Thousands of demonstrators marched from Foley Square through Lower Manhattan to Wall Street to protest the Trump administration's rollback of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs. Rev. Al Sharpton led the march alongside Martin Luther King III, Ben Crump, Zohran Mamdani, and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. The march coincided with the 62nd anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. Protesters chanted "Keep the dream alive" as they moved toward Whitehall Street and Wall Street. Sharpton vowed to fight to preserve DEI efforts and framed the protest as part of a long civil rights struggle despite political disadvantages.
Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton led thousands from across the country Thursday for March on Wall Street in protest of the Trump administration's withdrawal from Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs three values that the president and his followers have eschewed. The massive Lower Manhattan march, coinciding with the 62nd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous March on Washington in 1963, kicked off from Foley Square on the 62nd anniversary of the March on Washington.
Somebody said: You can't fight Trump. He got too much power. He has the majority of the Supreme Court. He has the majority of the US Senate. He has a majority of the House of Representatives.' Yeah, but there's something he doesn't have. You don't realize that our grandparents and our parents fought when they didn't have a right to vote.
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