American civil rights activists have kicked off a week of protests ahead of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration with a march in Washington.
A few thousand protesters chanted “no justice, no peace” while marching along the National Mall toward the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on Saturday.
Braving drizzle and near-freezing temperatures, speakers denounced the Republican president-elect for his disparaging remarks against minority groups and women as well as his pledge to dismantle President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, known as Obamacare.
“We stand together, not as a people of hate, but as a people of hope,” said Charley Hames Jr., president of the Oakland, California, chapter of Sharpton’s National Action Network, according to Reuters. “We believe this march is the first of many.”
Trump, a billionaire real estate developer from New York, defeated his heavily-favored Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the November election with a…