Washington for the at National Action network is hosting this rally followed by a margin commemoration, the march is called get your knees off my neck, in response to the death of george floyd in minneapolis. Serving as a contributor to , from 1 00pton show to 4 00 monday through friday. Because of her dedication to the activism, and lifetime outside of her career, in 2016 the president barack obama Lifetime Achievement order. At welcome marco host, please welcome our cohost, ebony. Ebony thank you. Before i begin i want to quote some of the words from the late john lewis that he said in 1963. He said my friends, let us not forget that we are involved in a serious social revolution, by and large american politics are dominated by politicians who build their careers on immoral compromises and ally themselves economic, and, social expectation. I will ask the same question that he asked, where is the Political Party that will make it unnecessary us to keep having to march on washington . Speaker is a 2019 graduate from Marjorie Stoneman douglas high school. Was inuary 14, 2018 she a class attacked by gunmen who went on to murder 17 students and staff raid since then she has stepped up to speak out on vocalolence and remains on the gun violence that affects africanamericans daily. Andis a nonprofit organizer cofounder of concerned citizens has not onlythat continue to organize protests, but also has a list of federal demands. Please welcome leah eastman please welcome our next speaker. I am one of the millions of young black women who makes up the back one of the american progressive men. Like too many of us, my journey started by a senseless act of gun violence when a fellow student open fired in my classroom in parkland, florida. As i lay beneath the lifeless body of my classmate, nicholas, to survive, as my screams melted into the cries of the wounded, i was born again with a voice that cannot and will not be muzzled. While the details of my story may be different from other impacted youth, my brush of gun is an experience shared by too many of our generation. Im not the first and my family to be affected by gun violence. My uncle patrick was gun was gunned down in brooklyn at the age of 18, month after being beaten by nypd who deemed his black body in a white neighborhood a threat. Gun violence is pervasive and extends well beyond highprofile mass shootings. Its not inherent or a coincidence. As the result of poor choices made by policymakers that too often have racial undertones associated with appear the flow of guns into already struggling communities is often still attended by white gun store asers who look the other way guns are used to terrorize black communities. It extends beyond the path of a bullet and creates multigenerational cycles of poverty and social and canonic and economic injustice. Law enforcement has failed to prevent the flow of guns into black communities and perpetuated violence in these communities. Gunies show that consistent violence directly results from entrenched disadvantages, economic advantages and racist policymaking. In many ways gun violence is the last domino to fall at the end of a long line of racism, trauma, and indifference. But its not inevitable. Holistic, culturally sensitive and embedded teams can stop violence before it starts. We demand funding for these programs. Shooting from my high school gain worldwide attention but the mass shooting that happened in southeast d. C. , where 17yearold Christopher Brown lost his life and 20 people were wounded got no attention. For blackd equally lives. Its important as i talk about gun violence that i address police violence. We must move it from a punitive to rehabilitative model. There is a need for a National Conversation of Defunding Police departments and refunding communities. We must reallocate those funds and the needs for a comfortable life. We need to eliminate conduct that places suspects in extreme harm once in custody and has been established, officers nationwide lack accountability. For an officer who knows that he can kill an unarmed black man or woman and have paid desk duty as a result is business as usual. We must change reality and empower citizens. Its important that we recognize that the systematic oppression that continues to marginalize our communities is not an accident. America is built on a system thats doing its job. Police violence is gun violence. Gun violence is the leading cause of death for black youth we demand to live in. In peace. We demand to live in places where the best of black culture can survive. For black women are Business Executives and Vice President s. Where trends sit trans sisters and brothers dont fear being themselves. Realizedam cannot be until we have this dream cannot be realized until we have a federal government that has our best interest at heart. We are removing barriers to cast a ballot, making vote by mail available to all and restored the Voting Rights of americans who have paid their debt to society. We have so much good trouble to get into. I want to thank Community Organizers, especially rev. Al sharpton and Martin Luther king the third for the work that they do. Not just today but every day in giving us a place at the table. As i returned from louisville yesterday, where Breonna Taylor was killed, its clear that black women are unprotected. As i stand here in pain from the aftermath of tear gas and rubber bullets, black women are still the backbone of this movement. I am an executive Council Member of and cofounder of concerned citizens d. C. , thank you. [applause] our next speakers is marcus w king, the president of teamsters local three ferdie one in new jersey, a secondgeneration teamster, he has been a member since 1983 after he was asked to join the International Brotherhood of teamsters as a field representatives, one of 331,ssignments was local they asked him to stay on and he was successful in being elected president in 2009, reelected in 2012, 2015, and 2018. He has served on the ups Negotiation Committee for the philadelphia metro area. Please welcome marcus w king. Marcus good morning. Thank you rev. Al sharpton, Martin Luther king jr. Iii and then National Action network for assembling us today. This is an awesome event. Good morning. I bring you greetings on behalf , ther general president Teamsters Union has a long history of standing not only for americansut for those been discriminated against overlong. For 57 years after the first march on washington, the teamsters against and with you proud to reaffirm our support for racial and economic equality in this country. The teamsters brothers and sisters, black, white, men, women, all stood with dr. Martin luther king jr. To fight for justice. Now we must finish the fight. Fight. Finish this forust complete the mission genuine equality. There are forces out there working against us to dismantle. He union and labor laws they have circumvented civil theys laws in our courts, have tried to block our wagerpetuating minimum standards that no one can survive on. They are even going after labor unions. They have tried to strip away the voice to protect workers as we write for fair wages, equal pay, Good Health Care and a decent pension for retirement. Now they are trying to separate gapican labor by putting a between the haves and the havenots. As he gets wider and wider. Just look at what jeff bezos made this year. Brothers and sisters, its time for action. Words are not enough. We will not be ignored any one we will ask congress to pass the george floyd act. Lewisl lobby the john r Voting Rights act, but most important, number three, we must vote. We musting november vote. We have to tell the country to take the knee off of our next. For those can no longer be with us. Make your voice count. Floyd, ahmad taylor Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, jacob blake. Do it for my friends or do it for you. Make your voice count, make it a better place for us and our children. Black lives matter because our lives matter. Stay safe. God bless you. Everyone in the movement, teamster strong. Thank you. [applause] next we have allen, who coauthored the nations first gay rights bill in 1970 and ,erved as its chief lobbyist and he formed the city ocratic club, and lg tv Q Organization and he currently serves as secretary of the Civil Rights Museum built in Harlem New York harlem, new york, under the leadership of rev. Al sharpton read lets give him applause. [applause] i am here to tell everybody that the lesbian gay Bisexual Transgender Community is part of this struggle. We join with black lives matter. We march with you. We get arrested and we get brutalized in support. After all the Gay Rights Movement was formed because of brutality of the police in a bar known as stonewall. Isil the black community until policeequal, harassment, belittlement, end, wes, and killings will stand united. We are all one. We want you to know that we will continue demonstrating. We will continue marching. We will continue to protest. Will continue to step upset the power structure. We will continue to risk the risks. We will continue to be arrested. We will be proud of this moment and did all of the demonstrations that protest in ,ew york and across the country you can see our rainbow flags matter. Ers, black lives its one of the most important organizations. At one of the most important movements in this country and history. I thank you all, i think rev. Al sharpton and the National Action network for putting this together and being such a good gtb community. Lt outther in victory, vote the racist in the white house and the total administration and its supporters. Thank you. [applause] our next black lives matter protester and lead organizer of to standfrom milwaukee in solidarity with the National March on washington, please welcome frank. I am here with fellow activist, we took a 750 mile track across the country to get here. I will let frank speak on the journeys and what we faced during this journey. But i would like to thank our facebook friends, our photographers, our videographers , the marchers who march with us, the caravan and the medic cruise who came with us. I love you and god bless you. Outow are you all doing there . They only gave me two minutes so im not in a talk about my journey but what i came here to about. Getctivists, we need to organized. Every three month when a black person is killed, that cant be the only time we find out about black people getting killed by the police. We need to get organized as a nation so that we can call in each other when we need help. We need to demand change, not ask for change. They think this is a negotiation. Change. Ere to demand im tired . Are you tired . Im tired . We are marching for the same stuff my granddaddy marched for. This is a revolution. We just marched from milwaukee, wisconsin, for 24 days, because we are not stopping until we get change. All of you came today, i know you have been marching in your cities, dont stop marching. We have to organize and come together. Having our kids marching, this is it. We have been marching for the same stuff for 60 years lack people should not be marching the same stuff Martin Luther king was marching for. Im tired. Im tired of asking for justice. I wanted to stop. We dont want justice, thats what racist police due to us prewe need them out of the police. Thats what the police do to us, we need them out of the police. Us,ybody chastised everybody had shotguns, everybody who messed with us had trump signs, trump 2020. They take the administration and hide behind it. We have to vote. If you are an activist, its time. Its the revolution. This is the revolution. [applause] our next speaker is the executive director of the black economic alliance, the nations only coalition of Business Leaders and advocates committed to economic progress and prosperity in the black community with a specific focus on work, wages, and wealth. And localthe State Government Relations Team at j. P. Morgan chase. He has a graduate of Howard University school of law where he was editor of a law review. And the university of Albany State University new york of new york and he sits on the board of the National Urban league. Please welcome david clooney. David i am david clooney. I lead the black economic alliance, group of black Business Leaders and allies dedicated to improving work, wages, and wealth for black people. We know that the 1963 march on washington was a march for jobs and freedom. The wealth gap between blackandwhite americans has not changed significantly in 50 years. By some measures its even wider. Point, it maya have taken 400 years plus eight minutes and 46 seconds to get here but there is increasing racismtion that systemic continues to oppress black people in every part of American Life reads the what do we do with this moment . We need to continue to fight for social justice. But we need to fight for economic justice. We need to fight for better work, wages, and wealth for black people. Thats skills training for the future of work, closing the blackwhite pay gap and building generational wealth for black families. We absolutely have to vote. Congress has passed the john lewis Voting Rights act to ensure free and fair elections. E have to show up and vote over 40 states will allow early voting this year. Your voten, make sure is counted before election day. We owe it to the civilrights giants who marched, bled, and died for us. Whowe it to the families have suffered from institutional racism, we owe it to america to keep our promise to all of us. Im so inspired by the demand we justice that emanating have to march in congress, corporate board, and with our vote. So we can finally achieve social and economic justice. Coming to this stage is portia taylor, the founder of black girls rise, a magazine and Community Launch as a place for women of color who ride, which has grown to include all women, what inspired her to launch black girls ride was the lack of representation that she saw when she started riding, especially longdistance. Not at the hottest parties or occupying the gym, she can be found on her bike and always living her best life. Please welcome portia taylor. Good afternoon. I am portia taylor. I am here as a representative of black girls ride. We are a movement of women passionate about motorsports. Over 100 women road across america to be here today. We are our ancestors wildest dreams. Women of color on the ground traveling across the land of the free. We are your mothers, your grandmothers, your aunts, your sisters, and your daughters. Beach,e started in long california, as we went through texas i thought about sandra bland and how a traffic stop ended in her death. We witnessed George Floyds death, the heartbreaking death of Breonna Taylor as she slept in her home. Less than a week ago jacob blake was shot in the back and paralyzed. With each act of senseless violence we feel a stirring in our souls. When a call to march was issued we knew it was time to mount up. We packed up our bikes and road thousands of miles in protest against Police Brutality. We ride unapologetically for back black lives. We support those on the front lines and we ensure the freedom of our future leaders. We have come a long way but our journey is not over. Ridevember, black girls will read our engines, we will go to the polls and fill the ballot boxes of these nation that will and choose a leader that will provide the unity our country needs. We invite you to vote like your life depends on it. Thank you. Our next speaker needs no introduction, and stays on the front line, congresswoman ayana pressley. Shes an activist, a legislator, the first woman of color to be elected from the commonwealth of massachusetts. She has fought to ensure that the pain are to closest to the power, driving and informing policy making. Boston cityn the council for eight years and was the first woman of color elected yeare council in its 100 history. Please welcome congresswoman ayana pressley. [applause] morning. Sley good today i am speaking to the ancestors, not just the ones in our history books but the ones omitted from those pages. The justice seekers. The freedom riders, organizers, the community builders, every loved one that passed a brown bag lunch, that risked their that sent uslihood a prayer. Their sacrifice and selfdetermination shaped history. And brought us to this moment. The truth of the matter is we are because of them. We are black with a capital b. We are the manifestation of the movement. We are a symbol of social, political, and cultural progress. If my granddaddy were here. He would whisper in my ear, he would say grandbaby, make it play. I intend to do just that. Make it play. E are in unprecedented times we are challenged by the state of the nation, but the state of our movement is strong. And another world is possible. It is possible to legislate justice and accountability. People over profits, joy over fear, yeseedom over it is possible to write budgets that value black lives. If it feels unfamiliar, thats because its never been done in america. We will meet the moment. Healing,ork towards justice, and collective liberation like our lives depend on it. Because they do. We will march on, clear in our convictions, grounded in our intentional. Let me make it plain. Black lives matter. [applause] ebony our next speaker is a representative from new yorks Congressional District, first elected to congress in 2016. He is serving his second term in he serves in the House Committee on transportation and infrastructure, the defense committee, and the how Small Businesses committee. Throughout his career the congressman has been a vocal advocate for protecting tenants, job creation,ls and prior to coming to congress he served as a senator where he represented the neighborhoods of washington heart, hamilton heights, west harlem, upper west , and Hells Kitchen chelsea. Please welcome representative adriano espaillat. Good morningt everybody. Sharpton,rev. Al thank you National Action network, thank you all for being here on this great morning. I bring you greetings from , the capital of the African Diaspora and the world. Pad of thenching latino experience in new york from washington, hamilton heights, and the working northwest bronx. Over 50 years ago, the great Martin Luther king jr. And john lewis stood here and share their , today,ith all of you as the first formerly undocumented member of congress, i stand with you today to say man, yes, wem a yes, we can. E, black lives matter. And yes, without no justice, there will be no peace. We come here today, bearing the scars and the wounds of 400 , whether yourgle ancestors picked cotton or cut sugarcane, we are all in the same boat right now. We must pass legislation to ensure that there is police reform. We must pass legislation highlighted in the harlem manifesto against police that has been included in the George Floyd Justice and policing acts prayed lets get rid of the chokeholds, lets get rid of the knees. We must also pass the john lewis voters rights advancement act to ensure that we are all able to vote. We must enact criminal justice reforms. Lets do away with the death penalty. Lets do away with solitary confinement. Lets do away with mandatory minimum. I am a man. We shall overcome. Yes we can. No justice, no peace, and black lives matter. God bless you, and keep the faith. [applause] no peace]no justice representative charles booker, in louisville kentucky in 2018,sfully ran becoming the youngest africanamerican in the house in more than 90 years, where he fought for common sense gun safety reforms, Prescription Drug costs relief, Voter Protection and restoration, and support of labor union, for economic justice, against Racial Injustice and more. Founded ative booker 501 c four to capture the energy and infrastructure he built in his run to build power, work on Voter Registration, and more, and to help positively transform our future. Please welcome representative charles booker. Rep. Booker we stand here in the legacy of the dream. Kingdream that dr. Lifted up, that mattie jones fought for, that my granddad to sing and demand. We know that that dream is not done. Although they marched for us then, the cry across the country kentucky,kenosha to from the hood where i am from to appalachia to everywhere, those cries let us know we have more marching to do. Its in this moment were we must rise up together. Listen, we are built for this. Oment we are on the shoulders of giants but we must step up and lead ourselves. We are the dream but we must turn that dream into demand for real justice. Demand for humanity. Demand for accountability. Demand for an end to poverty. Demand for an end to racism. I am a living witness, as the youngest black state legislator ran against Mitch Mcconnell and i am a personal witness that we are ready for this moment. We are built for the work we must do. If we come together, all of us, if we stand united, if we march and we bend that arch together, theres nothing we cant do. There is no mountain we cannot move and there is no roof of racism we cannot pull up. We have to do it right now. Esterday, but definitely now i stand here as a young man in the legacy of a giant, congressman john lewis said 57 years ago words that ring true now. We have to lift our voices together and say to america wake up. Wake up. Because we cant stop, we cant quit, we cannot be patient. Lets win together lets fight together. Lets transform our future. Representingr, im you now. Thank you. [applause] [chanting no justice no peace] next we have the National Director of youth and College Engagement and is a policy advisor for the National Action network. A recent graduate of North Carolina anc state university. He is a proud member of pi beta sigma and hopes to one day serve as a legislative representative on the hill. Please welcome him. [applause] the convenenor to hers my mentor rev. Al sharpton and Martin Luther king iii. Recognize the Young Leaders standing behind me. We find ourselves here in the spirit of john lewis, making good trouble, necessary trouble, because the soul of our democracy is depending on it. We are not here to ask for justice. We are not here to negotiate justice. We are here to demand justice. We have beentimes counted out, resourced out, we to invest in education, Mental Health services, ready and community. And to invest in historically black colleges and universities. More than deserve half a dollar. Dollar. Ve the whole dr. King talked about the checks and balances in the bank of justice. This check better not bounce. We will fight, because that is what we deserve. In the words of dr. King in check its time to to cash the check to demand the , ands of freedom, security justice. No justice. No peace. [applause] [chanting no justice, no peace] i hear you back there. No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. Up, our speaker has experienced the promise of the american dream, she has devoted her career to opening the doors of that dream to a million to millions of american families. As a key figure in the latino community, she continues this mission as president and ceo as you in united u. S. , and Advocacy Organization. Please welcome her. [applause] hello. Hola. Janet, i am president and ceo of the largest latino civil rights and Advocacy Organization in the country. I want to tell you why i am here. I am here because we stood and always will stand with reverend sharpton and Martin Luther king and our brothers and sisters in the black community until systemic and institutional racism in our society is eradicated. Here because 25 of my afrolatino. Empathize, we identify with the black community. I am here because we need lawenforcement to get their knees off the next of our black and latinx young men. I am here because what we have seen in kenosha, wisconsin, this week, a man shot in the back and paralyzed, peaceful protest or shot and killed by White Nationalist vigilantes as the police have turned a blind eye, and violence from the man who holds the highest office in the land. That is immoral and unacceptable. I am here because our community is are bearing the brunt of a pandemic in lives and livelihoods which is only getting worse. I am here because we have in common what we have in common is far greater than what divides us. As dr. Martin luther king jr. In 1966,cesar chavez our separate struggles are really one, a struggle for. Reedom, dignity, and humanity i am here because we must support the young people of every background here as they heardp, make their voices , and tell those of their generation about the america they want to see. Because we must reject bigotry and hate and insist that our ideals live up to its and the values that we share. I am here because i am standing on the shoulders of giants, like congressman john lewis to say, tu luchat is my fight, es mi lucha. I am here because black lives matter. [applause] [chanting black lives matter] up next we have reverend who served on the board of several corporations and National Organizations and is currently chairman of the board for the National Action. Etwork he is pastor of the Historic Grace Baptist Church in mount vernon, new york. He leaves the largest africanamerican church in westchester with a base of over 3000 parishioners. He has made sure to use the power of the pulpit to lift up local issues in the mount vernon area and nationwide. Dr. Richardson believes that grace must be at the vanguard of liberation and the empowerment of africanamerican people through our christian faith. Please welcome reverend dr. Richardson. Dr. Richardson good afternoon. Lets give ourselves a celebration, look at how we have turned out in the midst of a pandemic. We lay ourselves on the line because this is important. On behalf of the members of the National Action network, i want to thank all of the organizations who have collaborated with us to bring this to pass. We celebrate the great leadership of our president , rev. Al sharpton, and Martin Luther king the third, having convened us together. The speeches and the rhetoric of the moment will be meaningless if we do not leave here and get involved and fight the fight and vote and encourage those who are not. We are at a crossroads in american history. We are at the intersection of parish or promise. If we fail to deliver in november, we will perish. Votes,ail to get out our we will not enjoy what we have struggled from. We are at a moment where all we have fought for, all our forefathers and mothers have died for is at risk of being lost, blood has been shed for our freedoms and we cannot parish. We must stand up. We must fight, we must engage every resource we have. We still believe in americas promise, not only while we are on the precipice of perishing, but also realizing the promise. The promise of a nation where every person, black, white, female, lgtb,ale, every dimension of our humanity is in the promise of the great america. I challenge us all to believe in a better day, to make the sacrifices, make sure we go back to our cities and knock on doors and call our friends. Because this will be a sham if we fail to bring out the votes on november the third. This will be mockery if we do not deliver ourselves to the polls. This will be a disgrace if we fail to engage our resources to deliver on our behalf and our forefathers and mothers will turn over in their graves if we fail to deliver in this moment. God bless you. Lets go. Lets get this done. E are able, we are powerful all of us must be engaged. Youbless you, i hope to see in the near future at the victory celebration. God bless you. [applause] [chanting] , dontng hands up shoot] welcome our next speaker. You guys look amazing. Rev. Al sharpton, Martin Luther king the third, thank you for your leadership area to the National Action network, thank you for convening us today. To the families who lost loved ones to racist violence, i am so sorry for the pain you have been forced to endure. I am humbled to stand and march alongside of you today and every day. My name is maia barry kiam the executive director of the arab american institute. Arabhalf of 3. 7 million americans, i stand with you in defense of black lives. ,e do so because it is right and because regrettably it is necessary to declare that black lives matter. Understandcause we that until the killing of black ,en, women, and children stop until systematic racism and antiblackness is addressed, the america the desire cannot be realized. For each life taken, each family destroyed, each neighborhood brutally patrolled, and for each protester taking to the streets to demand that all of this stop, targeted by the same system of policing, justice will not be served by reforming tactics or training. There is a simple truth, its been 168 days since Breonna Taylor was killed in her own home. No charges have been filed. The system is not broken. It is working as it was designed. And we must change it. Recommit to effect to defend black lives, to End Police Brutality and the racist system that upholds it. Suppressiont voter and the impacts of a politicized census like we have never seen. March and others who suffered in the passage of the notlrights act, we must step off until we have secured the passage of the john lewis Voting Rights act, and the door to Floyd Justice in policing act. The George Floyd Justice in policing act. These legislative priorities must be where we start. Thank you. [applause] ebonie please welcome to the ,tage dr. Jamaal bryant visionary Civil Rights Activists and Community Organizer he combines sound biblical teachings, business acumen, and political insight to propel the body of christ to action and greater levels of faith. s abilities to reach across social, economic, and political barriers has helped people not only experienced the lifechanging gospel of jesus christ but to activate success in their everyday lives. His ministry has become an incubator for entrepreneurs, is a seniorhe please welcome him. To our organizer and visionary, rev. Al sharpton, we thank him for his courage and hisfaith as well as commitment to civil rights down through the years. , marcus ord sisters us and juliusli accomplices to stab Julius Caesar in the back. As there been such a crime what has happened to jacob blake . Seven times they shot him in the back. And he finds himself paralyzed from the waist down. We as a people should not find ourselves caught in the paralysis of analysis. Our coming together is in vain if we just talk about the problems, but dont try to work towards the solution. Said i freedn thousands of slaves, but i would have freed hundreds more had they known they were slaves. I only thought about that when i saw the slaves on tv this week endorsing donald trump. If only they knew they were slaves they could have been rendered free. We cannot remain paralyzed, we cannot be paralyzed wondering whether or not we are going to support dont tell me about what it is she did in the past and not talk about what she wants to do in america in the future. She wants to make sure we get rid of privatized prisons. That there are no more mandatory minimums. And marijuana is no longer an illegal substance. Knowingt be paralyzed she graduated just a few miles from here, from the original hq hu. Those of us who are products of hbcus, you ought to be making noise right now. We cannot be paralyzed. We cannot allow white evangelicals to paralyze us. Saying that they cannot support our agenda because they are prolife. Dont tell me you are prolife and white evangelicals are silent when black people are dying in the streets like dogs. We cannot be paralyzed. The black church. You cannot be paralyzed. Saying that you are not going to support black lives matter because of three fearless black sisters who happen to be lesbian. Our lgbtqto love community, realizing those are our sons and daughters. We cannot be paralyzed. We cannot be paralyzed in believing the water is colder. We have to support black businesses, because too many of them are closing down because of covid. Not because they dont have adequate service, but because they dont have adequate support. What america has to know about the tenacity of my people is that even when you render us paralyzed, we still know how to crawl. And on november 3, no matter what you do, we will crawl to the polls. Weyou take away the mailbox, are still going to crawl. You take away the stations away from our community, we are still going to crawl. Were going to sing the original gangsta rap music before i be a grave. Be buried in my still going to crawl. There is something about us that understands that we stand today with our brother jacob, realizing that even if we find ourselves paralyzed and you force us to crawl, we are like butterflies. Because butterflies only have two options. They crawl and then they fly. We understand in this hour, this is the hour for black people to fly. Maya angelou said, you can write me down in history with your other, twisted lies, but still, we rise, we rise, we rise. Angelou,nt know maya the least you could know is migos. Like people from here, weve got to walk it like we talk it. Weve got to keep moving until our generation takes the baton, and makes country America Great for the very first time. Black people, rise up and accomplish what you will. [applause] ebony all right. I was told we have a big group of mothers from georgia. Are you in the house . Georgia came. All right. Next up, please welcome congresswoman Sheila Jackson lee. She is serving her 13th term as a member of the United States house of representatives. She serves the 18th Congressional District of texas, centered in houston. The Energy Capital of the world and sits on three congressional committees. The House Committee, the judiciary and Homeland Security committee, and the budget committee. She is the author of the emancipation study act and the lead sponsor for hr 40, to commission to study and develop reparation proposals for africanamericans. Please welcome congresswoman Sheila Jackson lee. Rep. Jacksonlee i am a black mother who happens to be congresswoman. I am a black mother who happens to understand that black lives matter, every single day of my life. Stepsng on these historic , 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 they need grope people negro people have been given a bad check. Today we stop the insufficient funds and put money in the bank, because weve got to heal this nation. So i say to you, why we cant wait. Weight when lay those assigned to protect and serve are able to grab the tshirt of a black man named jacob and pointed gun in his black skin and shoot seven times. Why cant wait. Why we cant wait when those assigned to protect and serve can take big floyd, put any on his neck and say, i cant breathe. Then we know that we have to havee this nation when we Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, eric garner, and Michael Brown, and many others. Acknowledgee to that we ask america not to fear us. We ask you not to send tweets that we are attacking you as a mob because the militia walks around freely and shoots us without anyones concern. So we are standing here today to say why we cant wait. We want an america that will stomp out the divisiveness, the intimidation, and threats. We want the white house that has a healer in chief that understands black mothers pain and understands your pain. Sureurse, we want to make and we want to make sure that as we do this, we know that hr 40 is intertwined with the bill i help right, help right, which is 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 am here to tell you that we must have a commission to study and develop reparation proposals. You must answer the call of institutional racism. We have got to make sure that the social, economic, psychological, scientific, and educational government institutional racism stops right now. 12yearold, as i walked and told Martin Luther kings third daughter, 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, for understanding the importance of the congress with over 150 cosponsors in the house, i think 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 cant wait. [applause] reparations now. Lets hear it for congresswoman Sheila Jackson lee. Reparations now. , from ohio, isr a powerhouse who stands with the people, serving as vice chair of the Congressional Black Caucus thefirstever chair of diversity and inclusion subcommittee. A soughtafter public speaker and previously recognized as one of ebony magazines 150 most powerful africanamericans in the United States. 93 pieces ofen legislation and cosponsored over 1600 bills. To is calling on congress recognize racism as a national crisis. We have a delta up here. Any deltas here . [applause] she is also a member of the link. Congresswoman joyce beatty. Thank you, thank you. I am joined by members of the Congressional Black Caucus. We are here today because people died and were denied civil and economic rights. 57are here today because years ago people marched for hereand freedom and stood with members of congress and Martin Luther king. We are here today because george floyd had a knee on his neck. Eight minutes, 46 seconds. Black lives matter. We are here and ice and representing the congressional strong,ucus, 54 members who understand silence is not an option. Because black people face a symbolic chokehold every time jog, speak up, shop, drive, and, yes, breathe. We must tear down the walls of injustice. Asm standing here and saying Martin Luther king jr. Said, in america, a riot is the language of unheard people. Haswhat is it that america failed to hear . Promises and freedom and justice for all. Say their names. Mod, george, jacob, and the list goes on. Black lives matter. George floydhe justice in leasing act. No more immunity for officers who look coldly into cell phone cameras as they kill our brothers and sisters. Andatory data tamir rice would have lived to see his 18th birthday. A ban on chokehold and no knock warrants. Taylorrner and breonna would still be alive today. We are pushing to recognize racism as a national crisis. We are fighting for jobs, housing relief, access to capital, and a reparations bill. It was the brothers of the Congressional Black Caucus that wrote the act. It was a black man in leadership that leads the john lewis Voting Rights legislation. Demand, demand, demand the Senate Passed the john lewis Voting Rights act restores justice, dignity, and equal access to the ballot boxed. Andy to you, stand with us stand with the rev. Al sharpton and the National Action network. Demandingarch in wicked people registered to vote and that we vote, we complete our census. Say it with me, go vote. Go vote. Go vote. Go vote. Getlet me say, tell them to their knees off of our next. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I am congresswoman joyce beatty and i approve this message. Thank you. Thank you two congresswoman beatty. Towe said before, going back 1963, organized labor has been a part of this. He was the president of the 1. 7 millionmember American Federation of teachers, aflcio, which represents teachers, professionals, schoolrelated personnel, faculty and staff, nurses, and other health care professionals. Local state and federal Government Employees, and Early Childhood educators. Please welcome the president of the American Federation of teachers, randy white garden weingarten. She will be joined by edward kelly of the federation of Government Employees and our of the can Ken International union of painters and trade. Organized labor yall, give them a round of applause. [applause] good evening, brothers and sisters. I want to thank rev. Al sharpton, Martin Luther king iii for convening this march. I am here today to represent 700,000 net women making up afge. It is an honor to be here. E. R. A. Diverse union. We are from all across the country, all ages, all abilities. We provide every single type of service to the american public. What unites us . What brings us together is one big labor union. We believe in fairness. We believe in due process. It believes that every american deserves a good job and every american deserves decent pay and full benefits. Every Single Person deserves that. It believes in universal health care. We believe in universal housing, universal education, universal and equal justice under the law, we believe in the v. A. System, social security, and all of the programs that make people live better. We believe the government should be a force for good. That the government should protect us and not scare us. Not suppress us. We are here today to let you know that we will stand with you. Can we do this together . Can we do this together . If we can do this together, we hear you say together. I used to hear my grandmother say that i dont feel no ways tired. I didnt understand then, but i undetand it now. Im ready to march, im ready to move, im ready to make a difference. Lets change this country. Thank you. Upat is in the house . Where are you at . Somebody say something. I am ken. We are a building trade union. You may think it is unusual for us to be here. But with me, growing up with a father, the mother who looked like me, black lives matter, dont they . Black lives matter. Black lives matter. I stand on the shoulders of my father and all black tradesmen who fought for better wages and conditions. Without their fight, i wouldnt be here today. Recently we celebrated the 100th local 1332. Of iupat you might not think much of that. That is one of our unions that was a traditional africanamerican union would formed over 100 years ago because they could not be in the regular union. 100 years later, still up and fighting in and a part of our organization. This is an opportunity for us, because what i see in the street , i dont just see people who look like me. I see america. This is our opportunity to go forward and grow, and half the country that has the vision that we have. Lives matter, but black lives matter on top. Black lives matter first. Somebody say. It is easy. Black lives matter. Seven bullets in a mans back at point blank range. A knee pressed into a mans for eight minutes. How much pain must black people endure . When will justice prevail . When is enough enough . There is pain in this country. In louisiana and texas. Ofcalifornia, in the midst rising fires. , donald trumpntry with 180,000 people dead from covid. In so many families hearts over the shooting of jacob blake. There is pain. Reverend sharpton, how many times over how many decades have i and my union joined in this journey for justice . A 963 march started at as a labor march for jobs and justice. A Philip Randolph invited Martin Luther king jr. To speak that comend king said, we have to dramatize a shameful condition. Condition,ul prejudice, discrimination, economic inequality, has not been cured. It has metastasized. Suppression, substandard housing, health care, and transportation. Insufficient wages, high unemployment, discriminatory policing, mass incorporation incarceration. From americans dying higher rates of asthma or covid have been struggling to breathe long before eric garner and george floyd were suffocated at the hands of authorities. Applye and freedom must to all. The fight for opportunity and freedom must be all of our fights. White,se of us who are we need to be real allies, real listeners, and real supporters. Is thegogues credo psalm. Builderse which the rejected has become the cornerstone. , but is room for all of us we must call out those who cling tightly to their privilege that is an oppressive tool against equality. Colleagues,my november 30 coming. We need to get in good travel. We need to vote. We need to have hope. We need a president who will sign the bill the house has passed to make this country more fair, more just, more equal. That is our job. This day and every day. Thank you. [applause] i also, as you all know, need to recognize the Postal Workers Union. Thank you, thank you, thank you. All right. Lets hear it for organized labor. No time for them to speak, but the Postal Workers Union is in the house. Speaker served as assistant attorney general for civil rights, secretary of labor, and today he is the chair of the Democratic National committee. Our friend and brother, please welcome tom perez. Mr. Perez good afternoon. Thank you reverend sharpton for your extraordinary ship. Thank you to the national ashton action network. I live in maryland. We lost a remarkable person last year when my mentor, elijah cummings, passed away. For he passed away he reminded us all of our civic duty. He said, when we are dancing with the angels the question will be asked, what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy intact . 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 inequality . 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 march to the small, we must march to congress, to the United States senate in particular, the demand passage of the john lewis Voting Rights advancement act and the George Floyd Justice in leasing act. Small, we marched this we must march to the ballot boxes or the mailbox to demand the leadership we deserve. We must exercise the right that protects all others, the right to vote. As you know, our nation is hurting right now. Our africanamerican 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. Ofting from an epidemic violence and racism. Onare hurting from a knee the neck, a bullet in the back. Hurting from leadership that treats them like their lives dont matter. President lincoln, you would not recognize todays republican party. Our africanamerican brothers and sisters are not alone. Dr. King spoke of being the Inescapable Network of mutuality. In this moment of crisis, so Many Americans are bound together in the struggle for justice, dignity, and opportunity, from the native american tribes confronting the scourge of covid and delay of their funding, to children being separated from their parents at the border, to Asian Americans facing hatefueled attacks, to working families struggling with poverty, we can change all of this with the leadership. We can heal wounds. We can turn hardship into hope, despair into dream. We can advance racial quality and restore the soul of our nation. It only if we do it together. Moments are built by the many, not the few. They are built by the unglamorous work of grassroots organizing. There in the words of julian bond, by the marchers whose feet have grown tired, whose voices have gone horse, whose shirts have been stained with sweat and blood. John lewis left us with these marching orders. Llvote. Com. Check your registration status. Tell your family and neighbors to make a plan to vote. Remember, november 3 is the last day to vote but it is not the first day to vote. Make a plan. Get out there, 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. Today we commemorate the 57th anniversary of the historic march on washington for jobs and freedom. I was born into an activist family with my parents, aunts, and uncles pushing me in a stroller, marching for justice in the years following the march on washington. This moment is a reminder that we must always honor the sacrifice of the leaders who make that march happen. From the names we know like randolph and farmer, young and king, to everyone who worked behind the scenes and sacrificed quietly, but profoundly, far from the lights of history. I have to believe that if they were with us today, they would share in our anger and frustration as we continue to see black men and women slain in our streets and left behind by an economy and Justice System that have too often denied like folks our dignity and rights. They would share our anger and pain, but no doubt it would turn it into fuel. It would be lacing up their shoes, locking arms, and continuing alongside us to continue in this ongoing fight for justice. Dont have tou wonder if we are making them proud, because a giant from that march and the Civil Rights Era of that day, john lewis, he lived to tell us how we are doing. Essay, he wrote to all of us who hope to carry his legacy, in the last days and hours of my life, you have inspired me. You filled me with hope about the next chapter of the Great American story when you used your power to make a difference in our society. For congressman lewis, the brutal murder of emmett till is what shook loose the activist inside of him. It was the start of a lifelong journey toward service and driving change. The same journey that countless Young Leaders are building upon as we speak. As john put it, emmett till was my george floyd. He was my rayshard works. Brooks. The road ahead, it is not going to be easy. If we Work Together to challenge every instinct how a nation has to return to the status quo and combine the wisdom of longtime warriors for justice with the Creative Energy of the Young Leaders today, we have an opportunity to make history, right here and right now. Fortake you so much inviting me to celebrate with you. Lets march on in the name of our ancestors and in the name of our children and grandchildren. Thank you. [applause] lets hear it for senator kamala harris. Our next speaker is one of the legacy regional organizations that was here in 1963. Please welcome the former mayor of new orleans, the president and ceo of the National Urban league, mark morel. Black lives matter. Thank rev. Al sharpton and the National Action , asork, friend and brothers well as Martin Luther king iii for assembling us here on august 28 in the year 2020. Women3 courageous men and descended on this site, led by six legacy civil rights organizations, including the National Urban league. Bythat time the leak was led one of the Great Americans of the 20th century, Whitney Young junior. Placeted from this very at that time and on that day, on august 28, 1963, that our civil rights our Voting Rights, our rights to Human Dignity were not negotiable. We have come back on august 28 in the year 2020 in this 21st century to say today, our fight for Racial Justice is not negotiable. We are here today to say that transforming our criminal Justice System and purging it of mass incorporation incarceration and systemic racism is not negotiable. Votecting our right to from suppressors with legislators, with a president , be they russians . Russians is not negotiable. Defending our right to a living wage so that every american can live in dignity is not negotiable. That dislodging Structural Racism that infects every institution in American Life is not negotiable. That equitably funding all of our schools so all of our children can learn and provide them with computers and broadband connectivity, and they can live and thrive with their godgiven talent, is not negotiable. Census,air and accurate so that all of us are counted in accordance with the 2020,tution, is not, in negotiable. That eliminating the structural and shameful disparate impacts of covid19 in 2020 is not negotiable. Police, bothg Police Policies and Police Culture and reallocating funding to summer jobs for youth, to Mental Health services, to homeless services, and to end the violence against our black men, is not negotiable. Anza. I cant breathe. And up hands up. Dont shoot. In 1963 when they gathered on the site, just a few weeks before they gathered, that great civil rights leader medgar evers was assassinated. On the front lawn of his home in jackson mississippi. At that time, they were fighting test that, a literacy did Everything Possible to prevent us from voting. In 2020 we come here, when the very success of 1963, the Voting Rights act, has been gutted by the supreme court. We come in 2020, when jacob blake and george floyd and eric garner and tamir rice and Trayvon Martin and sandra bland and too many black men and women Breonna Taylor have died or been disabled at the hands of the police. We are here to make some demands. Number one. We want the George Floyd Justice in policing act to pass now, not tomorrow, not next week, not next year. Say it. Pass the George Floyd Justice in leasing act. Number two. Number two, we want to pass the heroes act. Number three, we want to pass rightsn lewis voting advancement act. Number four, we want to pass hr 40 to look at reparations in this country. We will vote. Brother hear it for our mark muriel. All right. Here to introduce the man who is the namesake of the person who spoke here on august 28, 1963 and introduce Martin Luther king iii is none other than the congressman representing the ninth Congressional District of texas, congressman al green. [applause] thank you, everyone. It is now my honor to introduce a man whose name is synonymous with the civil rights, human rights movement. Here 57ose father stood years ago. And men who followed his fathers footsteps and i was there with him to india, where he traced the steps of gandhi. A man who understands this is a fulltime job. He is not up parttime freedom fighter. He is an all the time freedom fighter. Who here to introduce a man is a morehouse graduate. A man who knows what it feels like to suffer the pains associated with the human rights movement. When he lost his father at the age of 10, he could have given up, but he didnt. He stayed in and he has fought the good fight. I am here to introduce the honorable Martin Luther king the third. Would you show him some love, please . If you believe in liberty and justice for all, stand up and show us love. Show martin some love. Show his father some love. His wife some love. His daughter some love. God bless you. Family. S the king mr. King good afternoon. I am so honored to be here. Before i say something, i want you to hear from the future of our nation. Of martinranddaughter luther king jr. And caretta daughter andy andreas daughter, Yolanda Renee king. [applause] some of you may remember that two years at the march for our lives i said, spread the word. Have you heard . All across the nation. We are going to be a great generation. [applause] that was in 2018. I didnt know what would hit us in 2020. A pandemic that shut our schools. More killings of unarmed black people by police. Attacks on our right to vote. Sincerst economic crisis the Great Depression that we learned about in school. Weather thanreme 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 predict it this very moment. He said that we were moving into a new phase of the struggle. The first face was civil rights and the new phase is genuine equality. [applause] 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 we must not forget the days of montgomery, we must not forget the movement, we must not forget the freedom rides, birmingham meant, and selma. Wont. Ed we [applause] 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 will be the generation that moves from me to we. We will be the generation that dismantle systemic racism. We are going to be the generation that calls a halt to Police Brutality and gun violence. We are going to be the generation that reverses Climate Change and saves our planet. And we are going to be generation that ends poverty here in america. The wealthiest nation on earth. All, now and forever. [applause] are the grandchildren of our ancestors. We march for love and we will fulfill my grandfathers dreams. 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 more time. Show me what democracy looks like. This is what democracy looks like. Ok, lets show them. [applause] mr. King a proud dad. That we havegod been able to assemble today. Thank reverend sharpton and the National Action network and cl of the convene errors onveners that are here today. And most of all, these families that have been impacted by police and misconduct. Tohave come to bear witness, remain awake, to remember from where we have come and carefully consider where we are going. Whether you are here in person, online, or watching on msnbc and other networks, thank you for joining us for this march on washington. Together we are taking a stand and we are taking a giant step forward. Let me also thank al green for the very warm introduction, my dear friend. We are taking a step forward on righteousrocky but journey toward justice. August 28 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, to 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 and the criminal Justice System failed to convict his killers. Six to five years later we still struggle for justice. The militarizing the police, dismantling mass incarceration, and declaring as we can that black lives matter. In our struggle for justice, there are no permanent victories. Ago, i was, 12 years honored to address the Democratic National convention in denver. And on that night, in that city,g in the mile high our spirits were soaring as the democrats nominated barack obama, who would go on to become the first africanamerican president of these United States. But the progress celebrated then is imperiled that again. And now we must march to the ballot boxes 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 are marching with the largest and most active of multigenerational, Multiracial Movement for civil rights since the 1960s. From High School Students to Senior Citizens im a black as well as white, latino, Asian Americans, 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 timehonored goals and in timely ways. We are courageous, conscious of our health. We are socially distant, but spiritually united. Butre masking our faces, not our faith and freedom. We are taking our struggle to the streets and social media. The nation has never seen such a mighty movement, a modernday incarnation of what my father called the coalition of conscience. Passion,e forward with 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, covid19. Tragically it has killed more 75,000 americans. Disproportionately africanamerican, latino, and low income people of every background. Second, more than 30 million americans are unemployed, disproportionately people of color. Thed19 has laid bare structural inequalities in our economy that cap too many people trapped in poverty. Third, Police Brutality and gun violence are killing so many unarmed africanamericans. Today we march with their families and we say their names. Jean, floyd, both of Breonna Taylor, eric garner, Michael Brown, mia rice tamir rice, terence crutcher, trayvon , elijahAhmaud Arbery mcclain, and so many others. Fourth, our Voting Rights are under attack. We must vigorously defend our right to vote. For byights were paid the blood of those lynched for seeking to exercise their constitutional rights. They were paid for by the blood of civil rights workers such as sammy young junior, goodman, and reeve, viola, james those were paid for through the sacrifices made by heroes such hamer and john lewis. States senateed has failed to an Voting Rights act, we have had to overcome new tactics to suppress our votes. Discriminatory voter id requirements, cutbacks in early voting, voter purges targeting those who have missed elections, and disenfranchising those who have served their time and paid their debt to society. Itscovid19 is making , to stand even deadly in line in polling places. We shouldnt have to risk our lives to cast our vote. 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 express purpose of suppressing our vote. Toh all of these stress lives and liberty, our challenge is to use this mauve this moment to expand this movement. A movement that not only raises its voice, but cast its votes, pursues its vision, and makes lasting change. The scripture says, where there is no vision, the people perish. Our vision is expressed by a phrase we must never forget. That is, the beloved community. Words, my father, john lewis, rosa parks, and so many other historic men and women of vision in america, whose dramatic practice is as good as its promise, in america where the triple evils will be replaced by peace, justice, and shared abundance. And where hate and fear give way to hate and two peace and love. 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. Because they do. People are more keenly aware of the risks of disenfranchisement than those who suffered from it. There is a knee upon the neck of democracy and our nation can only live so long without the oxygen of freedom. The streets must be exercised by more than rhetoric and more than marching. The simple challenge before us is that everyone can cast a ballot and everyone who can, must cast a ballot. And ballot must be counted the result must be transparent and known to the whole world. Everyonean call on with the means to drive people to the polls. To make a plan for yourself, for your family and neighbor, for those organizations and companies that care about democracy, i call on you to offer your resources and capacity to make sure every ballot is counted. If our forefathers were willing to die for the right to vote, we can work for the right to vote. I will continue to call on you to act in the coming days. Infather was assassinated memphis, tennessee while standing in solidarity with poor working people, sanitation workers whose slogan was a statement that they were human beings. Safewere asking for working conditions, for a living wage, for recognition of their union. They summed up their struggle with those four words, i am a man. Sloganmple, but powerful continues today. Against Sexual Harassment and of the dachshund abuse. Movements of marginalized americans are still trying to claim the dignity they have been denied. Martin luther king, junior fought for the dignity of work and that fight is neverending. In 1963 march on washington demanded jobs and freedoms. Memphis sanitation workers and the Poor Peoples 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. And we are fighting alongside the front line, sanitation workers, health care workers, grocery workers, transport workers, food service workers, and so many more. They are praised for being essential, but treated as if they are expendable. While standing with sanitation workers, dad said, so often we overlook the significance of those who are not in professional jobs. Let me say to you tonight that wherever whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity, it has dignity and worth. Now we have a president who confuseseatness greatness with grandiosity. My father knew better. Everyone, he said, can be great because everyone can serve. Speech he explained that Everyone Wants to be a drum major, a leader of the marching band. He challenged us into becoming drum majors for justice. While we honor our history, we must be a living movement, not a monument. If dad were here today, i am sure he would implore us not to deify him or selectively quote him when convenient. 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 labor in what he called the fierce urgency of now. If you are looking for a savior, get up and find a mirror. We must become the heroes of the history we are making. Us. Eans all of spoke, after my father byron rustin asked participants join. More than half a century later we must demand the United States passage of blocking the George Floyd Justice in policing act. And the john lewis Voting Rights restoration act. And when we conclude today, is theemember that this commitment march in the spirit of 1963. I ask you to join me in pledging to act in three ways. Rights areuse human at stake, i ask you not only to register to vote, make sure at least one other person registers to vote. Second, i ask you to commit to service and struggle in your community. From Voter Registration to raising the minimum wage. 2d do militarizing the police. Get involved with one or more of many worthwhile struggles. Third, i ask you to pledge as my father and john lewis dead, to get into good trouble and do it nonviolently. Remember that in the fight against injustice, nonviolence doesnt mean passive acceptance. It means peaceful resistance. 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 Peoples Campaign, the time of change and Environmental Justice movement, the womens march, and me too movements. And say, enough is enough. Martin luther king jr. Famously said that the moral arc of the universe is long, that bins toward justice. He was also the first to say that doesnt 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 community . Well, in this defining we must answer dr. Kings question. Will it be chaos our community . Some jews the answer is chaos some choose the answer as chaos, but we must choose community, because it which is community, we can avoid the dream turning into a permanent nightmare. If we choose community, 50 years from now, people will say we were able to redeem america and begin to fulfill the promises of democracy by systematically eliminating systematic racism and exploitation. If we choose community, we will be able to answer affirmative to the scripture. Letsomes that dreamer, slay him, 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 an assassins bullet. Six years later, my grandmother was gunned down in the church while playing the lord while praying the lords prayer. I understand what it means to lose a loved one. But i am so thankful that my grandfather and my mother and my ons and uncles on sand uncles aunts and uncle still be about love. A refuse any person to reduce me to hatred. My wife andkilled son, i refuse to allow them to reduce me to hatred. I am everymans brother. If we are going to resolve these issues in america, we have to come together. He talked about all of them. Im only going to talk about the highest level of love. That love that seeks nothing in return. That love that is totally unselfish. You love someone if they are young or old, black or white, native american, you love them if they are hispanic or latino american, african, if they are asian, you love them because you know that god calls you do that. If we are going to resolve all of these conflicts and crises in america, we have to find a way to do it in love. Thank you, and god bless you, and lets keep on keeping on. [cheering and applause] i wish that i could be there with you today, as reverend, al sharpton, is my colleague and big brother. [indiscernible] and rev. Al sharpton, who was the only one who cared enough to do it. It wasation earlier, jesse jackson. Before him, dr. King. For my generation, it was reverend al. Little did i know that many years later, i would get to know the reverend as a local producer and host on radio one. That he would become my colleague at msnbc and a great mentor, supporter, and friend. The National Action network has never stopped working, even as the names have changed the Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, eric garner, sandra bland, tamir rice, freddie gray, george floyd, Breonna Taylor, jacob blake. I marched with the reverend, when he pulled me to the front of the line so i could be there to witness history. The reverend nurture families as they cry on for justice. He had president s confide in him. He inspired me to use my gift to make real change. He has been our backstop and defender in back in dark times. He will be there and do something and cause something to be done. 57th anniversary march on washington, please join me in introducing my big brother, reverend, al sharpton. [applause] no justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. What do we want . Justice. What do we want . Justice. . When do we want it . Now. When do we want it . Now. Alright. In 1963, there was a struggle in birmingham, alabama. Ofre was the assassination the head of the mississippi naa cp. Struggle and of murder, they came to washington to demand that the federal government gives them a Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights. They marched that day. Day, like, blistering today. Saying that as we struggle, we need legislation. And they stayed on that movement until they got their Civil Rights Act of 1964. Of the Voting Rights act 1965. Old, they young and came from the south. Many of them could not stop on the road to use a bathroom, because it was against the law, but they came anyhow. Many of them couldnt 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. But they came anyhow. Many of them couldnt rest in a motel overnight, but they came anyway. Because it was against the law for them to stop. In 1963, we came were able to come back in 2020, riding wherever we wanted to read, staying in whatever hotel was available, they opened , and there are people we have to stream now. We must deal with Police Brutality. 2020, we must deal with those that want to rob our right to vote. And even though we are here in the midst of a pandemic, socially distant, and telling you want to distance, spread out, we wanted to come to show that enough is enough. I was headed to George Floyds funeral, i talked with rd, and ie thi said, you know, maybe we need to go back to washington. He said, lets talk it out, reverend al. I announced this march. We didnt know how we were going to do it, how we were going to plan it, how many would come, but we did it. Why are we in washington . Have talked with one of the leading minds of our nation, dr. Michael eric dyson. And he told me that, reverend ou you have to understa toerend al, you have understand, until you have federal legislation, every state will do what it wants to do. We have passed in the house of representatives the george floyd policing and justice act. Act in need to pass that the senate. We need Mitch Mcconnell and the u. S. Senate to meet under george policing and justice act, or we are going to meet you at the polls in november on november 3. We want our bill passed. [cheering and applause] ,everal weeks ago, john lewis an outstanding congressman, made his transition. He wasme i was here, with us, john lewis. Wered reverend williams beaten on the Edmund Pettus bridge, kicked down. That led to the montgomery march that got us the right to vote. 2013,ight lasted until when they took and get it out the middle of that bill, taken away gutted out the middle of that bill, taken away. How do you memorialize john lewis and allow the bill that he stood for us, we want the john lewis Voting Rights bill. [applause] we didnt just come today to have a show. Demonstration without legislation will not lead to change. We didnt come out and stand in this heat because we had nothing to do. We come to let you know that 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. [applause] keep telling me about how it is going to change, that black parents have to have a conversation with her children the conversation with our children. Explaining if a cop stops you, dont reach for the glove compartment, dont talk back. The conversation. We have had the conversation for decades. It is time we have a conversation with america. We need to have a conversation about your racism, about your bigotry, about your hate, about how you would put your knee fight for our we lives. We need a new conversation. [applause] we didnt come to start trouble, we came to stop trouble. You act like there is no trouble like it is no trouble to shoot us in the back. You act like it is no trouble to put a chokehold on us. I cante scream, breathe, 11 times. You act like it is no trouble to hold demand on the ground while you squeeze the life out of him. It is time for a new conversation. I asked, why did they have the march at Lincoln Memorial . Why didnt they go to the Jefferson Memorial . Why didnt they go to the Washington Monument . Nd he told me, you have to understand, reverend al, 100 years before 1963 was 1863. Signed theam lincoln emancipation proclamation. Citizenship s full if we felt to save the union. Promised us 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 ought to denounce those that are violent and looting. Heard is younot denounce shooting. We will speak against the looting, but when will you speak against ron Police Shooting wrong Police Shooting . [applause] who spokedr. Walker, today, sat us down, saying after the montgomery boycott, they had gone over into 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. Allas they did, they went over the south. Toldeverend shuttlesworth them to come to burning to birmingham, because it was a namedchief there bull connor, who would act in an insensitive and brutal way. 4, they fought bull connor. Here we are in 2020. We have gone from bull connor to bull trump. We have gone from a aanspirited sheriff to meanspirited president , whose drink words of nullification. We do not want to be disrespected. How do you speak while this young man, jacob, lies in a hospital . And you will not call his name . How do you sit while Breonna Taylor is in a grave, and you will not call her name . How do you sit while eric garner is in a grave, and you will not call his name . How do you sit while george floyd is laying in a grave, and you will not call his name . Well, mr. Trump, look right down the block from the white house. We have come to washington by the thousands. We are going to call their names. We are going to call their names. We will never let america forget what you have done. Call their names. [cheering and applause] [applause] this is the time, this is the time for legislative change. This is the time for us to vote like we have never voted before. And dont 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 through to the dogcatcher. We want to vote for anyone in our way. Because her parents died to give us the right to vote our parents died to give us the right to vote. You can mess with the mail, but it is the sacrifice, our vote is dipped in blood, our vote is dipped in those who went to the grave. We dont care what you do, we are going to vote not for one candidate or the other, we are going to vote for a nation that will stop the George Floyds, that will stop the Breonna Taylors. Say, when George Zimmerman as acquitted for the murder youngyvon martin, three genius sisters wrote the slogan black lives matter. And it resonated. Why didnt resonate . You acted likeg, we didnt matter. Aid, well, everybody matters, but everybody has not mattered the same in america. The reason we have and still have to say black lights matter is because we get Less Health Care like we dont matter. We go to jail longer for the same crime, like we dont matter. Poverty, unemployment, double the others, like we dont matter. Disrespectted with by policeman that we pay their salaries, like we dont matter. So we figured, we would let you sure,hether we are taller tall or short, fat or skinny, black lives matter. And we will not stop until it matters to everybody. [cheering and applause] [indistinct chatter] as we hear from some of the victims and as we get ready to march over to the king king talked63, dr. Dream. He had a son. , we heard from his his beautiful wife, andrea. His granddaughter, yolanda. In their bloodline the children and grandchildren of the dreamer. But we come in the same spiritualness. Because i want this country to know, even with your brutality, you cannot rob us of our dreams. Your bigotry cannot rob us of our dreams. Because we have always had to dream the other circumstance. We always had to dream of being what we would not allowed to 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 orientation, to say this dream is still alive. You might have killed a dreamer, but you cant kill the dream. Rise again. H shall we are going to rise, never to fall again. We are going to stand up, even when our legs are tired. We are going to make this dream come true. [applause] let me say this, let me say s, as we close everybody to be orderly. , we all should leave here committed to keeping the stream alive this dream alive. I want everybody who went to the ,ebsite nationalactionnetwork. Net, that want to help us on election day, protect our vote. Early voting starts in two weeks. Put people all over this country. They want to suppress our vote. We have to have foot soldiers that will protect the vote and will be out there. I want you to say to yourself that you could have been so much more. You had ideas and dreams. Not only as a person. But society had their neon their knee on your neck. We could have been as successful as others, but society had their knee on our neck. But we are not going to take it. Some have different tactics, but we all are rising up. You will get your knee off our neck. If we have to march every day, if we have to vote every day, we will get your knee off our neck. Enough is enough. Enough is enough. Enough is enough. No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. Alright. I want you all to back up. To my left is the mother of Breonna Taylor. [cheering and applause] say her name. Breonna taylor. Say her name. Breonna taylor. Say her name. Breonna taylor. Let us hear from the mother of Breonna Taylor. [cheering and applause] hi, everybody. No justice. No peace. Thankst, i just want to everybody who has been in support of getting justice for Breonna Taylor. Second, i got to think my family, and 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. Tand together, we have to vote yeah. Say her name. Breonna taylor. Say her name. Breonna taylor. Say her name. Breonna taylor. Say her name. Breonna taylor. Say her name. Breonna taylor. Say her name. Breonna taylor. Alright, wait a minute. I brought mr. Lincoln all of the broken promises. When a man was knee on his neck, narrated his own death on videotape and did not know they were recording. Been thedeath has impetus of a global movement. I bring you his brother, the brother of george floyd, salon is floyd fionas floyd. Philonese ffloyd. Philonise floyd. George floyd. George floyd. George floyd. Thank you all. Bridget, my, wife, my tony, my sister, tonya, my nephew, brandon i am so overwhelmed right now with everybody here right now. Man. I wish george were here to see this right now. For. S who i am marching i am marching for george, for jacob, forlor, for pamela turner, for michael andn, trayvon, anybody else who lost their life to evil. [applause] [cheering and applause] george floyd. George floyd. George floyd. George floyd. Been more clear right now, change is happening right now, because we demand it. No justice. No peace. Everyone here has made a commitment, because they wouldnt be here for no other reason right now. Its hot, and i know its hot. But as of now, we are here, because we are being quiet right now, man. Im crying. Im good. Im good. I got it. No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. Everybody out here right now, our leaders need to follow us while we are marchin, to enact laws while we are marching, to enough laws that will protect us. Its hard, man. [applause] say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. My brother george is looking down right now and he is doing right now. Saw a lot of empathy and. I am enjoying every last bit of it right now. And passion. Last bit ofg every it right now. You all are keeping me running. I have to advocate for everybody, because right now, hard to talk its right now, shot seven times, man, with his kids, thats painful. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. I am George Floyds sister. [applause] 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 youracency, urine inaction, or will they remember your leadership, empathy, your passion . King stood here 57 years ago. And he told the world his dream. But i dont think you all know that we are here right now with the power to make it happen. [applause] i dont think you will hear me. You all hear me. But we have to do it together. We have to do it together. Generations to come, our children. 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. [applause] no justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Now, wait a minute. You are all too close to each other. Stretch out now. And wewe are outside have on a mess, but dont get that close, social distance. You are all too tight appear. Tight up here. That spring up the next family lets bring up the next family. A few days ago, a few days ago, ok go ahead. Come on, sister. Give a hand to the floyd family as we get ready. Please, have one speaker. [applause] now, yall are too loud. Why are you screaming . Now, a few days ago, i got a call and talked to a father and osha,was shot in wisconsin in kenosha, wisconsin seven times in the back. Running into his policemenn grabbed the edge of his tshirt. There was no weapon in his hand. There was no threat to the policemen. By law, a police man should only use deadly force when they are under extenuating circumstances. 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 . Not a say. Did they examine the police to see if they have xray vision to see through the car . Him, he did not know what was in the car. What he knew was that a black be expendable, and we come to say, we are no longer expendable. We are going to demand justice. His mother and father are both here. Little heatot a exhaustion and is sitting in the tent, but i bring you the father of this young man, who we all are rallying for. s this is jacobs this is jacobs daddy, who said to me, i am going to fight for my son, i am going to fight for justice. Lets welcome to the platform, jacob senior. We need to make way. Blake. B say his name. Say his name. Jacob blake. Say his name. Jacob blake. Say his name. Jacob blake. His sister is going to speak for the mother, who is in the tent. Unapologetically, i am here to tell you in front of the world that youve got the right one. Been preparing me. America, your reality is not real. Catering to your delusions is no longer an option. , we will notretend be our dos ill slaves your dos ill slaves, we will not be a footstool to oppression. We will not dress up as genocide this genocide and collett 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. Learn to love yourself, black people. Unify. Group economics. Black women, you are your brothers keeper. I know its heavy, but forgive build him up. Breathe,dren, and, gro, and live question everything. Stand up, stand up, blechman, educate yourself and protect blechman, educate yourself and protect black men, educate yourself and protect the family unit, period. [applause] no justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. Jacob blake. Say his name. Jacob blake. Say his name. Jacob blake. There are two systems of justice in the u. S. There is a white system and there is a black system. The black system is not doing so well. But we are going to stand up, every person in the u. S. Is going to stand up. We are tired area i am tired. We are tired. I am 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 unsystematic racism. We are going to hold court right now. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Us. Sm against all of guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Racism against Trayvon Martin. We find them guilty. Racism against george floyd. We find them guilty. Guilty. Blake. Sm against jacob guilty. We are not taking it anymore. I asked everyone to stand up ask everyone to stand up. No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. I met this man when i was seven years old. How did i know i was going to meet this man again under these circumstances . I truly did not want to come and see you all today for these reasons. My father was in town for the first march. D. C. Rst march on andve a duty to support understand i love everybody in this crowd. I love you. Thatbody told you today they love you but we are going to stand up, baby, we are going to stand up together, i need your strength. I need your strength. No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. I love you all. [applause] no justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. The attorneybring ,ho represents these families who represents the many families here. I think we should hear from a few more we for we march a few more before we march to the memorial. Good afternoon, d. C. The acevedo family, who was killed in the city of milwaukee by an offduty officer before george floyd and was strangled for 10 minutes. I also represent the family of who was on humanely shot seven times, but he lives ely shot sevenan times, but he lives today. At this time, i want to thank reverend, al sharpton, and nan for having this event here today. Action is what we are here for. We are tired of talking. We are tired of talking. We are tired of playing games. America is year that going to be put on timeout. Hink we thank the milwaukee bucks. Sacrificed nba teams their games for the special cause. We thank the major league baseball, we think all the all the actors and celebrities across this country who utilizer platform for justice. Today, i just want to let you season of is the last the Police Version of how to get away with murder. [applause] we know your playbook. We know your plays. Claim that you are in fear, find an object, and justify killing us. Step two, assassinate that like black and brown person and assassinate his character. Than i think you get to step four, you exaggerated then i think you get to step four, you exaggerate it, you take months to say youre still investigating. Attack areou protesters that are gathering our protesters that are gathering peacefully, and used 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. Its over. It is training day for Police Officers and Law Enforcement agencies across the country. It is training day. Officersnt train your on Standard Operating Procedures and get racial bias training, we will hold you accountable. And thats not going to be cheap, because black lives matter. I want to thank you right now all across this country for standing up for justice, standing up for this very important cause. The time is now. And we are not going the time is now to make change. And we are not going to stop until we get it. , if we dontet it you. T thank now im going to bring up the amily of acevedo, another case in the state of wisconsin where police strangled an innocent man for 10 minutes. We are a free people. I come here to let everyone know and let the government know, well, that we have rights, and if there is never going to be justice, there is going to be no peace. Our brothers and sisters will stand as one in unity with hispanics, asians, every different nationality standing together. Acevedo did not deserve to die. He was my son invited to a. Olice party, they cuffed him for over 10 , and the officer, michael, along with his two accomplices that they want to eric. Itnesses, andrew and mister peterson, i tell you right now, america, wake up, because you are going to get a awakening, when we come against you, satan, in the name of jesus christ. We stand for whats right. Thank you, i love you all. [applause] as we bring on the family of Ahmaud Arbery, hold it we are trying to get everybody in. As we get the next set of family members to come forward and then prepare to march 2 the king memorial march to the king memorial, many have stiffer justice many have stood for justice. May we hear from the artist, be be winans. No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. No justice. No peace. 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 sons eyes and freddies eyes. In freddies eyes. I went to the piano and wrote a song not just for my son, but for every son and daughter that is represented. Black lives matter. I said, black lives matter. Black lives matter. Black lives matter. Black lives matter. Black lives matter. Black lives matter. Tomorrow i hope to see as you are looking back at me with that smile its possibilities. And our plan. Met take away from at night, i close my eyes and i pray love cover him with and your grace know his heart . My friend already judged him by his gift when you only judge him by his skin its the right to live im after want to trade these tears for laughter in one moment dreams are shattered my son and daughter matters black lives matter let my words resound clear with hands lifted high, and sincere and revered. Urgently dispel your fears in hope of saving lives we hold dear its the right to live were after were after want to trade these tears for laughter because in one moment, in moment, dreams are shattered our sons and daughters matter yes, they do black lives matter yes, they do my children, your children rich children, poor children jesus loves the little children all the children of the world your children, my children poor children, rich children jesus loves the little children all the children of the world its the right to live were after want to trade these tears for laughter because in one moment, one moment, dreams are scattered our sons and daughters matter yes, they do, black lives matter i will say it one more time my children, your children rich children, poor children jesus loves the little children all the children of the world his children, her children poor children, rich children jesus loves the little children all the children of the world its the right we have a we have a right to live. Thats what we are after. We have a right to trade our tears for laughter. Because in one moment, one moment, dreams. They matter. Yes they do. Black lives, black lives, black matter. So tomorrow, i hope to see my sons eyes. My sons eyes looking back at me. [applause] bebe winan i work with attorney Justice Miller and i thank you for the support you have given and all of our cases. On behalf of john floyd, on behalf of rayshard brooks, on behalf of walter scott, alton sterling and all of the other names. The support is because of the community here. Crump, because all the people standing up and fighting. 57 years ago, we were standing right here to fight property poverty and oppression. There has been no theme for racism, no quarantine for Police Brutality. We are all secure. The children are not victims, they are the vaccine. Thank you for your support. Bringing the mother, the sister of father john. Saidd by a policewoman who of botham jean. Killed by a policewoman who thought it was her house. Hello, everyone. My name is alisa findlay. I first want to thank the National Action network i would like to thank National Action andork, rev. Al Sharpton Martin Luther King iii for organizing this march. Botham jean is my brother. September 6 marks two years since i heard his voice, hurt his left. Two years since my family has felt whole. Because september 6 will be two years since amber guyger shot my brother through his heart. He died while sitting at his home, eating ice cream and watching for. He was minding his own business. Since then i have been on a mission to seek reform to the severely broken criminal Justice System because he would still be alive today. Awayad, we are nine days from the second anniversary of his murder. Name,ys of saying his years seeking justice for dj henry. Four years of saint terrence cartridge, saint chantel david, sandra bland and so many others. Namesired of learning new , adding new hashtags to an already long list of victims of police terror. Brothers andow our 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. The mother of all Ahmaud Arbery. A young man jogging, shot down in cold blood in georgia. Brunswick, georgia. Give wanda a big hand. You the proudore mother of all Ahmaud Arbery. I am 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. Believe if we continue to together, that sadly, whenchange we have these types of tragic events, far too often. You to pleaseh of dont forget their names. Please dont please let their names live forever. I want to share three words with you that i know Ahmaud Arbery would want you to share as well, i love you. I love you all for standing with us. [applause] i also want you guys to help me chant his name, and maybe hear him in the heavens. Say his name. Ahmaud arbery. Say his name. Ahmaud arbery. Thank you oma and i love you. Let us hear from the attorney. Black power. Black power. Say like be afraid to power. You cannot say that black lives matter if you do not believe black power. Ts from happening is when we begin to exercise our moral power. I have been live from the National Convention republican National Convention all week, and they keep telling me that this man freed the slaves. Let me tell you something, lincoln did not free no slaves we freed the slaves. We free ourselves when we fight for ourselves. And say with me black power. Black power. Say their names. Tatyana jefferson, jamal robinson. Botham jean. Sylville smith, deandre arbor. Somebody names we cannot say the mall. Say mack power. Let us hear from the father of Ahmaud Arbery. I just want to thank god for all support for my son and his mother. I just want to say it has been a it had been a hard road for me and my family. Sometimes, i found myself saying i cant believe it. But its real. Im visa my boy calling me everyday telling me he loves me, and sometimes im like, he forgot to call me. It just isnt real. I cant believe it. So i sit down and say my boys gone he is not coming back, so me and his family have got to be here for us and we have got to keep on fighting. And im not going to stop until god calls me home. Power to the people, and thank yall. [chanting] can we also say the name Trayvon Martin . Trayvon martin. Please welcome Trayvon Martins mother. Hero, sabrina fulton. Trayvon martin. Trayvon martin. Trayvon martin. Sabrina fulton. 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 that in spite of what we go through, be strong, stand tall, be encouraged. Dont stop saying black lives matter dont stop peaceful protest. This is what this was about. We are built for this. And last but not least, i want to leave with you my favorite favorite bible verse. Proverb 356. Trust in the lord with all your heart. Lean not on your own understanding. And regardless of what youre going through folks, trust in god. Standup people, we were built for this. Lets give a round of applause to sabrina fulton. Another brother who the nypd killed, eric garner, i cant breathe. I cant bhe we have now eric garner junior, and if you all would let her make her way, eric garners. Other heard i cant breathe. I cant breathe. It has been six years since my fathers words became my words. We have to make a change. I am challenging young people to go out and vote. It is possible for change. We just have to put in the work. What we havend out to do and what people we have to to go in to make a change. We are here to march peacefully. I dont want to see no ruins. No nothing. Just march peacefully. I am eric garner junior, that is my message. We have the mother of oscar grant, ladies and gentlemen. Wanda johnson, ladies and gentle. And gentlemen. Afternoon. I want you to know that this race is not given to the swift or to the strong, to the one who endures. And we are a fighting people. Michael says what does the lord require of you . Justly, andly and when we think about justice, we look out as a people. We have not received the justice we deserve and it is going to require each and everyone one of us to continue to band together, to continue to march. ,o call the on justices 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 and we are here to fight the end. Know from oscars case, only 11 months in county jail. Where is the justice . , and itst liberty imbalance, and until we begin to 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. Say his name. Oscar grant. [applause] we have got a couple more out of respect. We need everyone to just bring very brief brief greeting so we can line up to march. The people have the power. We will show up on november the third to take our country back. Up. Ill show 3, to take our family back. He was shot 14 times for sleeping in a park. I will never stop fighting for you. Lets fight together. Sisters and brothers, but me just say this. The police have killed so many of us, there is not even up enough time for us to hear from every family. Me, just to acknowledge who is here. The family of stefon clark is here, hold your fist up to my brother. The family of Michael Brown is here. Come stantecs to me. Family of stabile clark stabile smith, im sorry. The twin sisters here. Out . M i leaving davis jones is here. Antwon rose. Montes cameron. Hamburg. R of montes look. Many believe. Names that are being called. We want to play for all pray for all of these families pamela turner, tamir rice. Niles erickson. Please follow the instructions. Begin to line up to my right. Yall all right with one more . Yall on tv right now. Youre on camera. All right. Lineup. Everybody you can see the crowd to the right. Lets make way for these families to lead the march. Maybe you can jump on the mic over there. No justice no peace no justice no peace [chanting black lives matter] [indiscernible] o [chanting black lives matter] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] you can see todays rally from the Lincoln Memorial again tonight at 8 00 eastern here on cspan. You are watching cspan, your unfiltered view of government. 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