 
ON HOLD. 
MORE KILLINGS OF 
UNARMED BLACK 
PEOPLE BY 
POLICE. 
ATTACKS ON OUR 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
MORE KILLINGS. 
I MEAN THE WORST 
ECONOMIC CRISIS 
SINCE THE GREAT 
DEPRESSION THAT 
WE LEARNED ABOUT 
IN SCHOOL. 
AND MORE EXTREME 
WEATHER THAN 
EVER BEFORE. 
BUT GREAT 
CHALLENGES 
PRODUCE GREAT 
LEADERS. 
WE HAVE MASTERED 
THE SELFIE AND 
TIKTOK. 
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 THE CIVIL 
RIGHTS. 
AND THE NEW 
PHASE IS 
EQUALITY. 
THAT 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 SIT-
IN MOVEMENTS. 
WE MUST NOT 
FORGET THE 
BIRMINGHAM 
MOVEMENT AND 
SELMA. 
PAPA KING, WE 
WON'T. 
MY GENERATION 
HAS ALREADY 
TAKEN TO THE 
STREETS 
PEACEFULLY AND 
WITH MASKS AND 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED TO 
PROTEST RACISM. 
AND I WANT TO 
ASK THE YOUNG 
PEOPLE HERE TO 
JOIN ME IN 
PLEDGING THAT WE 
HAVE ONLY JUST 
BEGUN TO FIGHT 
AND THAT WE WILL 
BE THE 
GENERATION THAT 
MOVES FROM ME TO 
WE. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
BE THE 
GENERATION THAT 
DISMANTLING 
SYSTEMIC RACISM 
ONCE AND FOR 
ALL. 
NOW AND FOREVER. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
BE THE 
GENERATION THAT 
STOPS POLICE 
BRUTALITY NOW 
AND FOREVER. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
BE THE 
GENERATION THAT 
SAVES OUR 
PLANET. 
ONCE AND FOR 
ALL. 
NOW AND FOREVER. 
AND 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 STAND AND 
MARCH FOR LOVE. 
AND WE WILL 
FULFILL MY 
GRANDFATHER'S 
DREAM. 
SO SHOW ME WHAT 
DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
THIS IS WHAT 
DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
SHOW ME WHAT 
DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
>> THIS IS WHAT 
DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
>> ONE LAST 
TIME. 
SHOW ME WHAT 
DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
>> THIS IS WHAT 
DEMOCRACY LOOKS 
LIKE. 
>> OKAY. 
THEN LET'S SHOW 
THEM. 
>> A PROUD DAD. 
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 THAT 
ACTUALLY ARE 
HERE TODAY. 
AND MOST OF ALL 
THESE FAMILIES 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
IMPACTED BY 
POLICE BRUTALITY 
AND MISCONDUCT. 
WE HAVE COME TO 
BEAR WITNESS TO 
REMEMBER FROM 
WHERE WE HAVE 
COME AND 
CAREFULLY 
CONSIDER WHERE 
WE'RE GOING. 
WHETHER YOU'RE 
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. 
WE'RE TAKING A 
STEP FORWARD ON 
AMERICA'S ROCKY 
BUT RIGHTEOUS 
JOURNEY TOWARDS 
JUSTICE. 
AUGUST 28th IS A 
DAY TO REMEMBER 
THE TRIUMPHS AND 
TRAGEDIES THAT 
HAVE TAKEN PLACE 
IN OUR HISTORIC 
STRUGGLE FOR 
RACIAL JUSTICE. 
TODAY WE 
COMMEMORATE THE 
MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON AND 
FREEDOM IN 1963 
WHERE MY FATHER 
DECLARED HIS 
DREAM. 
BUT WE MUST 
NEVER FORGET THE 
AMERICA 
NIGHTMARE OF 
RACIST VIOLENCE 
EXEMPLIFIED WHEN 
EMMITT TILL WAS 
MURDERED ON THIS 
DAY IN 1955. 
AND THE CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE SYSTEM 
FAILED TO 
CONVICT HIS 
KILLERS. 
65 YEARS LATER, 
WE STILL 
STRUGGLE FOR 
JUSTICE. 
DEMILITARIZING 
THE POLICE AND 
DECLARING 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. 
AND 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. 
BUT THE PROGRESS 
WE CELEBRATED 
THEN IS IN PERIL 
YET AGAIN. 
AND NOW WE MUST 
MARCH TO THE 
BALLOT BOX AND 
THE MAILBOXES TO 
DEFEND THE 
FREEDOMS THAT 
EARLIER 
GENERATIONS 
WORKED SO HARD 
TO WIN. 
IN SO MANY WAYS, 
WE STAND 
TOGETHER TODAY 
IN THE SYMBOLIC 
SHADOW OF 
HISTORY. 
BUT WE ARE 
MAKING HISTORY 
TOGETHER RIGHT 
NOW. 
WE'RE MARCHING 
WITH THE BIGGEST 
MOVEMENT FOR 
CIVIL RIGHTS 
SINCE THE 1960s. 
FROM HIGH SCHOOL 
STUDENTS TO 
SENIOR CITIZENS, 
BLACK AS WELL AS 
WHITE, LATINO, 
ASIAN-AMERICAN, 
NATIVE-
AMERICANS, 
PACIFIC 
ISLANDERS. 
AMERICANS ARE 
MARCHING 
TOGETHER. 
MANY FOR THE 
FIRST TIME. 
AND 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 
DISTANCED BUT 
SPIRITUALLY 
UNITED. 
WE ARE MAKING 
MASKING OUR 
FACES BUT NOT 
OUR FACE IN 
FREEDOM. 
AND WE ARE 
TAKING OUR 
STRUGGLE TO THE 
STREETS AND TO 
SOCIAL MEDIA. 
THE NATION HAS 
NEVER SEEN SUCH 
A MIGHTY MOVE 
AMID A MODERN 
DAY INCLINATION 
OF WHAT MY 
FATHER CALLED 
THE COALITION OF 
CONSCIOUS. 
IF WE MOVE 
FORWARD WITH 
PURPOSE AND 
PASSION, WE WILL 
COMPLETE THE 
WORK SO BOLDLY 
BEGAN IN THE 
1960s. 
WE'RE MARCHING 
TO OVERCOME 
RACISM AND 
VIOLENCE. 
AND 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-
AMERICANS AND 
LATINO AND LOW 
INCOME PEOPLE 
AND EVERY 
BACKGROUND. 
SECOND, MORE 
THAN 30 MILLION 
AMERICANS ARE 
UNEMPLOYED 
AGAIN. 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
COVID-19 HAS 
LAID BARE THE 
STRUCTURE AND 
RACIAL 
INEQUALITIES IN 
OUR ECONOMY THAT 
KEPT TOO MANY 
PEOPLE TRAPPED 
IN POVERTY. 
POLICE BRUTALITY 
ARE KILLING SO 
MANY AVENUE 
MILES PER HOURS. 
TODAY WE MARCH 
WITH THEIR 
FAMILIES AND SAY 
THEIR NAME. 
GEORGE FLOYD, 
BREONNA TAYLOR, 
ERIC GARNER, 
MICHAEL BROWN, 
TAMIR RICE, 
RICHARDSON, 
TERRENCE 
CRUTCHER, TRAYVON
MARTIN, SO MANY 
OTHERS. 
FOR OUR VOTING 
RIGHTS ARE UNDER 
ATTACK. 
WE MUST 
VIGOROUSLY 
DEFEND OUR 
RIGHTS TO VOTE. 
THOSE RIGHTS 
WERE PAID FOR BY 
THE BLOOD OF 
THOSE LYNCHED 
EXERCISING THEIR 
CONSTITUTIONAL 
RIGHTS. 
THEY WERE PAID 
FOR BY THE BLOOD 
OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
WORKERS. 
THOSE RIGHTS 
WERE PAID FOR 
THROUGH THE 
SACRIFICES MADE 
BY HEROES SUCH 
AS CT VIVIAN, 
HAMMER, WILLIAMS 
AND JOHN LEWIS. 
BUT SINCE THE 
UNITED STATES 
SENATE HAS 
FAILED TO RENEW 
THE VOTING 
RIGHTS ACT, WE 
HAVE HAD TO 
OVERCOME A WHOLE 
NEW TRICK BAG OF 
TACTICS TO 
SUPPRESS OUR 
VOTES. 
DISCRIMINATORY 
VOTER ID 
REQUIREMENTS, 
VOTE BY MAIL, 
VOTING PURGES TO 
TARGET THOSE WHO 
HAVE MISSED 
SEVERAL 
ELECTIONS AND 
DISENFRANCHISING 
THOSE WHO HAVE 
SERVED THEIR 
TIME AND PAID 
THEIR DEBT TO 
SOCIETY. 
AND NOW COVID-19 
IS MAKING ITS 
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. 
BUT NOW WE ARE 
STRUGGLING TO 
OVERCOME THE 
DISMANTLING OF 
THE U.S. POSTAL 
SERVICE FOR THE 
EXPRESSED 
PURPOSE OF 
SUPPRESSING OUR 
VOTE. 
WITH ALL OF 
THESE THROATS TO 
OUR LIVES AND 
LIBERTIES, OUR 
CHALLENGE IS TO 
USE THIS MOMENT 
TO EXPAND THIS 
MOVEMENT, A 
MOVEMENT THAT 
NOT ONLY RAISES 
ITS VOICE BUT 
CASTS ITS VOTES, 
PURSUES ITS 
VISION, AND 
MAKES LASTING 
CHANGE. 
THE SCRIPTURE 
SAYS WHERE THERE 
IS NO VISION THE 
PEOPLE PARISH. 
OUR VISION IS 
BEST EXPRESSED 
BY A PHRASE WE 
MUST NEVER 
FORGET. 
THAT IS THE 
BELOVED 
COMMUNITY. 
WITH THOSE WORDS 
MY FATHER JOHN 
LEWIS, ROSA 
PARKS AND SO 
OTHER HISTORIC 
WOMEN AND MEN 
ENVISIONED IN 
AMERICA WHOSE 
DRAMATIC 
PRACTICE IS AS 
GOOD AS ITS 
PROMISE. 
AN AMERICA WHERE 
THE TRIPLE EVILS 
OF POVERTY, 
RACISM AND 
VIOLENCE WILL BE 
REPLACED BY 
PEACE, JUSTICE 
AND SHARED 
ABUNDANCE. 
AND 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 RISK OF 
DISENFRANCHISEMENT 
THAN THOSE WHO 
OPPOSE. 
OUR NATION CAN 
ONLY LIVE SO 
LONG WITHOUT THE 
OXYGEN OF 
FREEDOM. 
THE SIMPLE 
CHALLENGE BEFORE 
US IS THAT 
EVERYONE CAN 
CAST A BALLOT 
AND EVERYONE 
THAT CAN MUST 
CAST A BALLOT. 
THAT BALLOT THAT 
IS CAST MUST BE 
COUNTED. 
AND THE RESULT 
MUST BE 
TRANSPARENT AND 
KNOWN TO THE 
WHOLE WORLD. 
AND 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 THAT EVERY 
BATTLE IS 
COUNTED. 
IF OUR 
FOREFATHERS WERE 
WILLING TO DIE 
FOR THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE, WE CAN 
WORK FOR THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
AND I WILL 
CONTINUE TO CALL 
ON YOU TO ACT IN 
THE COMING DAYS. 
YOU KNOW, MY 
FATHER WAS 
ASSASSINATED IN 
MEMPHIS, 
TENNESSEE. 
WHILE STANDING 
IN SOLIDARITY 
WITH POOR 
WORKING PEOPLE. 
SANITATION 
WORKERS WHOSE 
SLOGAN I AM A 
MAN WAS A 
STATEMENT. 
THEY WERE HUMAN 
BEINGS WITH 
RIGHT THAT'S 
SHOULD BE 
RESPECTED AND 
ACKNOWLEDGED. 
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 SIMPLE BUT 
POWERFUL SLOGAN 
EMPOWERS 
MOVEMENTS TODAY 
FROM BLACK LIVES 
MATTER TO FIGHT 
FOR 15 AND FOR 
THE ME TOO 
STRUGGLE AGAINST 
SEXUAL 
HARASSMENT AND 
ABUSE. 
MOVEMENTS TRYING 
TO CLAIM THE 
DIGNITY THEY 
HAVE BEEN 
DENIED. 
MARTIN LUTHER 
KING JR. FOUGHT 
FOR THE DIGNITY 
OF WORK. 
AND THAT FIGHT 
IS NEVER ENDING. 
IN 1968, THE 
SANITATION 
STRIKE WORKERS 
DEMANDED AND THE 
CAMPAIGN 
DEMANDED THAT 
WORKING PEOPLE 
SHOULD NOT LIVE 
IN POVERTY. 
THOSE FIGHTS 
FORESHADOW OUR 
STRUGGLE TODAY 
TO MAKE THE 
MINIMUM WAGE A 
LIVING WAGE, NOT 
A POVERTY WAGE. 
AND WE ARE 
FIGHTING 
ALONGSIDE THE 
FRONT LINE 
WORKERS. 
SANITATION 
WORKERS. 
HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS. 
GROCERY WORKERS. 
TRANSPORT 
WORKERS. 
FOOD SERVICE 
WORKERS AND SO 
MANY MORE. 
THEY ARE PRAISED 
NOR BEING 
ESSENTIAL BUT 
THEY ARE TREATED 
AS IF THEY ARE 
EXPENDABLE. 
WHILE STANDING 
WITH SANITATION 
WORKERS IN 
MEMPHIS DAD SAID 
SO OFTEN WE 
OVERLOOK THE 
WORK AND 
SIGNIFICANCE OF 
THOSE NOT IN 
PROFESSIONAL 
JOBS, FOR THOSE 
NOT IN THE SO-
CALLED GOOD 
JOBS. 
LET ME SAY TO 
YOU TONIGHT THAT 
WHEREVER -- 
WHENEVER YOU'RE 
ENGAGED IN WORK 
THAT SERVES 
HUMANITY AND FOR 
THE BUILDING OF 
HUMANITY, IT HAS 
DIGNITY AND 
WORTH. 
NOW WE HAVE A 
PRESIDENT WHO 
CONFESSES 
GREATNESS FOR 
GRANDOSITY. 
MY FATHER SAID 
EVERYONE CAN BE 
GREAT BECAUSE 
EVERYBODY CAN 
SERVE. 
IN HIS FAMOUS 
SPEECH HE 
EXPLAINED THAT 
EVERYONE WANTS 
TO BE A DRUM 
MAJOR, THE 
LEADER OF THE 
MARCHING BAND. 
AND HE 
CHALLENGED US TO 
CHANNEL OUR DRUM 
MAJOR INSTINCT 
INTO BECOME 
DRAMA MAJORS FOR 
JUSTICE. 
WHILE WE HONOR 
OUR HISTORY WE 
MUST BE A LIVING 
MOVEMENT NOT A 
MONUMENT. 
IF DAD WERE HERE 
TODAY, I'M SURE 
HE WOULD IMPLORE 
US NOT TO HIM 
SELECTIVELY WHEN 
CONVENIENT. 
HE WOULD WANT US 
TO BE DRAMA 
MAJORS FOR 
JUSTICE. 
TO CHAMPION THE 
IDEALS THAT HE 
PROMOTED. 
RACIAL JUSTICE. 
SOCIAL EQUALITY 
AND PEACE. 
AND 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. 
AND US MEANS ALL 
OF US. 
IN 1963, AFTER MY
FATHER SPOKE, 
ASKED 
PARTICIPANTS TO 
PARTICIPATE AND 
DEMAND THE VOTER 
RIGHTS ACTS. 
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. 
AND SO WHEN WE 
CONCLUDE TODAY, 
LET'S REMEMBER 
THAT -- REMEMBER 
THAT THIS IS THE 
COMMITMENT MARCH 
IN THE SPIRIT OF 
1963. 
I ASK YOU TO 
JOIN ME IN 
PLEDGING IN ACT 
IF THREE WAYS. 
FIRST, BECAUSE 
OUR CIVIL AND 
HUMAN RIGHTS ARE 
AT STAKE IN THIS 
ELECTION, I ASK 
YOU NOT ONLY TO 
REGISTER TO 
VOTE, MAKE SURE 
THAT AT LEAST 
ONE OTHER PERSON 
REGISTERS AND 
VOTES. 
SECOND, I ASK 
YOU TO COMMIT TO 
SERVICE AND 
STRUGGLE IN YOUR 
COMMUNITY. 
FROM VOTER 
REGISTRATION TO 
RAISING THE 
MINIMUM WAGE TO 
DEMILITARIZING 
THE POLICE. 
GET INVOLVED 
WITH ONE OR MORE 
WORTH WHILE 
STRUGGLES IN 
YOUR COMMUNITY. 
AND 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. 
IT MEANS 
PEACEFUL 
RESISTANCE. 
WE MUST COME 
TOGETHER AND 
JOIN WITH THE 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER MOVEMENT 
TO RAISE OUR 
VOICES AND SAY 
ENOUGH IS 
ENOUGH. 
WE MUST COME 
WITH THE POOR 
PEOPLE'S 
CAMPAIGN, THE 
CLIMATE CHANGE 
AND 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
JUSTICE 
MOVEMENT. 
THE WOMEN'S 
MARCH AND ME TOO 
MOVEMENTS. 
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
MLK FAMOUSLY 
SAID THAT THE 
UNIVERSE IS RUN 
BY 10 -- BENDS 
TOWARDS JUSTICE. 
HE SAYS IT DOES 
NOT DEPEND ON 
ITS OWN. 
WE MUST DO SOME 
WORK OURSELVES. 
AND THE FINAL 
YEAR OF HIS LIFE,
HE SAID, WHERE 
DOES HE GO FROM 
HERE? 
CANCER COMMUNITY?
MY BROTHERS AND 
SISTERS AND DEAR 
FRIENDS, THE 
HISTORY AND OUR 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE ANSWER BE 
CHAOS OR 
COMMUNITY? 
I BELIEVE THAT 
SOME HAVE CHOSEN 
THE ANSWER IS 
CHAOS AND THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
TODAY. 
WE WHO BELIEVE 
MUST CHOOSE 
COMMUNITY. 
IF WE CHOOSE 
COMMUNITY, WE 
CAN AVOID 
WATCHING THE 
DREAM TURN INTO 
A PERMANENT 
NIGHTMARE. 
IF WE CHOOSE 
COMMUNITY, 50 
YEARS FROM NOW, 
ABLE TO RID TEAM 
AMERICA UNTIL 
THE PROMISE OF 
DEMOCRACY. 
MY FRIEND, IF 
YOU CHOOSE 
COMMUNITY, WE 
CAN ANSWER IN 
THE SCRIPTURE. 
YOU WILL SEE 
WHAT WILL BECOME 
OF HIS DREAMS. 
I WANT TO SAY TO 
YOU, THESE 
AREN'T ONLY 
OUTCOMES AS A 
PROTESTER, BUT 
AS VICTIMS. 
MY DADDY WAS 
KILLED WHEN I 
WAS 10 YEARS OLD.
THE NONSENSE AND 
SPLIT. 
YOU MAY KNOW 
COME UP AND AND 
I KNOW THAT SIX 
YEARS LATER MY 
GRANDMOTHER WAS 
GUNNED DOWN IN A 
CHURCH. I 
UNDERSTAND WHAT 
IT MEANS. 
I WAS SO 
THANKFUL THAT MY 
GRANDMOTHER AND 
MY MOTHER IN MY 
AUNTS AND UNCLES 
HAD TOLD ME 
ABOUT LOVE. 
MY GRANDDADDY 
USED TO SAY THAT 
I REFUSE TO ALLOW
ANY PERSON TO 
REDUCE ME TO 
HATRED. 
THE MAN THAT 
KILLED MY LOVELY 
WIFE, AND THE 
MAN THAT KILLED 
MY SON, I REFUSE 
TO ALLOW THEM TO 
REDUCE ME TO 
HATRED. 
IF WE DON'T 
RESOLVE THESE 
ISSUES, THERE 
ARE CERTAIN 
LEVELS OF LOVE. 
HE TALKED ABOUT 
ALL OF THEM. 
THE HIGHEST 
LEVEL OF LOVE, 
IT SEEKS NOTHING 
IN RETURN. 
LOVE THAT IS 
UNSELFISH. 
11 IF THEY ARE 
WHITE, BLACK, 
NATIVE AMERICAN, 
HISPANIC, 11 IF 
THEY ARE 
AFRICAN. 
YOU LOVE THEM IF 
VARIATION. 
YOU LOVE THEM 
BECAUSE YOU KNOW 
THAT GOD CALLS 
YOU TO DO THAT. 
WE WILL RESOLVE 
ALL OF THESE 
CRAZY ZACH, AND 
WE HAVE TO DO IT 
WITH LOVE. 
THANK YOU AND 
GOD BLESS YOU. 
LET'S KEEP ON 
KEEPING ON. 
>> THE 57th 
MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON, I 
WISH THAT I 
COULD BE THERE 
WITH YOU TODAY 
AS REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON IS MY 
COLLEAGUE, MY 
FRIEND, AND MY 
BIG BROTHER. 
I AM FROM 
BROOKLYN, NEW 
YORK, AT AGE 18, 
HAVING LESS THAN 
I WAS TWO YEARS 
OLD, IT WAS A 
YEAR WHEN LACK 
LIVES MATTER MET 
MICHAEL GRIFFIN, 
SEAN BELL, AND 
GAVIN CATO. 
THE REPLACEMENT 
OF THE FIRST 
BLACK MAYOR, 
WITH THE 
GIULIANI. 
A STAYAWAY IF 
YOU ARE BLACK 
FROM 
BENSONHURST, AND 
HOWARD BEACH AND 
THE REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON, THE 
ONLY ONE WHO 
SEEMED TO KNOW 
WHAT TO DO AND 
CARED ENOUGH TO 
DO IT. 
A GENERATION 
EARLIER IT WAS 
JESSE JACKSON AND
DR. KING. 
FOR MY 
GENERATION IT 
WAS REVEREND AL. 
LITTLE THAT I 
NOW, I THOUGHT I 
WOULD GET TO 
KNOW HIM AS A 
LOCAL PRODUCER 
AND HOST ON 
HIDEO RUN, HE 
WOULD BE A GREAT 
MENTOR AND 
SUPPORTER. 
THE NETWORK HAS 
NEVER STOPPED 
WORKING, IT IS A 
NAME FOR A 
CHANGE, FOR 
TRADE ON MARTIN, 
BROWN, GARDNER, 
TIMMY RICE, 
FREDDIE GAYE, 
BROWN AND TAYLOR 
AND JACOB LEE. 
I MARCHED WITH 
HIM WHEN HE 
PULLED ME TO THE 
FRONT OF THE 
LINE, AND SAID 
IF I COULD BE 
THERE TO WITNESS 
HISTORY, JOHN 
LEWIS IS SECOND 
TO LAST PUBLIC 
APPEARANCE. 
I HAVE WATCHED 
NURSING GREETING 
FAMILIES AS THEY 
CRY OUT FOR 
JUSTICE. 
HE HAD 
PRESIDENTS 
CONFIDE IN HIM. 
HE INSPIRED ME 
TO USE MY GIFT 
TO MAKE REAL 
CHANGE. 
ANY IDEAS -- HE 
WILL DO 
SOMETHING AND 
CAUSE SOMETHING 
TO BE DONE. 
THE 57th 
ANNIVERSARY 
MARCH ON 
WASHINGTON, 
PLEASE SUPPORT 
ME AND SUPPORTING
MY BIG BROTHER, 
REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON.
>> NO JUSTICE, 
NO PEACE! 
NO JUSTICE, NO 
PEACE,! WHAT WE 
WANT? 
WHAT WE WANT? 
WHAT DO WE WANT? 
WHEN DO WE WANT 
TO? 
WHEN DO WE WANT 
TO? 
WHEN DO WE WANT? 
WHEN DO WE WANT 
TO? 
ALL RIGHT. 
57 YEARS AGO. 
1963 -- THERE 
WAS A STRUGGLE 
IN BIRMINGHAM, 
ALABAMA. 
THERE WAS THE 
ASSASSINATION OF 
JANESSA EVANS. 
THE HEAD OF THE 
NAACP. 
IN THE MIDDLE OF 
STRUGGLES AND 
MURDER, THEY 
CAME TO 
WASHINGTON. 
THEY DEMANDED 
THAT THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT GIVES 
THEM A CIVIL 
RIGHTS ACT, AND 
VOTING RIGHTS. 
THEY MARCHED 
THAT DAY, TO A 
HOT BLISTERING 
DAY LIKE TODAY. 
THEY SAID THAT 
AS WE STRUGGLE, 
WE NEED 
LEGISLATION. 
THEY HAD THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT 
OF 1964, AND THE 
VOTING RIGHTS ACT
OF 1965. 
THEY CAME, YOUNG 
AND OLD. THEY 
CAME FROM THE 
SOUTH. 
MANY OF THEM 
COULD NOT STOP 
ON THE ROAD TO 
USE THE 
BATHROOM. 
IT WAS AGAINST 
THE LAW. 
THEY CAME ANYHOW.
MANY OF THEM 
COULD NOT STOP 
AND EAT AT A 
RESTAURANT. 
THEY HAVE 
SANDWICHES AND A 
PAPER BAG. 
MANY OF THEM 
COULD NOT REST 
AT THE MOTEL 
OVERNIGHT. 
THEY CAME 
ANYWAY, BECAUSE 
IT WAS AGAINST 
THE LAW FOR THEM 
TO STOP. 
BECAUSE THEY 
CAME, AND IN 
FORCE AND 63, WE 
WERE ABLE TO 
COME BACK IN 
2020. 
WRITING WHATEVER 
WE WANTED TO 
WRITE. 
STAYING IN 
WHATEVER HOTEL 
IS AVAILABLE. 
WE HAVE PEOPLE 
THAT WE NEED TO 
STRAIGHTEN THAT 
-- STRAIGHTEN 
OUT. 
2020. 2020, WE 
MUST DEAL WITH 
THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE. 
EVEN THOUGH WE 
ARE HERE, IN THE 
MIDST OF A 
PANDEMIC, I AM 
KEEP SAYING -- 
SPREAD IT OUT. 
WE WANT TO COME 
TO SHOW THAT 
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
WHEN I WAS 
HEADING TO JOSH 
-- GEORGE 
FLOYD'S FUNERAL, 
I SPOKE WITH 
PEOPLE AND I 
SAID OTHERS AS 
YOU KNOW, MAYBE 
WE NEED TO GO 
BACK TO 
WASHINGTON. 
THEY SAID, LET'S 
TALK IT OUT. 
WE DID NOT KNOW 
HOW WE WERE 
GOING TO DO IT. 
WE DID NOT KNOW 
HOW WE WOULD 
PLAN A. I DON'T 
KNOW HOW WE DID 
IT. 
WHY ARE WE IN 
WASHINGTON? 
TRUMP IS ONE OF 
THE LEADING 
MINDS OF OUR 
NATION. 
DR. MICHAEL ERIC 
DYSON TOLD ME 
THAT YOU HAVE TO 
UNDERSTAND, 
UNTIL YOU HAVE 
FEDERAL 
LEGISLATION, 
EVERY STATE WILL 
DO WHAT IT WANTS 
TO DO. 
NOW, WE NEED TO 
PASS THE ACTION 
INTO SENATE. 
WE NEED MITCH 
McCONNELL AND 
THE U.S. SENATE 
TO MEET WITH THE 
GEORGE FLOYD, 
AND WE WILL MEET 
THEM AT THE 
POLLS IN 
NOVEMBER WHETHER 
WE'VE GOT THE 
MAIL IN, WALKING 
IN, CRAWLING IN, 
WE WANT OUR 
BILLS PASSED. 
SEVERAL WEEKS 
AGO -- CONGRESS 
-- MAKING THE 
TRANSITION -- 
LAST TIME I WAS 
HERE -- HE END 
REVEREND 
WILLIAMS AND 
AMELIA BOYNTON 
WERE SITTING ON 
THE EDMUND 
PETTIS BRIDGE, 
CHITCHATTING. 
THAT BREAK 
LASTED UNTIL 
2000. 
WHEN WE COME TO 
WASHINGTON, 
SAYING HOW DO 
YOU MEMORIALIZE 
JOHN LEWIS, AND 
ALLOW THE 
BUILDING THAT HE 
STOOD FOR US, TO 
DIE, WE WANT FOR 
JOHN LEWIS, 
VOTING RIGHTS. 
WITHOUT 
LEGISLATION, 
THERE WOULD NOT 
BE A CHANGE. 
WE DID NOT COME 
OUT TO FEED 
BECAUSE WE HAD 
NOTHING TO DO. 
WE COME TO LET 
YOU KNOW THAT WE 
WILL COME ON BY 
THE NUMBERS AND 
THE HEAT, AND 
SAY THAT WE WILL 
STAND AND THE 
POLLS ALL YEAR 
LONG. 
IT KEEPS TELLING 
ME ABOUT BLACK 
PARENTS HAVE TO 
HAVE CONSERVATION
. HOW IT HAS 
BEEN EXPLAINED 
-- DON'T REACH 
FOR THE GLOVE 
DEPARTMENT. 
WE HAVE HAD THE 
CONVERSATION FOR 
DECADES. 
IT IS TIME FOR A 
CONVERSATION FOR 
AMERICA.
IT IS NO PROBLEM 
FOR THEM TO 
SHOOT US IN THE 
BACK. 
YOU ACT LIKE IT 
IS NO TROUBLE TO 
PUT A CHOKEHOLD 
ON US. 
SCREAMING I CAN 
BREATHE, 11 
TIMES. 
PULLING A MAN 
DOWN ON ON THE 
GROUND -- UNTIL 
THEY SQUEEZE THE 
LIFE OUT OF YOU. 
IT IS TIME FOR A 
CONVERSATION. 
I WONDERED WHY. 
WHY DID THEY 
HAVE TO MARCH? 
AT LINCOLN'S 
MEMORIAL? 
WHY DID THEY NOT 
GO TO THE 
JEFFERSON 
MEMORIAL? 
WHY DID THEY NOT 
GO TO THE 
WASHINGTON 
MONUMENT? 
YOU HAVE TO 
UNDERSTAND, 100 
YEARS BEFORE 1963
WAS 1863. 
1863. 
THAT WAS WHEN 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 
SIGNED THE 
EMANCIPATION 
PROCLAMATION. 
THEY PROMISED US 
FULL CITIZENSHIP 
IF WE FIGHT TO 
SAVE THE UNION. 
HE PROMISED 40 
ACRES AND A 
MULE. 
WE NEVER GOT 
FULL CITIZENSHIP.
WE NEVER GOT THE 
REPARATIONS. 
THE PROMISE HAS 
BEEN BROKEN, AND,
WE CAME LIKE DR. 
KING CAME 57 
YEARS AGO SAYING 
THAT WE ARE 
TITLE BROKEN 
PROMISES. 
SOME SAY TO ME 
-- REVEREND AL, 
ALL OF THE 
FAMILIES HAVE 
DENOUNCED 
LOOTING. 
BUT WE HAVE NOT 
HEARD, IS YOU 
DENOUNCE 
SHOOTING. 
WE WILL SPEAK 
AGAINST THE 
LOOTING. 
WHEN WILL YOU 
SPEAK AGAINST 
IRAN POLICE 
SHOOTINGS? 
I REMEMBER -- 
THE REVEREND 
SAID AND SPOKE 
TODAY -- SAT US 
DOWN, AND SAID 
THAT AFTER THE 
MONTGOMERY 
BOYCOTTS, AND -- 
THE GOVERNOR OF 
GEORGIA, AND 
THAT MOVEMENT, 
AND ALBANY THAT 
HAD BEEN TREATED 
WITH A CERTAIN 
KIND OF 
KINDNESS. 
THEY SAID THAT 
THEY WANTED TO 
FIND SOMEONE 
THAT WOULD 
DEMONSTRATE THE 
RAW DISREGARD 
FOR RAISA, AND 
AS THEY DID, 
THEY WENT AND 
THEY WENT ALL 
OVER THE SOUTH. 
THEY TOLD HIM TO 
COME TO 
BIRMINGHAM. 
BECAUSE THERE 
WAS A POLICE 
CHIEF THERE 
NAMED ROY CONNOR.
ROY CONNOR WOULD 
ACT AN 
INSENSITIVE 
INVERT AWAY. 
IN 1963 AND 1964,
THEY FIVE. 
HERE WE ARE AT 
2020. 
WE HAVE GONE FROM
A MEAN-SPIRITED 
SHERIFF, TO A 
MEAN-SPIRITED 
PRESIDENT. 
WE DO NOT WANT 
TO BE 
DISRESPECTED. 
THIS YOUNG MAN, 
JACOB LIES IN A 
HOSPITAL, AND 
YOU WILL NOT 
CALL HIS NAME. 
HOW TO USE IT 
WHEN BE ON A 
TAILOR'S AND A 
GREAT AND YOU 
WILL NOT CALL 
HER NAME? 
HOW DO YOU SIT 
WHILE ERIC 
GARDNER IS AN A 
GRADE AND YOU 
WILL NOT CALL 
HIS NAME? 
HOW DO YOU SAY? 
GEORGE FLOYD IS 
LAYING IN A GRAVE
, WELL -- LOOKED 
DOWN FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
WE COME TO 
WASHINGTON BY 
THE THOUSANDS. 
WE WILL CALL THEN
NAME, WE ARE 
GOING TO CALL 
THEIR NAMES. 
WE WILL NEVER 
LET AMERICA 
FORGET WHAT YOU 
HAVE DONE. 
CALL THEIR NAMES.
THIS IS THE TIME,
THIS IS THE TIME
, FOR LEGISLATOR 
CHANGE. 
THIS IS THE TIME 
FOR US TO VOTE 
LIKE WE HAVE 
NEVER VOTED 
BEFORE. 
DON'T JUST VOTE 
FOR THE TOP OF 
THE TICKET. 
VOTE ALL THE WAY 
DOWN. 
SCROLL 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. 
OUR PARENTS DIED 
TO GIVE US THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
YOU CAN MESS 
WITH THE MAIL, 
BUT IT IS NOT 
THE SACRIFICE OF 
GOOD MEN GAVE OUR
VOTERS. 
WE DON'T CARE 
HOW LONG THE 
LINES ARE. 
WE DON'T CARE 
WHAT YOU DO. 
IT WILL STOP 
THINGS LIKE 
BREANNA TAYLOR. 
THEY SAY -- WHEN 
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN 
WAS ACQUITTED 
FOR THE MURDER --
WHEN HE WAS 
ACQUITTED FOR 
THE MURDER OF 
TREY VAUGHN 
MARTIN -- THREE 
YOUNG GENIUS 
SISTERS ABOUT 
THE SLOGAN BLACK 
LIFE MATTER. 
IT RESONATED. 
WHY DID IT 
RESONATE? 
YOU ACTED LIKE 
IT DID NOT 
MATTER. 
EVERYONE HAS NOT 
MATTERED THE 
SAME IN AMERICA. 
THE REASON WHY 
WE HAVE TO SAY 
THAT BLACK LIVES 
MATTER IS 
BECAUSE WE GET 
NO HEALTHCARE. 
WE GET NO 
HEALTHCARE LIKE 
WE DO NOT 
MATTER. 
WE GO TO JAIL 
LONGER FOR THE 
SAME CRIME, LIKE 
WE DON'T MATTER. 
WE GET -- LIKE 
WE DON'T MATTER, 
WE ARE TREATED 
WITH DISRESPECT, 
FOR POLICEMAN 
THAT WE PAY 
THEIR SALARIES 
AND, LIKE WE 
DON'T MATTER. 
WE FIGURED THAT 
WE WOULD LET YOU 
NOW WHETHER WE 
ARE TALL OR 
SHORT, FAT OR 
SKINNY, LIKE 
SKINNED OR DARK 
SKINNED, BLACK, 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER! 
WE WILL NOT STOP 
UNTIL IT MATTERS 
TO EVERYONE.
>>> 1963, DR. 
KING TALKED 
ABOUT HIS DREAM. 
TODAY, WE HEARD 
FROM HIS SON. 
AND THIS -- IS A 
BEAUTIFUL 
GRANDDAUGHTER, 
THEY ARE AND THE 
BLOODLINES, THE 
CHILDREN AND 
GRANDCHILDREN. 
BECOMING THE 
SAME SPIRITUAL 
IMAGE. 
I WANT THIS 
COUNTRY TO NOW, 
EVEN WITH YOUR 
BRUTALITY, YOU 
CANNOT ROB US OF 
OUR DREAM. 
YOU CANNOT ROB 
US OF OUR 
DREAMS. 
WE HAVE ALWAYS 
HAD A DREAM. 
WE ALWAYS HAD 
THAT DREAM OF 
BEING WHAT WE 
ARE NOT ALLOWED 
TO BE. 
WE ARE THE DREAM 
KEEPERS. 
THIS IS WHY WE 
COME BLACK-AND-
WHITE, AND IN 
ALL RACES. 
THIS DREAM IS 
STILL ALIVE, HE 
MIGHT HAVE 
KILLED A DREAMER,
BUT YOU CANNOT 
KILL THE DREAM. 
WE WILL RISE, 
NEVER TO FALL 
AGAIN. 
WE WILL STAND UP
, EVEN WHEN OUR 
LEGS ARE TIRED. 
WE WILL MAKE THE 
DREAM COME TRUE. 
LET ME SAY THIS 
-- LET ME SAY 
THIS --
WE ALL SHOULD 
LEAVE YOUR 
COMMITTED TO 
KEEPING THIS 
DREAM ALIVE. 
I WANT EVERYONE 
THAT WENT TO THE 
WEBSITE, WANTS 
TO HELP US FOR 
ELECTION DAY. 
EARLY VOTING 
STARTS IN TWO 
WEEKS. 
WE WANT TO PUT 
PEOPLE ALL OVER 
THIS COUNTRY. 
THEY WANT TO 
SUPPRESS OUR 
VOTE. 
WE HAVE TO HAVE 
FOOT SOLDIERS 
THAT WILL 
PROTECT THE 
VOTE, AND BE OUT 
THERE. 
I WANT TO SAY, 
YOU COULD'VE 
BEEN SO MUCH 
MORE. 
YOU HAD IDEAS. 
YOU HAD DREAMS. 
NOT ONLY AS A 
RAISE, BUT AS A 
PERSON. 
FROM SOCIETY. 
THE OTHER DAY ON 
YOUR NECK. 
WE COULD HAVE 
HAD DEVELOPED A 
SUCCESSFUL AS 
OTHERS. 
SOCIETY HAD 
THEIR KNEE ON 
HER NECK. 
WE WILL NOT 
SUBMIT ANYMORE. 
WE ARE NOT GOING 
TO TAKE IT. 
WE ARE RISING UP.
IF WE HAVE TO 
VOTE EVERY DAY, 
WE WILL GET THE 
KNEE OFF OF HER 
NECK. 
WE WILL GET YOUR 
KNEE OFF OF OUR 
NECK. 
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
NO JUSTICE, NO 
JUSTICE, NO 
JUSTICE, NO 
JUSTICE. ALL 
RIGHT. 
I WANT TO BRING 
OUT -- I WANT 
YOU TO BACK OUT. 
I WANT YOU TO 
BRING TO MY LEFT,
THE MOTHER OF 
BREANNA TAYLOR.
SAY HER NAME! 
SAY HER NAME! 
SAY HER NAME! 
SAY HER NAME! 
TAMIKA, THE 
MOTHER OF 
BREANNA TAYLOR.
>> THANK YOU FOR 
THE SUPPORT FOR 
BREANNA TAYLOR. 
SECOND, I JUST 
WANT TO -- 
THANKS LOUISVILLE
, MY FAMILY, FOR 
KENNETH WALKER. 
COMING OUT HERE 
AND CONTINUING 
TO SAY THE NAME 
LOUDER. 
WE ARE AT A POINT
WHERE WE CAN 
CHANGE IT, WE 
HAVE TO VOTE. 
YEAH.
ALL RIGHT, WAIT 
A MINUTE -- I 
BROUGHT MR. 
LINCOLN. 
WE ALL STOPPED 
WHEN A MAN WAS 
KILLED WITH AN A 
ON HIS NECK. 
HIS DEATH HAS 
BEEN THE IMPETUS 
OF A GLOBAL 
MOVEMENT. 
I BRING YOU HIS 
BROTHER, THE 
BROTHER OF 
GEORGE FLOYD.
MY SISTER, 
BRIDGET, MY LIFE 
-- KITA. 
MY SISTER, TANYA.
>> OKAY. 
ALL RIGHT. 
>> I AM SO 
OVERWHELMED 
RIGHT NOW WITH 
EVERYONE HERE 
RIGHT NOW. 
NOW -- IT IS 
CRAZY TO SEE 
THIS RIGHT NOW. 
FOR BREANNA, FOR 
JACOB, FOR 
PAMELA TURNER, 
FOR MICHAEL BROWN
, FOR TREY VAUGHN
, AND FOR ANYONE 
ELSE WHO LOST 
THEIR LIVES.
IT HAS NEVER 
BEEN MORE CLEAR 
THAN CHANGE 
RIGHT NOW. 
IT IS HAPPENING 
RIGHT NOW. 
WE ARE DEMANDING 
IT. 
EVERYONE HERE 
HAS MADE A 
COMMITMENT, 
BECAUSE THEY 
WOULD NOT BE OR 
FOR ANY OTHER 
REASON RIGHT 
NOW. 
IT IS ODD. 
I KNOW IT IS HOT.
EVERYBODY OUT 
HERE RIGHT NOW, 
OUR LEADERS -- 
THEY NEED TO 
FOLLOW US WHERE 
WE ARE MARCHING, 
TO ENACT LAWS TO 
PROTECT US.
MY BROTHER 
GEORGE, HIS 
LOOKING TO RIGHT 
NOW AND IS 
THANKFUL FOR 
EVERYTHING THAT 
IS EVERYBODY IS 
DOING RIGHT NOW. 
YOU'RE SHOWING A 
LOT OF EMPATHY. 
I AM ENJOYING 
EVERY LAST 
EDITED. 
IF IT WERE NOT 
FOR YOU ALL, I 
DON'T KNOW WHERE 
I WOULD BE RIGHT 
NOW. 
I HAVE TO 
ADVOCATE FOR 
EVERYONE. 
JACOB BLAKE, HE 
WAS SHOT SEVEN 
TIMES. 
HE HAS KIDS. 
THAT IS PAINFUL.
I WANT YOU GUYS 
TO ASK 
YOURSELVES, HOW 
WILL THE HISTORY 
BOOKS WHENEVER 
YOU? 
WHAT IS YOUR 
LEGACY? 
WITH THE FUTURE 
GENERATIONS 
REMEMBER YOU FOR 
YOUR 
COMPLACENCY? 
YOUR INACTION? 
WILL THEY 
REMEMBER YOU FOR 
EMPATHY, 
LEADERSHIP, 
PASSION? 
MARTIN LUTHER 
KING WAS HERE 57 
YEARS AGO. 
HE TOLD THE 
WORLD HIS DREAMS.
I DON'T THINK 
THAT YOU ALL ARE 
HEARING ME. 
WE HAVE TO DO IT 
TOGETHER. 
WE HAVE TO DO 
TOGETHER. 
FOR GENERATIONS 
TO COME. 
OUR CHILDREN. 
MY BROTHER CANNOT
BE WITH US TODAY.
WE HAVE TO BE 
THE VOICE. 
WE HAVE TO BE THE
CHANGE. 
WE HAVE TO BE IS 
LEGACY. 
THANK YOU.
>>> DON'T GET 
THAT CLOSE. 
DESPITE HER ARMS 
AND SOCIAL 
DISTANCE. 
YOU GUYS ARE TOO 
TIED UP HERE.
A FEW DAYS AGO --
A FEW DAYS AGO --
OKAY. 
ALL RIGHT. 
GOOD.
YOU HAVE THE 
FLOYD -- THE 
FLOYD FAMILY.
>> NOW, A FEW 
DAYS AGO, I GOT 
A CALL THAT I 
HAD TALKED TO 
HER FATHER. 
HIS SON WAS SHOT 
IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
SEVEN TIMES IN 
THE BACK. 
THIS THIS WAS 
WELL HE WAS 
RUNNING INTO HIS 
CAR. 
POLICE HAD HIM 
DETAINED BY THE 
EDGE OF HIS 
TEACHER. 
THERE IS NO 
WEAPON IN HIS 
HAND. 
THERE IS NO 
THREAT. 
THE THREAT TO 
THE POLICEMAN. 
BY LAW, THE 
POLICEMAN SHOULD 
ONLY USE DEADLY 
FORCE WHEN THEY 
ARE IN A LIFE-
THREATENING 
CIRCUMSTANCE. 
WHAT COULD HAVE 
BEEN THE 
CIRCUMSTANCE, 
WHEN A MAN IS 
RUNNING AWAY 
FROM YOU? 
WHAT HAVE GOOD 
BEND THE 
CIRCUMSTANCE 
WHEN A MAN IS 
TRYING TO GET IN 
HIS CAR? 
THEY SAY THEY 
MAY HAVE FOUND A 
KNIFE IN HIS 
CAR. 
WHAT DID THEY 
DO? 
DID THEY EXAMINE 
THE POLICE TO 
SEE IF THEY HAD 
X-RAY VISION TO 
SEE THE CAR DOOR?
WHEN HE SHOT 
HIM, HE DID NOT 
KNOW I WAS IN 
THE CAR. 
WHAT HE KNEW WAS 
THAT A BLACK MAN 
SEEMS TO BE 
EXPENDABLE, AND 
WE HAVE COME TO 
SAY THAT WE ARE 
NO LONGER 
EXPENDABLE. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
DEMAND JUSTICE. 
HIS MOTHER, AND 
FATHER, BOTH 
HERE. 
HIS MOTHER HAS 
HEAT EXHAUSTION, 
AND IS SITTING 
IN A TENT. 
I BRING YOU THE 
FATHER OF THIS 
YOUNG MAN. 
HOME, WE ARE ALL 
RALLYING FOR. 
THIS IS JACOB'S 
DAD. 
HE SAID I WILL 
FIGHT FOR MY 
ASSIGNED, AND I 
WILL FIGHT FOR 
JUSTICE. 
JACOB BLAKE. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
SAYS NAME. 
SAYS NAME. 
SAYS NAME. 
SAY HIS NAME.
THE SISTER WILL 
SPEAK FOR THE 
MOTHER. 
>> AMERICA. 
UNAPOLOGETICALLY, 
I'M HERE TO TELL 
YOU IN FRONT OF 
OUR HOUSE, THAT 
YOU HAVE THE 
RIGHT ONE. 
GOD HAS PREPARED 
ME. 
AMERICA, YOUR 
REALITY IS NOT 
REAL. 
CATERING TO YOUR 
DELUSIONS IS NO 
LONGER AN OPTION.
WE WILL NOT 
PRETEND. 
WILL NOT BE YOUR 
DOS OILS LAST. 
WE WILL NOT BE 
OPPRESSED. 
WE WILL NOT 
DRESS UP THE 
GENOCIDE AND 
COLLEGE POLICE 
BRUTALITY. 
WE WILL ONLY 
PLEDGE 
ALLEGIANCE TO 
THE TRUTH. 
BLACK AMERICA, I 
HOLD YOU 
ACCOUNTABLE. 
YOU MUST FIGHT. 
NOT WITH 
VIOLENCE AND 
CHAOS. 
WITH SELF-LOVE, 
LEARN TO LOVE 
YOURSELF LIKE 
PEOPLE. 
UNIFY. 
ECONOMICS. 
BLACK WOMEN. 
YOU ARE YOUR 
BROTHER'S KEEPER.
I KNOW THAT IS 
FA, BUT, FORGIVE 
HIM, AND HIS.
LET CHILDREN 
READ, LEARN, 
GROW AND LIVE. 
LET THEM 
QUESTION 
EVERYTHING. 
BLACKMAN --  
STANDOUT. 
STANDUP, BLACK 
MAN. 
EDUCATE YOURSELF.
PROTECT THE 
BLACK FAMILY 
UNIT.
>> NO JUSTICE? 
NO JUSTICE? 
NO JUSTICE? 
NO JUSTICE? 
JACOB BLAKE. 
JACOB LAKE. 
JACOB BLAKE. 
JACOB BLAKE. 
THERE ARE TWO 
SYSTEMS OF 
JUSTICE AND THE 
UNITED STATES. 
THERE'S A WHITE 
SYSTEM, THAT IS 
A BLACK SYSTEM. 
THE BLACK SYSTEM 
IS NOT DOING SO 
WELL. 
BUT, LET'S STAND 
UP. 
EVERY BLACK 
PERSON IN THE 
UNITED STATES IS 
GOING TO STAND 
UP. 
WE ARE TIRED. 
I AM TIRED. 
I AM TIRED OF 
SEEING THESE 
BLACK AND BROWN 
PEOPLE SUFFER. 
SYSTEMATIC 
RACISM -- WE 
WILL TALK ABOUT 
IT RIGHT NOW. 
GUILTY. 
GUILTY. 
GUILTY. 
RACISM AGAINST 
ALL OF US, 
GUILTY. 
GUILTY. 
GUILTY. 
GUILTY. 
RACISM AGAINST 
YVONNE MARTIN. 
GUILTY. 
RACISM AGAINST 
GEORGE FLOYD. 
WE FIND THEM 
GUILTY. 
RACISM AGAINST 
JACOB BLAKE? 
GUILTY. 
WE ARE NOT 
TAKING IT 
ANYMORE. 
I ASK EVERYONE 
TO STAND UP. 
NO JUSTICE. 
NO JUSTICE. 
NO JUSTICE. 
I MET THIS NOW 
SEVEN YEARS OLD. 
HOW DID I KNOW 
THAT I WOULD 
MEET THIS MAN 
AGAIN AND THE 
CIRCUMSTANCES? 
I TRULY DID NOT 
WANT TO SEE ALL 
OF YOU TODAY. 
JUST FOR THESE 
REASONS. 
MY FATHER WAS IN 
TOWN FOR 1 MARCH.
THE FIRST MARCH 
ON DC. 
I HAVE A DUTY. I 
HAVE A DUTY TO 
SUPPORT AND 
UNDERSTAND EACH 
AND EVERYONE IN 
THIS CROWD. 
I LOVE YOU. 
IF NOBODY TOLD 
YOU TODAY, BIG 
JAKE LOVES YOU. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
STAND UP, BABY. 
WE WILL SET UP 
TOGETHER. 
I NEED YOUR 
STRENGTH. 
BIG DADDY'S LEGS 
AREN'T THAT GOOD 
ANYMORE. 
I NEED YOUR 
STRENGTH! 
NO JUSTICE. 
NO JUSTICE. 
NO JUSTICE. 
I LOVE YOU ALL.
I WANT TO BRING 
THE ATTORNEY 
THAT REPRESENTS 
THESE FAMILIES. 
REPRESENTING THE 
MANY FAMILIES 
HERE, I THINK 
THAT WE SHOULD 
TAKE A MOMENT 
BEFORE WE MARCH 
THE MEMORIAL. 
GOOD AFTERNOON, 
DC. 
I REPRESENT THE 
ACEVEDO FAMILY, 
WHO WAS KILLED, 
BEFORE GEORGE 
FLOYD, GOING FOR 
10 MINUTES -- I 
ALSO REPRESENT 
THE FAMILY OF 
JACOB LAKE. 
HE WAS 
INHUMANELY KILLED
-- NEARLY 
KILLED. 
HE WAS SHOT. 
SEVEN TIMES. 
HE LIVES TODAY. 
THANK YOU FOR 
HAVING THIS 
EVENT HERE TODAY.
WE ARE TIRED OF 
TALKING. 
WE ARE TIRED OF 
PLAYING GAMES. 
2020 IS THE YEAR 
WHERE AMERICA 
WILL BE PUT ON 
TIMEOUT. 
WE THINK THE 
MILWAUKEE BUCKS. 
WITH ALL THE NBA 
TEAMS, WHO 
SACRIFICED THEIR 
GAME FOR THE 
SPECIAL CAUSE, 
WE THINK MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL. 
ALL OF THE 
ACTORS AND 
ENTERTAINERS. 
ALL THE 
CELEBRITIES 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, THEY 
UTILIZE THEIR 
PLATFORM FOR 
JUSTICE. 
TODAY, I JUST 
WANT TO LET YOU 
KNOW, THIS IS 
THE LAST SEASON 
OF THE POLICE 
VERSION OF HOW 
TO GET AWAY WITH 
MURDER. 
WE KNOW YOUR 
PLAYBOOK. 
WE KNOW YOUR 
PLACE. 
IT IS STEP ONE --
CLAIM THAT YOU 
ARE IN FEAR, 
FIND AN OBJECT 
-- SO THAT YOU 
CAN JUSTIFY 
KILLING A BLACK 
OR BROWN PERSON. 
STEP TWO, 
ASSASSINATE THE 
BLACK OR BROWN 
PERSON, AND 
SENSORY, 
ASSASSINATE HIS 
CHARACTER. 
THEN, YOU GET TO 
STEP FOUR. 
DELAY THE 
INVESTIGATION. 
YOU HAVE THE 
VIDEO THAT TAKES 
20 SECONDS TO 
WATCH BUT YOU 
TAKE SIX MONTHS 
TO SAY YOU ARE 
INVESTIGATING. 
YOU CAUSE AN 
UPROAR IN OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
YOUR ATTACKER 
PROTESTERS THAT 
ARE GATHERING 
PEACEFULLY. 
YOU TEARGAS 
AGAINST THEM. 
I WANT TO LET 
YOU KNOW, WE ARE 
HERE TODAY 
BECAUSE THE GAME 
IS OVER. 
THIS TIME OUT IS 
NOT IN VAIN. 
WE KNOW YOUR 
PLAY. 
IT IS OVER. 
IT IS TRAINING 
DAY FOR POLICE 
OFFICERS AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCIES AROUND 
THE COUNTRY. 
IT IS TRAINING 
DAY. 
IF YOU DO NOT 
TRAIN YOUR 
OFFICES ON 
STANDARD 
OPERATING 
PROCEDURES AND 
GIVE THEM RACIAL 
BIAS TRAINING, 
THEN, WE WILL 
HOLD YOU 
ACCOUNTABLE, 
I'LL LET YOU 
KNOW RIGHT NOW 
IT WILL NOT BE 
CHEAP, BLACK 
LIVES MATTER. 
I WANT TO THANK 
YOU RIGHT NOW, 
ALL ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
THANK YOU FOR 
STANDING UP FOR 
JUSTICE AND 
STANDING UP FOR 
THIS VERY 
IMPORTANT CAUSE. 
THE TIME IS NOW. 
TAKE CHANGE, WE 
WILL NOT STOP 
UNTIL WE GET IT. 
WE WILL SHUT IT 
DOWN IF WE DON'T 
GET IT. 
IF WE DON'T GET 
IT, THEN, IF WE 
DON'T GET IT -- 
THANK YOU. 
NOW, I'M GOING 
TO BRING UP THE 
FAMILY OF JOY 
ACEVEDO. 
ANOTHER CASE 
WHERE AN OFFICER 
STRANGLED AN 
INNOCENT MAN FOR 
10 MINUTES.
>> WE NEED TO BE 
FREE. 
WE ARE A FREE 
PEOPLE. 
I WANT TO LET 
EVERYONE KNOW, 
TO LET THE 
GOVERNMENTS KNOW 
AS WELL, THAT WE 
HAVE RIGHTS, AND 
IF THERE'S NOT 
GOING TO BE NO 
JUSTICE, THEN 
THERE WILL BE NO 
PEACE. 
I KNOW THAT THIS 
IS WHAT GOD 
WANTS OUR 
BROTHERS AND 
SISTERS TO BUILD 
UNITY WITH 
HISPANICS, I 
HAVE A DIFFERENT 
NATIONALITY, IS 
STANDING FOR 
RAISE -- ACEVEDO 
DID NOT DESERVE 
TO DIE. 
HE WAS MY SON. 
HE WAS INVITED 
TO A POLICE 
PARTY, WHERE 
THERE WERE A LOT 
OF DRUGS AND 
ALCOHOL. 
THEY SHOT HIM, 
AND CHOKED HIM 
FOR 10 MINUTES. 
HE ALLOWED US TO 
COMPLEXES THAT 
THEY WANT TO USE 
AS WITNESSES --
MR. PETERSON, I 
WILL TELL YOU 
RIGHT NOW, 
AMERICA, WAKE 
UP. 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
GET A RUDE 
AWAKENING. 
IN THE NAME OF 
JESUS CHRIST -- 
WE STAND FOR 
WHAT IS RIGHT. 
THANK YOU, I 
LOVE YOU ALL.
>> THE FAMILY 
MEMBERS ARE 
COMING FORWARD, 
AND PREPARED TO 
MARCH THROUGH 
THE MEMORIAL. 
ATHLETES HAVE 
STOOD FOR 
JUSTICE, AND 
SAID, I AM 
COMING -- AND 
FOR THE FAMILY.
AFTER THE DEATH 
OF FREDDIE GRAY, 
MY SON OF THE 
TIME IS 15 YEARS 
OLD. 
ALL I REMEMBER 
WAS SEEING MY 
SONS EYES AND 
FREDDIE'S EYES. 
I WENT TO THE 
PIANO, AND WROTE 
A SONG. 
NOT JUST FOR MY 
SON, BUT FOR 
EVERY SON. 
EVERY DOLLAR 
THAT IS 
REPRESENTATIVE. 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER. 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER. 
BLACK LIVES 
MATTER.
OUR CHILDREN  
♪ WITH CHILDREN.
OH, CHILDREN ♪
JESUS LOVES THE 
LITTLE, THE 
LITTLE CHILDREN 
♪  ALL THE 
CHILDREN OF THE 
WORLD  
♪ HIS CHILDREN, 
HER CHILDREN, 
YOUR CHILDREN, 
OUR CHILDREN ♪  
♪ JESUS LOVES 
THE LITTLE 
CHILDREN ♪  
♪ ALL THE 
CHILDREN OF THE 
WORLD ♪  
♪ IT'S THE 
RIGHT, WE HAVE A 
RIGHT TO LIVE ♪ 
♪ TRADE OUR 
TEARS, TRADE OUR 
TEARS FOR 
LAUGHTER ♪  ♪ 
BECAUSE IN ONE 
MOMENT, ONE 
MOMENT, ONE 
MOMENT, DREAMS 
ARE SHATTERED ♪ 
♪ OUR SONS AND 
DAUGHTERS, THEY 
MATTER ♪  
♪ YES, THEY DO 
♪  
♪ BECAUSE 
BLACK, BLACK 
LIVES, BLACK 
LIVES MATTER ♪  
♪ OH ♪
♪ SO TOMORROW, 
I HOPE TO SEE  
♪ MY SON'S EYES 
LOOKING BACK AT 
ME ♪  
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪  
[ APPLAUSE ]  
>> B.B. 
WINAN.  
>>> I'M ATTORNEY 
CHRIS STEWART 
WITH JUSTIN 
MILLER. 
AND BRING YOU 
THE WORD. 
AND THANKS FOR 
THE SUPPORT YOU 
GIVE US. 
ON BEHALF OF 
GIANNA FLOYD, 
THE DAUGHTER OF 
GEORGE FLOYD. 
ON BEHALF OF 
TAMIKA BROOKS IN 
THE CROWD. 
WALTER STERLING, 
AND ALL THE 
OTHER NAMES, 
THIS IS BECAUSE 
OF THE COMMUNITY 
HERE. 
BECAUSE OF REV, 
BECAUSE OF LEE 
MERIT. 
BECAUSE OF BEN 
CRUMP. 
BECAUSE OF ALL 
THE PEOPLE 
STANDING UP AND 
FIGHTING. 
57 YEARS AGO, WE 
WERE STANDING 
RIGHT HERE, 
TRYING TO FIGHT 
POVERTY AND 
OPPRESSION.  
THAT ILLNESS HAS 
NOT CHANGED. 
THERE HAS BEEN 
NO VEHICLE SEEN 
FOR RACISM. 
THERE HAS BEEN 
NO QUARANTINE 
FOR POLICE 
BRUTALITY. 
AND THAT'S WHAT 
WE'RE HERE FOR 
TODAY. 
BECAUSE WE'RE 
ALL THE CURE. 
ALL OF THESE 
FAMILIES UP 
HERE, THEIR 
CHILDREN ARE NOT 
VICTIMS. 
THEY'RE THE
VACCINE.
THANK YOU FOR 
YOUR SUPPORT. 
CONTINUE TO 
FIGHT, BECAUSE 
WITHOUT YOU, 
WE'RE NOTHING.   
>> LET US HEAR. 
ATTORNEY MERIT 
IS BRINGING THE 
MOTHER, THE 
SISTER OF BOTHAM 
JEAN, KILLED BY 
POLICEWOMAN WHO 
SAID SHE THOUGHT 
IT WAS HER 
HOUSE.  
LET US HEAR FROM 
THIS SISTER.   
>> HELLO, 
EVERYONE. 
MY NAME IS ALISA 
FINDLEY.  
AT FIRST, I WANT 
TO THANK THE 
NATIONAL ACTION 
NETWORK.  
I WOULD LIKE TO 
THANK THE 
NATIONAL ACTION 
NETWORK, 
REVEREND AL 
SHARPTON AND 
MARTIN LUTHER 
KING III FOR 
ORGANIZING AND 
CONVENING THIS 
MARCH. 
BOTHAM JEAN IS 
MY BROTHER. 
SEPTEMBER 6th 
MARKS TWO YEARS 
SINCE I LAST 
HEARD HIS VOICE, 
HEARD HIS LAUGH, 
TWO YEARS SINCE 
MY FAMILY HAS 
FELT WHOLE.  
BECAUSE 
SEPTEMBER 6 WILL 
BE TWO YEARS 
SINCE AMBER 
GUYGER SHOT MY 
BROTHER THROUGH 
HIS HEART. 
BOTHAM DIED 
WHILE SITTING AT 
HIS HOME, EATING 
ICE CREAM AND 
WATCHING 
FOOTBALL.  
HE WAS MINDING 
HIS OWN 
BUSINESS.  
SINCE THEN, I 
HAVE BEEN ON 
MISSION TO SEEK 
REFORM THROUGH 
THE SEVERELY 
BROKEN JUSTICE 
SYSTEM. 
BECAUSE BOTHAM 
WOULD STILL BE 
ALIVE TODAY.  
INSTEAD, WE ARE 
NINE DAYS AWAY 
FROM THE SECOND 
ANNIVERSARY OF 
HIS MURDER.  
TWO YEARS OF 
SAYING HIS NAME. 
AND ANTOINE 
ROSE'S NAME. 
10 YEARS OF 
SEEKING JUSTICE 
FOR D.J. 
HENRY. 
FOUR YEARS OF 
SAYING TERRENCE 
CRUTCH'S NAME, 
SAYING CHANTELLE 
DAVIS, DEL RON 
SMALL, SANDRA 
BRAND, TATIANA 
JEFFERSON AND SO 
MANY OTHERS.  
I AM TIRED OF 
LEARNING NEW 
NAMES, ADDING 
NEW HASHTAGS TO 
AN ALREADY LONG 
LIST OF VICTIMS 
OF POLICE 
TERROR.  
WE CANNOT ALLOW 
OUR BROTHERS AND 
SISTERS TO ONLY 
BE REMEMBERED 
FOR HOW THEY 
DIED. 
WE NEED TO 
CONTINUE TO PUSH 
FOR CHANGE SO 
THAT THEIR LIVES 
WERE NOT TAKEN 
IN VAIN.  
WE ARE ALL IN 
THIS TOGETHER.  
WE ARE OUR 
BROTHERS' AND 
SISTERS' KEEPER. 
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]  
>>> THE MOTHER 
OF AHMAUD 
ARBERY. 
YOUNG MAN 
JOGGING. 
SHOT DOWN IN 
COLD BLOOD.  
IN GEORGIA 
BRUNSWICK, 
GEORGIA. 
GIVE WANDA A BIG 
HAND.   
>> I STAND 
BEFORE YOU, AS 
THE 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 
HUGE MOVEMENT.   
>> I DO BELIEVE 
IF WE CONTINUE 
TO STAND AND 
FIGHT TOGETHER, 
THAT WE WILL GET 
CHANGE. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> SADLY, WHEN 
WE HAVE THESE 
TYPE OF TRAGIC 
EVENTS, FAR TOO 
OFTEN.  
BUT I WANT EACH 
OF YOU TO PLEASE 
DON'T FORGET 
THEIR NAMES.  
PLEASE LET THEIR 
NAMES LIVE 
FOREVER.  
I. TO SHARE 
THINGS THAT I 
KNOW AHMAUD 
WOULD WANT ME TO 
SHARE WITH YOU 
AS WELL. 
THAT IS, I LOVE 
YOU. 
I LOVE YOU ALL 
FOR STANDING 
WITH US.   
>> WE LOVE YOU. 
>> I ALSO WANT 
YOU GUYS TO HELP 
ME CHANT HIS 
NAME, AND MAYBE 
HE'LL HEAR IT IN 
THE HEAVENS. 
SAY HIS NAME. 
>> AHMAUD 
ARBERY. 
>> SAY HIS NAME. 
>> AHMAUD 
ARBERY. 
>> THANK YOU. 
AND I LOVE YOU.  
>> SAY HIS NAME! 
AHMAUD ARBERY!
AHMAUD ARBERY!
>> LET US HEAR 
FROM THE 
ATTORNEY, LEE 
MERIT.  
BLACK POWER!
I SAID BLACK 
POWER.  
BLACK POWER!
LOOK.
WE CANNOT BE 
AFRAID TO SAY 
BLACK POWER. 
YOU CANNOT SAY 
THAT BLACK LIVES 
MATTER IF YOU 
DON'T BELIEVE IN 
BLACK POWER.  
BLACK POWER.
THE ONLY WAY WE 
STOP THIS FROM 
HAPPENING IS 
WHEN WE BEGIN TO 
EXERCISE OUR OWN 
POWER.  
I'VE BEEN 
HEARING A LOT 
FROM THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION ALL 
WEEK.  
AND THEY KEEP 
TELLING ME THAT 
THIS MAN FREED 
THE SLAVES.  
LET ME TELL YOU 
SOMETHING.  
SLEEP -- LINCOLN 
DIDN'T FREE NO 
SLAVES. 
WE FREED THE 
SLAVES. 
WE FREE 
OURSELVES WHEN 
FEE FIGHT FOR 
OURSELVES.  
WE FIGHT THROUGH 
BLACK POWER. 
BLACK POWER. 
>> BLACK POWER. 
>> SAY THAT 
NAME, TATIANA 
JEFFERSON.  
JAMEL ROBERSON. 
AHMAUD ARBERY. 
BOTHAM JEAN.
OSCAR GRANT.
[ CHANTING ]   
>> SEVILLE 
SMITH.  
DE'ANDRE ARBER.
TERENCE CRUTCHER.
AND SO MANY 
NAMES WE CAN'T 
SAY THEM ALL. 
BUT LISTEN. 
WHEN WE SAY 
BLACK POWER, 
THAT MEANS IT 
ALSO ONE MORE 
TIME SO THEY 
HEAR YOU IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
BLACK POWER.
>> BLACK POWER.  
>> LET US HEAR 
FROM THE FATHER 
OF AHMAUD 
ARBERY.  
>> ONE THING I 
JUST 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 
BEEN LYNCHED BY 
THREE WHITE MEN. 
AND IT'S BEEN A 
HARD ROLE FOR ME 
AND MY FAMILY.  
AND SOMETIMES 
FIND MYSELF 
SAYING I CAN'T 
BELIEVE IT. 
BUT IT'S REAL.
SOMETIMES I'LL 
BE LIKE, WOW.  
PEOPLE GOT TO 
CALL ME. 
AND IT JUST 
AIN'T REAL. 
I CAN'T BELIEVE 
IT. 
I SIT BACK. 
SO ME AND THIS 
FAMILY GOT TO BE 
A VOICE. 
AND 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. 
THANK YOU.
>> CAN WE ALSO 
SAY THE NAME 
TRAY VON MARTIN? 
TRAVON MARTIN?
PLEASE WELCOME
TRAYVON MARTIN'S 
MOTHER.  
OUR HERO, 
SABRINA FULTON. 
AS SHE COMES, 
TRAY VON MARTIN! 
TRAY VON MARTIN!
>> THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU. 
I JUST WANT TO 
SAY, EVEN THOUGH 
WE GOING THROUGH 
A CRISIS. 
EVEN THOUGH IT 
LOOKS DARK. 
I WANT TO TELL 
YOU TO BE 
ENCOURAGED.  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.  
AND LAST BUT NOT 
LEAST, I WANT TO 
LEAVE YOU WITH 
MY FAVORITE 
BIBLE VERSE. 
IT'S PROVERBS 
3:5-6.  AND IT 
SAYS TRUST IN 
THE LORD WITH 
ALL YOUR HEART, 
LEAN NOT INTO 
YOUR OWN 
UNDERSTANDING, 
IN ALL YOUR WAYS 
ACKNOWLEDGE HIM 
AND HE SHALL 
DIRECT YOUR 
PATHS, SO 
REGARDLESS. 
WHAT YOU'RE 
GOING THROUGH, 
TRUST IN GOD.  
HE'S THE ONLY 
THING THAT 
MATTERS.  
STAND UP, PEOPLE.
STAND UP. 
WE WAS BUILT FOR 
THIS.  
KEEP FIGHTING. 
>> AMEN. 
>> TRAYVON
MARTIN!
TRAYVON MARTIN! 
>> TRAYVON 
MARTIN! 
>> LET'S GIVE A 
ROUND OF 
APPLAUSE TO 
SYBRINA FULTON.  
ALL OF THESE 
FAMILIES.  
FOR THEIR 
STRENGTH AND 
THEIR COURAGE.  
ANOTHER BROTHER, 
WHO THE NYPD 
KILLED, ERIC 
GARNER, "I CAN'T 
BREATHE." 
>> I CAN'T 
BREATHE. 
>> I CAN'T 
BREATHE! 
>> I CAN'T 
BREATHE. 
>> I CAN'T 
BREATHE! 
>> I CAN'T 
BREATHE! 
>> WE HAVE NOW 
ERIC GARNER JR. 
AND IF YOU ALL 
WOULD LET HER 
MAKE HER WAY TO 
THE ROSTRUM, 
ERIC GARNER'S 
MOTHER, GWEN 
CAR. 
COME ON, ERIC 
GARNER, JR.  COME
ON, YOU ALL GIVE 
HIM 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 
MAKE A VOTE. 
IT'S POSSIBLE 
FOR A CHANGE. 
WE JUST HAVE TO 
PUT IN THE WORK. 
GO OUT AND FIND 
OUT WHAT WE HAVE 
TO DO AND WHAT 
PEOPLE WE HAVE 
TO VOTE IN TO 
MAKE A CHANGE.  
WE ARE HERE TO 
MARCH 
PEACEFULLY.  
I DON'T WANT TO 
SEE NO LOOTING. 
I DON'T WANT TO 
SEE NO NOTHING. 
JUST MARCH 
PEACEFULLY. 
I'M ERIC GARNER, 
JR.  THAT'S MY
MESSAGE.
>> WE HAVE THE 
MOTHER OF OSCAR 
GRANT, LADIES 
AND GENTLEMEN.  
JUST A WORD, 
QUICKLY PLEASE.  
RHONDA JOHNSON, 
LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN.  
RHONDA JOHNSON.
>> GOOD 
AFTERNOON.  
I WANT YOU TO 
KNOW THAT THIS 
RACE IS NOT 
GIVEN TO THE 
SWIFT NOR TO THE 
STRONG, BUT TO 
THE ONE WHO 
ENDURES.  
AND WE ARE A 
FIGHTING PEOPLE. 
MICAH SAYS, 
MICAH 6:8 SAYS 
WHAT DOES THE 
LORD REQUIRE OF 
YOU? 
TO WALK HUMBLY 
AND JUSTFULLY. 
AND WHEN WE 
THINK ABOUT 
JUSTICE, WE 
THINK OF 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, WE 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 MY 
MY BROTHER, 
STEVEN JOHNSON 
AND WE ARE HERE 
TO FIGHT TO THE 
END. 
BECAUSE WE KNOW. 
WE KNOW FROM 
OSCAR'S CASE, 
ONLY 11 MONTHS 
IN THE COUNTY 
JAIL.  
WHERE IS THE 
JUSTICE? 
WHERE IS THE 
JUSTICE?  
WE LOOK AT 
LIBERTY. 
AND LIBERTY IS 
IN BALANCE. 
AND UNTIL WE AS 
A PEOPLE BEGIN 
TO FIGHT LIKE WE 
ARE FIGHTING ON 
TODAY, LIKE 
MARTIN LUTHER 
KING HAD THAT 
DREAM. 
AND SO WE MUST 
HAVE THE DREAM, 
THAT WE'RE GOING 
TO SEE EQUALITY 
OF ALL PEOPLE.  
I AM OSCAR 
GRANT.   
>> OSCAR GRANT. 
>> SAY HIS NAME. 
>> OSCAR GRANT. 
>> SAY HIS NAME. 
>> OSCAR GRANT. 
>> LOUDER, SAY 
HIS NAME! 
>> OSCAR GRANT. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
WE LOVE YOU ALL. 
>> WHOO!  
>> WE GOT A 
COUPLE MORE. 
OUT OF RESPECT, 
WE JUST NEED 
EVERYONE TO 
BRING VERY BRIEF 
GREETINGS, SO WE 
CAN LINE UP TO 
MARCH.  
THE MOTHER OF 
DON TRAY 
HAMILTON.  
>> THE PEOPLE 
HAVE THE POWER. 
WE WILL SHOW UP 
ON NOVEMBER 
3rd TO TAKE OUR 
COUNTRY BACK.  
NOVEMBER 3rd TO 
TAKE OUR FAMILY 
BACK.  
I AM DONTRE 
HAMILTON'S 
MOTHER.  
HE WAS SHOT 14 
TIMES. 
FOR SLEEPING IN 
A PARK.  
I WILL NEVER 
STOP FIGHTING 
FOR YOU!  
LET'S FIGHT
TOGETHER.
VOTE!
>> SISTERS AND 
BROTHERS. 
>> MY 
GRANDMOTHER IS 
HERE. 
>> WHERE IS SHE? 
>> SISTERS AND 
BROTHERS, LET ME 
JUST SAY THIS.  
THE PROBLEM IS, 
THE POLICE HAVE 
KILLED SO MANY 
OF US, THERE'S 
NOT EVEN ENOUGH 
TIME FOR US TO 
HEAR FROM EVERY 
FAMILY.  
BUT I'M GOING TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE THE 
FAMILIES THAT 
ARE AROUND ME, 
JUST ACKNOWLEDGE 
WHO IS HERE.  
THE FAMILY OF 
STEPHON CLARK IS 
HERE.  
HOLD YOUR FIST 
UP, BROTHER.  
THE FAMILY OF 
MICHAEL BROWN IS 
HERE. 
THERE'S LESLIE. 
COME STAND NEXT 
TO ME. 
SO PEOPLE CAN 
SEE YOU. 
THE FAMILY OF 
SEVILLE CLARK -- 
SEVILLE SMITH. 
I'M SORRY.
THE FAMILY 
TERRENCE 
CRUTCHINS, TWIN 
SISTER IS HERE.  
WHO AM I LEAVING 
OUT?  
>> DAVID JONES.  
>> DAVID JONES 
IS HERE.  
>> STAND UP IN 
THERE. 
>> AM I LEAVING 
ANYBODY OUT? 
>> STAND UP, 
JAMEEL. 
>> WHO? 
>> PHILLIP PINEL.
THE FAMILY OF 
PHILLIP PINEL.  
ANTOINE ROSE.
>> MONTEZ 
HAMRON.  
ARE YOU HIS 
MOTHER? 
THE MOTHER OF 
MONTEZ HAMRON. 
LOOK.
EMMANUEL LEE. 
YOU SEE ALL THE 
NAMES.  
THAT ARE BEING 
CALLED.  
WE WANT TO PRAY 
FOR ALL OF THESE 
FAMILIES.   
>> PAMELA 
TURNER. 
>> TAMIR RICE. 
>> PLEASE.
NILES ARRINGTON. 
PLEASE FOLLOW 
THE INSTRUCTION 
OF THE MARSHALS 
AND BEGIN TO 
LINEUP TO MY 
RIGHT AS WE 
BEGIN TO MARCH.  
>> WE GOTTA 
MARCH. 
WE GOTTA MARCH.
>> MOVE TO THE 
--  >> YOU'RE ON 
TV, THOUGH.  
[ SIMULTANEOUS 
SPEAKERS ]  >> I 
KNOW. 
YOU'RE ON CAMERA.
OKAY?
ALL RIGHT.
>> LET'S LET 
EVERYBODY, LET'S 
LET EVERYBODY 
LINE UP.  
YOU CAN SEE THE 
CROWDS SHIFTING 
TO THE RIGHT.  
LET'S MAKE WAY 
FOR THESE 
FAMILIES TO LEAD 
THE MARCH. 
>> MAYBE YOU CAN 
JUMP ON THE MIKE 
OVER THERE. 
ALL RIGHT?
>> TONY 
ROBINSON.   
>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW.   
>> WE'VE GOT 
BREAKING NEWS.  
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS, THEY WANT 
TO MAKE SURE 
THEY ARE 
PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN.  
>>> LAW AND 
ORDER.  
FOR MANY PEOPLE, 
IT SOUNDS LIKE 
THIS.  
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪  
BUT IN POLITICS, 
IT MEANS YOU'RE 
TOUGH ON CRIME. 
AND IT GOES WAY 
BACK. 
>> AS FAR AS 
THIS PROBLEM OF 
LAW AND ORDER IS 
CONCERNED. 
I AM FOR LAW AND 
ORDER. 
>> TODAY IT'S 
BECOME ON
