPERIMENTS ON ENSLAVED PEOPLE. 
YOU HAVE IMAGES THAT LAST FOR 
DECADES AND PEOPLE DON'T TRUST 
THEIR DOCTORS. 
WHAT ARE YOU TELLING PATIENTS 
TO DO TO BUILD THAT 
RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR 
DOCTORS? 
>> I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR, ESPECIALLY BLACK MEN, 
HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN INVITED TO 
BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN 
HEALTH CARE. 
WHY WOULD I GO TO A PARTY I'M 
NOT INVITED TO? 
WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES NOW IS 
THAT WE ARE CHAMPIONS OF OUR 
OWN HEALTH. 
WE HAVE JUST AS MUCH A RIGHT 
AND RESPONSIBILITY TO REALLY 
FORCE CONVERSATIONS AROUND OUR 
HEALTH CARE FORWARD. 
I THINK TRUST IS SOMETHING 
THAT'S ACTUALLY BUILT OVER 
TIME. 
FOR THE REASONS THAT YOU 
ALREADY MENTIONED, IT IS NOT 
WITHOUT SOME VALIDATION INTO 
WHY THERE IS SUCH GREAT 
DISTRUST FOR THE HEALTH CARE 
SYSTEM. 
>> TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR 
PROFESSION IN GENERAL, AS A 
SURGEON, DID YOU HAVE TO 
ENCOUNTER THESE SUB CONSCIOUS 
BIASES OR OUTWARD BIASES BASED 
TON COLOR OF YOUR SKIN? 
>> EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. 
I THINK A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES 
AS WELL AS ME, ARE A LITTLE 
NAIVE, WENT INTO HEALTH CARE 
THINKING, YOU ARE IN THIS 
PROFESSION, WE ARE NOT GOING TO 
SEE AS MUCH RACISMEL WE ARE NOT 
GOING TO SEE AS MUCH BIAS. 
A HAD THE OF US WERE SADLY 
WRONG. 
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, WORKING 
IN THE HOSPITAL, MOST OF THE 
TIME I'M CONFUSED IN BEING THE 
JANITOR OR MAYBE AN ORDERLY, 
HEY, HURRY UP OVER HERE, TAKE 
THIS PERSON TO X-RAY. 
IT DIDN'T MATTER IF I HAD 
SCRUBS THAT SAID DOCTOR ACROSS 
THE CHEST OR A WHITE COAT OR A 
HAT. 
ALL THEY SAW WAS COLOR. 
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEGATIVE 
HERE DO YOU HAVE EXAMPLES OF 
WHAT IS WORKING? 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
WE HAVE TO REALLY GIVE KUDOS TO 
OUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ON 
THE FRONTLINE EVERY SINGLE DAY, 
HELPING TO LINK COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO 
ARE UNINSURED TO HELP NOT ONLY 
LINK THEM TO THE HEALTH CARE 
SYSTEM, BUT REALLY HELP TO GIVE 
THEM THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO 
FORTIFY THEIR HEALTH CARE 
EXPERIENCE. 
I WOULD ALSO SAY FOR US AS A 
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, THE 
ABILITY TO BRING TO FOREFRONT, 
THE EXPERIENCE OF PATIENCE AND 
TAKING THE LEARNING TO 
INFLUENCE AND HELP THE HEALTH 
CARE SYSTEMS PROCESSES THEY CAN 
ADAPT TO ADDRESS THINGS SUCH AS 
SOCIAL NEEDS, UNDERSTANDING 
THAT IF IT'S ONE THING TO GIVE 
A PATIENT A PRESCRIPTION FOR 
HEALTHY EATING BUT ANOTHER 
THING TO BRING A FARMER'S 
MARKET TO YOUR HEALTH SYSTEM TO 
HELP THEM MEET THAT GAP. 
>> WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THE PEP 
AT HOME RIGHT NOW WHO MAY HAVE 
THE PREEXISTING CONDITIONS THAT 
MAY NOT HAVE SEEN A DOCTOR IN 
SOMETIME. 
WHAT WOULD BE YOUR MESSAGE TO 
THEM? 
>> WE HAVE A SAYING, TIME IS 
TISSUE, THE LONGER YOU WAIT, 
THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE 
ANYTHING TO HAVE A STROKE OR A 
HAVE A HEART ATTACK OR A 
CONDITION THAT'S NOT ABLE TO BE 
REPAIRED SO DON'T WAIT. 
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT POLICE 
BRUTALITY AND VOTING RIGHTS AND 
YOUR HEALTH IS JUST AS 
IMPORTANT. 
WE ARE LOOKING AT PEOPLE 
LEAVING THE LIP CON MEMORIAL 
HEADING TO THE MLK MEMORIAL 
WHERE THE COMMITMENT MARCH WILL 
WRAP UP, A HALF MILE WALK. 
WE WILL KEEP MONITORING THAT 
AND TALK TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE 
ON THE GROUND COMING UP IN JUST 
A MINUTE. 
STAY RIGHT HERE. 
WELCOME BACK TO OUR COVERAGE OF 
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, I'M 
BRUCE JOHNSON. 
THEY ARE LIVING PEOPLE BY THE 
DOZENS, HUNDREDS, IF NOT 
THOUSANDS ARE MARCHING FROM THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL WHERE THEY 
HEARD AN ARRAY OF SPEECHES, 
MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE MARTIN 
LUTHER KING MEMORIAL AND THEY 
ARE GOING TO HEAR MORE SPEECHES 
THERE. 
DARREN IS AMONGST THE CROWD. 
WHAT DO YOU THINK? 
>> Reporter: IT'S WHAT I SAW 
AND WHAT I HEARD, BRUCE. 
I WAS RIGHT THERE ON THE STEPS 
OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL WITH 
MANY OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF 
THE VICTIMS SOME OF SOME OF THE 
PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES OR 
LIKE JACOB BLAKE WHO IS 
PARALYZED IN A HOSPITAL BED. 
I WAS WITH THEIR FAMILY. 
THE MOOD I GOT OUT OF ALL OF 
THIS WAS GOOD AND BAD. 
THE BAD PART IS, WHAT THEY ALL 
TELL ME, IT WAS CONSISTENT FROM 
BREONNA TAYLOR'S MOTHER AND 
GEORGE FLOYD'S FAMILY AND 
AHMAUD ARBERY'S FAMILY, JACOB 
BLAKE'S FATHER, THESE ARE 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN COULD OR 
SHOT BY THE POLICE. 
THIS BRINGS BACK A MEMORY. 
THAT'S THE BAD PART ABOUT IT. 
EVERY TIME SOMEONE GETS SHOT OR 
KILLED, OR SHOT BY THE POLICE, 
IT BRINGS BACK THAT MEMORY, A 
MEMORY OF THE PAIN THEY WEAPON 
THROUGH. 
IT'S AN UNDERSTANDING KNOWING 
THAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH 
THIS PAIN OF WHAT THEY FELT A 
FEW MONTH OR YEARS AGO. 
WHAT THEY AGREED UPON IS THE 
FACT THERE ARE A LOT OF POLICE 
OFFICERS THAT MURDERED THEIR 
KIDS, MURDERED THEIR SON OR 
DAUGHTER, AND STILL THEY DON'T 
HAVE THE FULL STORY, STILL THEY 
DON'T HAVE JUSTICE, A LOT OF 
THEM WERE TELLING THE OFFICERS 
ARE STILL WORKING FOR THE 
POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
THAT BOTHERS THEM A LOT. 
HEAR IS THE POSITIVE PART, 
BRUCE, ONE OF THE FAMILY 
MEMBERS, THE BROTHER OF ONE OF 
THE VICTIMS THAT WERE KILLED, 
HE SAID THIS IS AWESOME. 
I WAS LIKE WHY DO YOU SAY THIS 
IS AWE SOL. 
HE SAID IT WAS AWESOME BECAUSE 
YESES IT'S A NEGATIVE THING BUT 
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT PAIN AND 
SUFFERING LIKE I DID. 
WITH THE LIKE IDEALS WE CAN ALL 
COME TOGETHER FOR A COMMON 
CAUSE AND TRY TO CREATE CHANGE 
FOR A GREAT CAUSE. 
ONE OF THE EXAMPLES, HE LAUGHED 
ABOUT IT WAS THAT HE WAS SAYING 
THAT COMING HERE AND HAVING ALL 
THESE FAMILIES, THERE IS A 
CHANCE THERE COULD BE CHANGE. 
THE ANNOLOGY HE GAVE WAS LIKE 
WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO TAKE A 
WOMAN OUT FOR A DATE AND SHE 
KEEPS SAYING NO, AND KEEPS 
SAYING NOING FINALLY THE 
KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, SHE OPENS 
THE DOOR AND HE HAS A CHANCE. 
THIS IS THAT CHANCE. 
THIS IS THAT FEELING THEY ARE 
GETTING THAT THIS IS THE 
OPPORTUNITY, THAT CHANCE FOR 
NOW, FINALLY, HE CAN GO OUT ON 
THAT DATE OR SHOULD I SAY 
FINALLY THERE WILL BE JUSTICE 
FOR THOSE VICTIMS WHO HAVE BEEN 
KILLED BY POLICE BRUTALITY. 
THAT WAS THE POSITIVE PART. 
THESE PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER LIKE 
FAMILY AND ALL UPLIFTING EACH 
OTHER. 
THAT'S THE ONE THINGS I SAW OUT 
OF THAT, BRUCE. 
>> IF YOU GOT AN ANSWER FROM 
THE FAMILIES, LET ME KNOW WHAT 
THEY ARE THINKING. 
THE POLITICAL LEADERS, THIS IS 
AS MUCH ABOUT POLITICS AND 
POLITICAL CHANGES AS ANYTHING 
ELSE, THE MOST LOYAL 
CONSTITUENCY TO CHOOSE THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND 
LEADERSHIP, SHARPTON TO MARTIN 
LUTHER KING JR. THE 3rd SAID 
YOU GOT TO GO VOTE. 
IF THEY DON'T DO THAT AND 
AFFECT THE CHANGES, THE FEELING 
IS WE WILL BE BACK HERE, SOONER 
RATHER THAN LATER. 
DID THE PEOPLE THERE, THE 
FAMILIES AND THE OTHERS, DID 
THEY SEE THIS AS POLITICAL OR 
THE SOLUTIONS TO WHAT THEY ARE 
NEEDING AND ASKING FOR, 
POLITICAL AND TOUGH GET INTO 
THE POLITICAL PROCESS TO AFFECT 
CHANGE. 
DID THEY GET THAT? 
REPUBLICAN TO BE TOTALLY 
TRANSPARENT WITH YOU, REMEMBER, 
BRUCE, IN THAT LINCOLN MEMORIAL 
WHERE THE FAMILY MEMBERS WERE, 
THEY ARE STILL GRIEVING. 
I DID HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT 
TOLD ME, YESES WE NEED TO GO 
AND VOTE. 
BUT I DIDN'T HEAR ONE 
INDIVIDUAL, THE FAMILY MEMBERS 
OF THE VICTIMS TALK ABOUT 
VOTING. 
MAYBE SOME OF THE POLITICAL 
LEADERS, THEY DID. 
BUT THE VICTIMS, THE FAMILY, 
NO, THEY ARE STILL GRIEVING. 
A LOT OF THEM ARE STILL IN THAT 
PAIN, THEY JUST WANT JUSTICE 
FOR THEIR CHILD. 
ALTHOUGH THEY MAY FEEL LIKE, WE 
NEED TO GO VOTE AND CHANGE, I'M 
SURE THEY FEMALE THAT WAY IN 
THEIR HEART. 
I'M SURE BRUCE, YOU AND I ARE 
BOTH PARENTS, GOD FORBID IF WE 
LOST A CHILD, THE FIRST THING 
THAT WOULD BE ON OUR MIND IS 
GETTING JUSTICE FOR OUR CHILD 
AND THE GRIEVING AND HURT WE 
ARE GOING THROUGH. 
THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING THERE 
ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE 
WHO HAVE THEIR BACK SO THEY CAN 
TAKE THE STEP BACK AND 
EMOTIONALLY CHARGE AND 
EMOTIONALLY GET THEMSELVES BACK 
TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. 
THAT'S WHY I GIVE CREDIT TO 
JACOB BLAKE'S DAD, JACOB 
BLAKE'S SENIOR FOR HAVING THE 
COURTROOM TO COME OUT HERE WHEN 
HIS SON IS LAYING IN THE BED -- 
HAVING THE COURAGE TO COME OUT 
HERE WHEN HIS SON IS LAYING IN 
THE BED IN WITH 7 BULLET HOLES. 
IT'S BEEN QUITE A DAY, 
PROTESTERS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY 
TO THE MLK MEMORIAL. 
YOU SEE THOSE TWO BIG AREAS, 
THAT'S SORT OF THE CONSTRICTING 
AREA IS WHERE YOU WALK THROUGH 
THE MOUNTAIN OF DESPAIR THAT 
DR. KING TALKED ABOUT AND YOU 
EMERGE AROUND WHERE YOU SEE THE 
LIKENESS OF DR. KING BULGING 
THERE, THAT'S THE STONE OF 
HOPE. 
THERE OBVIOUSLY IS SYMBOLISM 
THERE. 
THERE ARE TIMES OF GREAT UNREST 
AND CHALLENGE, THAT WHEN ALL OF 
US COME TOGETHER, THERE IS THAT 
HOPE, THERE IS THAT CHANGE, 
THAT CAN OCCUR, THE DREAM CAN 
BE REALIZED. 
I WANT TO BRING BACK IN OUR AIR 
RON BRYANT, THE CURATOR AT THE 
MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND CULTURE. 
YOU HAVE BEEN HERE WITH US ALL 
DAY. 
AS YOU HAVE LISPED TO AND 
PROCESSED ALL OF THE SPEECHES, 
I WONDER WHAT YOU THINK THE 
PEOPLE WHO MARCHED FROM THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL TO THE MLK 
MEMORIAL TOOK WITH THEM. 
AARON, ARE YOU THERE? 
WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON THAT 
AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON 
WITH OUR LINK. 
WE WILL GET AIR RON BACK UP. 
WE SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE 
FILTERING IN HERE FOR THE NEXT 
PART OF, THE END OF THE JOURNEY 
TO THE MLK MEMORIAL. 
>> I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW ON THE 
SAME TOPIC YOU WERE ASKING WHAT 
THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE AWAY 
FROM THIS. 
YOU ARE MARCHING AWAY AND HEARD 
FROM THE FAMILIES, LOST LOVED 
ONES AT THE HANDS OF POLICE OR 
HAVE BEEN INJURED AT THE HANDS 
OF POLICE OFFICERS, THEY TALKED 
ABOUT VOTING AND WHAT NEEDS TO 
HAPPEN FROM HERE, PEOPLE NEED 
TO GO OUT. 
WE HEARD FROM THE REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON, THE ORGANIZER, SAYING 
YOU HAVE TO ENGAGE THE 
COMMUNITY AND TRY TO MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. 
YOU CAN'T SIT BACK AND MARCH 
AND POST TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND 
SAY YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING, 
BUT THAT'S GOING TO LEAD TO 
REAL CHANGE IN THIS CASE. 
>> FROM THE OLDEST TO THE 
YOUNGEST, EVEN TO MARTIN LUTHER 
KING JR.'S GRAND DAUGHTERS YOU 
HAVE TO MARCH TO THE BALLOT 
BOX, YOU GOT TO GO TO THE 
MAILBOX, YOU NEED TO BE OF 
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY 
WANT POLL WATCHERS OUT THERE. 
THIS WASN'T JUST A COME FOR THE 
PHOTO OP AND MEMORIES, THEY 
WANT YOU TO KEEP MOVING 
FORWARD, BRUCE. 
>> YEAH. 
I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THE TWO 
OF YOU JUST SAID. 
I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK AS 
I'M LISTENING TO THE SPEAKER 
WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID LAST 
NIGHT, HE SAID HE IS THE 
GREATEST PRESIDENT FOR AFRICAN 
AMERICANS OR DONE MORE FOR 
AFRICAN AMERICANS THAN ANY 
OTHER PRESIDENT ALONGSIDE 
ABRAHAM LINCOLNS, I WOULD LOVE 
TO KNOW HOW THEY RESPONDED TO 
THAT. 
I THINK THEY RESPONDED TO THE 
SPEECH. 
WE HAVE AN INCUMBENT PRESIDENT 
THAT WON'T ADMIT THERE IS 
SYSTEMATIC RACISM OR ADMIT WE 
HAVE THE ISSUES WITH POLICE. 
NOT JUST BAD COPS BUT COPS THAT 
COMMIT CRIMINAL WRONG DOING AND 
FACE NO CONSEQUENCES, THE 
PRESIDENT WON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT 
HAPPENED IN KENOSHA OR 
VIGILANTE JUSTICE, THREE PEOPLE 
WHO WERE INNOCENTLY AND 
PEACEFULLY PROTESTING WERE 
SHOT, TWO OF THEM DEAD. 
WE WON'T ADDRESS THOSE KINDS OF 
THINGS. 
HE CAN PUT THE WORD TOGETHER TO 
CALL THEM THE BEST PRESIDENT 
FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS. 
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN 
LEADERSHIP, THEY WANT EVERYBODY 
OUT THERE, REGISTER AND TAKE 
SOMEBODY WITH YOU AND VOTE THIS 
PRESIDENT OUT. 
THAT'S THEIR RESPONSE TO WHAT 
WE SAW AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
YESTERDAY. 
NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT AT 
LEAST THIS THING STARTED OFF 
TODAY WITH EVERYBODY WEARING A 
MASK AND TRYING TO PRACTICE 
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND THEN YOU 
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED LAST 
NIGHT, IT'S AS THOUGH THE 
PANDEMIC HAS ENDED. 
NOBODY WAS SOCIAL DISTANCING 
LAST NIGHT. 
NOBODY HAD A MASK ON. 
IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO 
SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT. 
I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO 
TURNOUT. 
THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP 
AND TURN OUT IF THEY WILL SHOW 
UP AT THE POLLS THEY COULD BE 
THE DIFFERENCE. 
>> THE CURATOR WE HAVE BEEN 
TALKING WITH FROM THE FASHIONAL 
MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN 
HISTORY AND CULTURE, YOU SAID 
YOU BELIEVE THERE WILL BE THIS 
CALL FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FOR 
PEOPLE TO VOTE. 
WE HEAD THAT OVER AND OVER AND 
OVER AGAIN. 
DO YOU GET THE SENSE THE YOUNG 
PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, 
LISTENING, ARE GOING TO BE 
MOTIVATED TO DO JUST THAT? 
>> I THINK NOT ONLY VOTING BUT 
VOLUNTEERING WITHIN YOUR 
COMMUNITY. 
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CALL TO 
ACTION. 
YOU THINK ABOUT THE BIRMINGHAM 
CAMPAIGN, WHICH WAS AN 
IMPORTANT STEP LEADING TO THE 
1963 MARCH ON WASHINGTON. 
THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT 
TEENAGERS PLAYED. 
PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T OF VOTING 
AGE BUT INSTRUMENTAL AND MAKING 
A CRITICAL TURN IN THE CIVIL 
RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND A TURN FOR 
THE NATION IN TERMS OF OUR 
HISTORY. 
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE FAMOUS 
PHOTOS OF KIDS BEING ATTACKED 
BY FIRE HOSES AND POLICE DOGS. 
THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT TURNING 
POINT FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOVEMENT. 
EVEN IF IT'S NOT ABOUT VOTING, 
IT'S ALSO ABOUT WORKING IN YOUR 
COMMUNITY, BEING A PART OF 
SHAPING AND CHANGING HISTORY 
REGARDLESS OF YOUR AGE. 
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE. 
EVEN WITH SOME OF THE CHILDREN 
WHO ARE OUT HERE TALKING TODAY, 
WE HAD YOLANDA KING, MADE ME 
THINK ABOUT SO MANY IMPORTANT 
KIDS WHO ARE LEADING CRITICAL 
MOVEMENTS RIGHT NOW, SOMEONE 
LIKE NAOMIE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO 
SPOKE AT THE MARCH FOR OUR 
LIVES. 
CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF THEIR 
AGE, WHETHER THEY CAN VOTE OR 
NOT, ANYONE, WHETHER OR NOT 
THEY CAN VOTE CAN PLAY AN 
IMPORTANT ROLE WITHIN THE 
COMMUNITY AND MAKING THE 
POSITIVE CHANGE. 
>> IN THIS CURRENT CLIMATE, 
IT'S SO DIVISIVE. 
I'M SURE YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE 
WATCHING WHO WILL DISMISS THE 
ISSUE AS LIBERAL ISSUES AND 
AREN'T LISTENING TO THE 
PROTESTERS OUT THERE. 
HOW DO YOU REACH THOSE PEOPLE 
IN TODAY'S CLIMATE? 
IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE? 
>> YOU GO BACK TO THE THINGS 
KING TALKED ABOUT TO 
PARAPHRASE, INJUSTICE ANYWHERE 
IS INJUSTICE EVERYWHERE. 
WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT, WE 
HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY. 
IF WE SEE INJUSTICE HAPPENING 
TO SOMEONE ELSE, IT'S HAPPENING 
TO ALL OF OH US BECAUSE IT'S A 
REFLECTION OF WHO WE ARE AS A 
NATION AND A STATEMENT ABOUT 
WHERE WE ARE IN OUR DEMOCRACY. 
WE HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY AND 
HELPING TO SHAPE THIS DEMOCRACY 
AND MAKING OURSELVES A MUCH 
BETTER NATION. 
>> I WOULD LOVE TO ASK YOU WHEN 
YOU ARE ABLE TO GET BACK INTO 
THAT BEAUTIFUL MUSEUM THAT 
PEOPLE COVET AND HAVE STOOD IN 
LINE FOR AND WOULD LOVE TO GO 
SEE AND WISH THEY COULD BE IN 
RIGHT NOW. 
YOU ARE A CURATOR, RIGHT? 
YOU SPEND YOUR DAYS AND NIGHTS 
TELLING THE AMERICAN STORY AND 
THIS PART OF THE AMERICAN 
STORY, AS YOU LOOK OUT IN THE 
CROWD AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING 
HERE AT THIS MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON, WHAT DO YOU THINK 
SHOULD GO INTO THE MUSEUM FOR 
THESE LIVING, BREATHING 
MEMORIALS AND TRIBUTES TO THESE 
MOMENTS IN TIME? 
>> WELL, I THINK THAT PEOPLE 
SHOULD BE MINDFUL THAT HISTORY 
HAPPENS RIGHT BEFORE US EVERY 
SINGLE DAY. 
IT CAN BE THE BIG EPIC 
MONUMENTAL EVENTS LIKE THE ONE 
WE WITNESSED TODAY AND FOLKS 
EXPERIENCED TODAY. 
IT CAN ALSO BE THE SMALLER 
THINGS THAT SHAPE OUR HISTORY 
AS WELL THAT HAVE IMPORTANT 
STORIES TO TELL. 
WHEN I THINK ABOUT MARCHES, BIG 
AND SMALL, SOME OF THE THINGS I 
LIKE TO LOOK AT IS PROTEST 
SIGNS AND T-SHIRTS. 
WHAT IS THE VISUAL CULTURE, 
WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE? 
HOW ARE PEOPLE COMMUNICATING, 
OR MESSAGE THEY HOPE THE REST 
OF THE NATION CAN HEAR OR THE 
REST OF THE COMMUNITY CAN HEAR? 
I LOOK FOR THOSE KIND OF 
THINGS, T-SHIRTS AND PROTEST 
SIGNS AND ANYTHING THAT HAS 
WORDS ON THEM BECAUSE THEY 
REPRESENT AN INDIVIDUAL AND 
INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE AND A 
MESSAGE THAT IN MANY WAYS 
REFLECTS THIS MOMENT IN TIME. 
>> YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT, 
TRYING TO FAVORITE WHAT WE ARE 
LOOKING AT DIGITALLY. 
YOU LOOK AT THE PROTESTS YEARS 
AGO AND DIDN'T HAVE ACTIVITY 
ONLINE, DO YOU DO THAT EXACTLY? 
THAT'S A DIFFERENT ASPECT OF 
WHAT WE ARE SEEING PLAY OUT ON 
TELEVISION. 
>> GENERALLY ARCHIVISTS THINK 
ABOUT THE WAYS WE CAN PRESERVE 
DIGITAL ASSETS AND WORKING 
WITHIN PHOTOGRAPHY, MANY 
PHOTOGRAPHERS WORK IN DIGITAL 
FORMATS. 
I WOULD COLLECT THE FILES, 
DIGITAL FILES AS PART OF OUR 
COLLECTION AT THE MUSEUM. 
I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING FOR 
SOUND. 
>> CURATOR WITH THE NATIONAL 
MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN 
HISTORY AND CULTURE. 
YOU HAVE BEEN WITH US ALL DAY. 
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND 
EXPERTISE AND INSIGHTS. 
WE THANK ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING 
US FOR THE COMMITMENT MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON. 
WE HEARD A POWERFUL MESSAGE 
TODAY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO 
VOTE, TO BE INVOLVED IN THE 
COMMUNITY, TO REMEMBER WE ARE 
ALL INTERCONNECTED AND TO HOLD 
ON TO HOPE. 
AS WE PREPARE TO LEAVE YOU FOR 
THIS PART OF THE JOURNEY, WE 
WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH 
HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE DAY AND LET 
YOU KNOW WE WILL CONTINUE OUR 
COVERAGE ON OUR WUSA 9 WEBSITE 
AND WUSA 9 APP. 
