Black Lives Matter Plaza
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June 7, 2020Congressman John Lewis, who endured horrific beatings, threats to his life, and imprisonment as one of the original Freedom Riders, at Black Lives Matter Plaza. Rep. Lewis is the only surviving speaker of the March On Washington where Dr. King gave his ‘I Have A Dream Speech’
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On December 31st, 2019, the congressman and civil-rights icon disclosed a diagnosis of Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. In his public statement, his tenor remained characteristically triumphant, even optimistic: “I have been in some kind of fight—for freedom, equality, basic human rights—for nearly my entire life. I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now.” He added, “I have decided to do what I know to do and do what I have always done: I am going to fight it and keep fighting for the Beloved Community.” [The Atlantic]
“I HAVE A DREAM …”
(Copyright 1963, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.)
“March on Washington”
[Full Speech]
Black Lives Matter Plaza
June 5, 2020
A new name for the list:
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowse.
“As Washingtonians, we simply all want to be here together in peace to demonstrate that in America, you can peacefully assemble, you can bring grievances to your government, and you can demand change”.
Mayor Bowser tweeted later in the morning that that particular section of 16th Street has been renamed “Black Lives Matter Plaza.” [NBC]
Laurene Powell Jobs:
“Washington, D.C. has a new landmark.”