Meet the Demonstrator Who Participated in the 1963 March on Washington as a Child

"I always said that Black people alone can't end racism."

Meet the demonstrator who participated in the 1963 March on Washington as a 10-year-old and joined activists gathered today at the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the historic civil rights event.

Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, civil rights advocates on Friday denounced police and vigilante violence against Black Americans at a commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Thousands gathered near the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic, “I Have a Dream” address, a vision of racial equality that remains elusive for millions of Americans.

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