Photos: People’s World\YouTube Screenshot
WASHINGTON —Mass marches in Chicago and Atlanta will lead the nation in more than 1,600 cities stretching all day and into the evening of July 17, commemorating the late civil rights icon and Atlanta congressman John Lewis. The marches will be all over the U.S., and there’ll be at least one abroad, in Oaxaca, Mexico. And they won’t stop with one day of mass marching, organizers vow.
Marchers fully intend their crusade for the causes Lewis espoused–voting rights, civil rights and economic and social justice–to continue beyond Thursday. More information is available at the Transformative Justice Coalition.
“John Lewis knew that to do good, sometimes you have to take risks, and sometimes get in good trouble,” said Celina Stewart, national League of Women Voters president, at a Zoom press conference on July 15. Lewis’s “Make Good Trouble” statement is now a mantra for civil rights and voting rights crusaders nationally.
“Today we are called on to respond to attacks that make voting harder for Blacks and browns and women,” she added.
An estimated 400,000 people have already signed up. “We’re getting two more registrations every minute,” on her phone and on websites, says Betty Magness of the Chicago League of Women Voters, which is coordinating the flagship event there, starting at 5 P.M. Central Time….READ MORE…
To Support our independent investigative journalism contributions are welcome via Cashapp to: $BlackStarNews
Also support Black Star News by buying merch from our brand new Black Star Store!
