Mae Parker-Harris, a co-organizer for the annual march, noted they have been conducting the marches for some two decades with a specific goal and objective.
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“Ultimately, we can just improve how we treat one another”, Dailey said, “because Martin Luther King fought for equality and housing and how we treated our sisters and brothers, and just for the rights of all persons”.
“It was really Coretta that made me the accidental driver”.
Alexander believes he has benefited from the efforts of Dr. King and others who participated in the Civil Rights Movement, pointing that he was born into segregation in 1960 at a clinic just for blacks.
Lundy says he marches every year with his wife to remind him of that.
And while the African-American struggle is different from transgender struggle, “we must focus on what unites us, not what divides us”, said Jordan, a transgender man.
At the Riverside Church in NY, actors Chris Rock and Michael B. Jordan joined others to perform historic speeches delivered by King and discuss how to continue his legacy.
People learned about the importance of voting but also about sacrifice. Day, to celebrate and honor the courageous civil rights leader who would have been 87 years old today.
“Y’all, we can’t keep being distracted, because if you’re not careful, we’re about to allow a reality show host to bully himself into becoming president of the United States of America”, she said.
Pastor Ronald Boyd says Dr. King has been an inspiration to him his walk in ministry. “More parents should bring their kids out to see this”, resident Verles Page said.
“Marching keeps Dr. King’s Dream alive for generations to come”.
It’s not the first time groups have marched the streets of downtown Roanoke, but this year felt a little bit more like the marches of decades past.
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“He knew that if you tell me where a family lives, I’ll tell what jobs are available to them, where their children go to school, the quality of the air they breathe, I’ll tell you the odds they face”, he added. In St. Paul, protesters want the case of Marcus Golden reopened.
