Remembering the March on Washington

Remembering the March on Washington

A PASSIONATE SPEECH ABOUT HISLEGACY AND HOPE FOR THEFUTURE...AS THOUSANDS GATHEREDIN D-C TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARYOF THE HISTORIC MARCH ONWASHINGTON.

"Less than a yearbefore he was assassinated, mygrandfather predicted thisvery moment.

He said that wewere moving into a new phaseof the struggle." HERE INBALTIMORE, COMMUNITIES ALSOCAME TOGETHER WITH A POWERFUMESSAGE.

AS WMAR-2 NEWS RAYSTRICKLAND EXPLAINS, THEY'REHOPING THEIR VOICES WILL LEADTO CHANGE.2:26:31“Webeen past time for change”Ruby Couch was in her 30sduring the historic March onWashington in 1963 2:25 41“Itwas just tremendous.tremendous” 57 years laterand now 97 years old She saysnot much has changed.

2:27 01“Racism is still a live andkicking” Couch is apart ofthe Hanlon Improvementassociation where severalcommunities came together onGwynss Falls Parkway toprotest in solidarity withthousands of people in D.C asthey honor and remember the57th anniversary of the Marchon Washington 2:27 21“Allpeople deserve equality andjustice” STANDUP And themessage at the demonstrationhere today was simple.

BlackLives matter, butdemonstrators are also tryingto bring attention to the needfor police reform.Theyhopeful that just like in 63,their voices will lead tochange.

2:40 37“Ithat we as blacks andsupportive white will be ableto change things around” 7:00“We can do better and weshould be doing better”Pushing for that changePrince Georges County StateDelegate Julian Ivey.

For thelast 64 days HE'S tweeted THENAMES OF victims of policebrutalit, AND OFFICER INVOLVEDDEATHS.

Hethe state legislature to comeback for a special session toaddress THESE issues.

1:22“what we need to of coursechange the laws that allowthese practices to continueoutlawing chokeholds of coursebut here in marylandspecifically abolishing thelaw enforcement officerbills of rights” Right now,lawmakers plan to tacklepolice reform during thelegislative session thatbegins in January but Iveysays lawmakers shouldn't waituntil then...BECAUSE LIVE SAREON THE LINE, AND THEY NEED TOACT NOW.

6:45“It is my hopethat we can get back to worknow with the urgency theseissues require” 5:20“theyhave not said that there willbe special session but i canot see them allowing thestate of maryland to gothrough several differentcrises at the same time” 2:4400“This is another stage.

Inmy beliefs that where we willnot just overcome.

Folks wantto overcome now.

Not just 100years from now” Reporting inbaltimore Ra Strickland WMAR-2NewsFAMILY MEMBERS OF BLACKAMERICANS KILLED BY POLICE I