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PHOTOS: Voting rights advocates march through DC

August 28, 2021, 1:28 PM

Voting rights advocates are marching through the streets of D.C. in the thousands Saturday with several multiracial coalitions of civil, human and labor rights leaders in attendance.

Rev. Al Sharpton鈥檚 , gathered at McPherson Square Park in the early morning before heading to Black Lives Matter Plaza and passing the White House and the Washington Monument.

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US Representative Al Green (R) joins Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (C) and Rev. Al Sharpton (L) as protesters rally to demand protection for voting rights on the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in Washington, DC, on August 28, 2021. – Demonstrators are demanding demand that legislatures across the US end their push for restrictive voting laws and that Congress pass the For the People Act. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. Representative Al Green (R) joins Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (C) and Rev. Al Sharpton (L) as protesters rally to demand protection for voting rights on the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in Washington, DC, on August 28, 2021. – Demonstrators are demanding demand that legislatures across the US end their push for restrictive voting laws and that Congress pass the For the People Act. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Protesters march for voting rights during a march in D.C. (海角社区app/Liz Anderson)
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Protesters pass the White House during a rally to demand protection for voting rights, on the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in Washington, DC, on August 28, 2021. – Demonstrators are demanding demand that legislatures across the US end their push for restrictive voting laws and that Congress pass the For the People Act. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Marchers protest during voting rights rallies in D.C. on Saturday. (海角社区app/Liz Anderson)
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Protesters rally to demand protection for voting rights on the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in Washington, DC, on August 28, 2021. – Demonstrators are demanding demand that legislatures across the US end their push for restrictive voting laws and that Congress pass the For the People Act. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Protesters join a voting rally in D.C. on Saturday. (海角社区app/Liz Anderson)
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A woman attends the 鈥淢arch On for Washington and Voting Rights鈥� on August 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. The march was organized to honor the 58th anniversary of the March On Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.鈥檚 鈥淚 Have a Dream鈥� speech and also urge the Senate to pass voting rights legislation. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Brita Filter with Drag the Vote is marching on Saturday for voting rights. (海角社区app/Liz Anderson)
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Women join a rally for voting rights in D.C. on Saturday. (海角社区app/Liz Anderson)
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Brothers Keyony, 16 (Left) and Sayed, 13 (Right) Hawkins-Hill participate in the 鈥淢arch On for Washington and Voting Rights鈥� on August 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. The march was organized to honor the 58th anniversary of the March On Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.鈥檚 鈥淚 Have a Dream鈥� speech and also urge the Senate to pass voting rights legislation. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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