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  • Al Sharpton Organizing March On Washington

    Al Sharpton has had a lot to say about some of the recent high profile cases involving white and black people. After the Ferguson decision and the recent decision by a Staten Island grand jury to not bring charges against Daniel Pantaleo, a police officer accused of choking a black man, Sharpton is more upset than ever.

    He claims that the country is dealing with a national crisis and is hoping to make people more aware of the situation by organizing a march on Washington.

    “We are dealing with a national crisis,” Sharpton said. “No amount of secret grand juries with local prosecutors that put up evidence that we do not know is going to stop people from raising the questions and demanding the answers.”

    Sharpton offered his support to both of the victims’ families during the trials and afterward and claims to be acting on their behalf and on the behalf of all African Americans.

    “A week from this Saturday, Dec. 13, we are having a national march in Washington, DC where we are calling for the Justice Department to take this case and the case in Ferguson and the case in Cleveland,” he said. “It is time for a national march to deal with a national crisis.”

    While many people are thankful to have him speak and act for them, others have accused Sharpton of instigating the riots and violence associated with these two cases and for causing more harm than good.

    Sharpton has been quick to show his disappointment for the recent verdicts and has urged both of the victim’s family to continue to seek justice. While he is planning for the march to be a peaceful one, there are so many mixed views and opinions as well as emotions involved with these cases, that it seems like a peaceful march will not be likely.

    Do you think Al Sharpton causes trouble or is really helping these situations?

  • March on Washington becomes Interactive

    March on Washington becomes Interactive

    “I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.”

    Powerful words from the civil rights leader and American icon, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King predicted that the March on Washington would go down in history, and it did as well as his famous speech. One could only imagine that even he could not conceive in his wildest dreams, that a dedication to him would be featured on the largest search engine, Google.

    With the help of modern technology, you can be apart of history. Just as gains have been made in the advancement of civil rights, technology has progressed as well. Once we used to show our support by marching, today we can show our support by clicking. Thanks to Organic and Google on behalf of the National Parks Foundation, you will be able to join the anniversary of the March on Washington, even if you can’t physically take part in the event. When you visit http://www.wearestillmarching.com/ not only will you will be able to listen to the speech, you will be able to record yourself via the site. Then in a united effort, you will be able to hear yourself among others, who have also recorded themselves reciting words from the historic speech that King delivered fifty years ago today at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

    Fifty years since that monumental day, your only a screen away; a word away, from joining an epic day where a man and his words changed not only the United States of America, but the world as we know it.