The families of those affected by racial violence rallied for change today, speaking forcefully and emotionally on the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington 📷 smahaskey
The families of those affected by racial violence in the U.S. banded together on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Friday, the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington, encouraging thousands of fellow marchers to carry forward the goals of their predecessors.
As Philonise Floyd spoke, he was surrounded by other family members wearing t-shirts and face masks bearing “8:46,” representing the number of minutes and seconds former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was recorded with his knee on Floyd’s neck. She also challenged attendees to critically examine their own legacies during a time of racial reckoning in the United States not seen since the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
“America, your reality is not real,” Letetra Widman said. “Catering to your delusions is no longer an option. We will not pretend. We will not be your docile slave, we will not be your footstool to oppression.” “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 Black folks our dignity and rights,” she said. “They would share our anger and pain, but no doubt they would turn it into fuel.”
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