"You might have killed the dreamer, but you can't kill the dream," civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton told the crowd on Friday. autoplay:0]They also referred to the importance of voting in November's election and the links between activism for black civil rights, disability rights and LGBT rights and against gun violence, among other causes. "In so many ways, we stand together today in the symbolic shadow of history, but we are making history together right now," said Martin Luther King III, Martin Luther King Jr's son. Martin Luther King III speaks at the protest on Friday. "This year the march is extra special because it is a continuation of the George Floyd protests," she said.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 28, 2020 21:00 UTC