Demonstrators convened on the National Mall to hear civil rights leaders speak and commemorate the 1963
Speakers at the march include civil rights leaders such as King’s son Martin Luther King III, his granddaughter Yolanda Renee King and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries.Pamela Mays McDonald, who attended the initial march as a child, said: “I was eight years old at the original March and only one woman was allowed to speak — she was from Arkansas where I’m from — now look at how many women are on the podium today.
Kimberle Crenshaw, executive director of the African American Policy Forum, said the anniversary occurs at a troubling moment. “The very history that the march is commemorating is being not only challenged but distorted,” Crenshaw said, referring to bans in several states on books and classroom instruction based on so-called critical race theory, which views a legacy of racism as shaping American history.
She called that and other moves such as the removal of an African American Studies course from public schools in Florida and Arkansas a “concerted effort to silence conversation about that history.”With additional reporting from agencies.
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