(((PICS))) "Reclaim the Dream" - August 28, 2010

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WASHINGTON - AUGUST 28: (L-R) Marc Morial, former New Orleans mayor, Janet Murguia, president of La Raza, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Melanie Campbell, president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation lead a march through downtown on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights March on Washington on August 28, 2010 in Washington, DC. Thousands joined Sharpton for his 'Reclaim the Dream' rally to commemorate the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's famous 'I Have a Dream' speech. It also was counter-protest to a rally being held by Fox News conservative talk show host Glenn Beck in front of the Lincoln Memorial at the National Mall.

Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III are seen during a rally at the future site of the Dr. Martin Luther King memorial in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010.

Supporters march arm-in-arm with civil rights leader Al Sharpton (not pictured) for a Reclaiming the Dream rally in memory of Martin Luther King in Washington, August 28, 2010.

Civil rights leader Al Sharpton (C) leads supporters for a Reclaiming the Dream rally in memory of Martin Luther King in Washington, August 28, 2010. Also pictured is radio personality Tom Joyner (R).

WASHINGTON - AUGUST 28: A participant holds up a poster of Martin Luther King, Jr. as marchers wait to leave Dunbar High School for the 'Reclaim the Dream' march to commemorate the 47th anniversary of King's March on Washington, in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 28, 2010. Thousands joined Sharpton at the Capitol for his 'Reclaim the Dream' rally to commemorate the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's famous 'I Have a Dream' speech. It also was counter-protest to a rally being held by Fox News conservative talk show host Glenn Beck in front of the Lincoln Memorial at the National Mall.

WASHINGTON - AUGUST 28: Jesse Reaves, of Washington, D.C. , listens to a speaker before a march on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights 'March on Washington', at Dunbar High School on August 28, 2010 in Washington, DC. Thousands joined Sharpton at the Capitol for his 'Reclaim the Dream' rally to commemorate the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's famous 'I Have a Dream' speech. It also was counter-protest to a rally being held by Fox News conservative talk show host Glenn Beck in front of the Lincoln Memorial at the National Mall.

[ThatsMyBarack]

1. After all the BecKKK crap....

These are a refreshing sight for sore eyes! Thanks for sharing! :hi:

[mmonk]

2. Recommended.

Thank you.

[activa8tr]

3. That first picture is really impressive, and it will scare all those Beckbaggers

who think THEY can "reclaim" the civil rights moment.

[Justpat]

4. Thanks for this.

:thumbsup:

[chill_wind]

5. K & R. n/t

[malaise]

6. This was the real rally

We had a few threads. Thanks for the pics. :hi:

[babsbunny]

7. this is what I'm talkin' about!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[northofdenali]

8. Rock on!

My mom did the Montgomery march.

[gratuitous]

9. Gee, those people were smart enough to carry signs

I wonder why the Beckerheads were forbidden from carrying signs? Seems like the message at Beck's Little Nuremberg was supposed to go only one way.

[slipslidingaway]

10. knr nt