Post by Logan on Jan 23, 2017 8:14:03 GMT -6
Thousands parade through Birmingham streets for Alabama Women's March
They came with their signs, their flags, their families and friends. Their chants echoed off the downtown Birmingham buildings as they walked through the city's historic Civil Rights district.
Thousands of Alabamians joined the Women's March on Washington in Birmingham today, filling Kelly Ingram Park for a rally before spilling into the downtown streets for a march to Linn Park and back.
"We are marching in the footsteps of those who went before us for civil rights and equal rights for all," said Dalia Abrams, one of the Birmingham march organizers. A week ago, she told AL.com they were hoping to get a crowd of 200 to the march. Birmingham police estimated the crowd at 5,000.
"We hope they would be proud of what we've learned from them."
Read more: www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/01/thousands_parade_through_birmi.html
They came with their signs, their flags, their families and friends. Their chants echoed off the downtown Birmingham buildings as they walked through the city's historic Civil Rights district.
Thousands of Alabamians joined the Women's March on Washington in Birmingham today, filling Kelly Ingram Park for a rally before spilling into the downtown streets for a march to Linn Park and back.
"We are marching in the footsteps of those who went before us for civil rights and equal rights for all," said Dalia Abrams, one of the Birmingham march organizers. A week ago, she told AL.com they were hoping to get a crowd of 200 to the march. Birmingham police estimated the crowd at 5,000.
"We hope they would be proud of what we've learned from them."
Read more: www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/01/thousands_parade_through_birmi.html