Thousands take part in March on Washington to promote voting rights
- Thousands of demonstrators have converged on the United States capital of Washington, DC, to warn of threats to voting rights ahead of November’s midterm elections.
- Friday’s event marked the 63rd anniversary of the March on Washington, an historic 1963 protest that galvanised the US civil rights movement.
- But this year’s march had a theme that gestured to the midterms: “Defend the vote.
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- Thousands of demonstrators have converged on the United States capital of Washington, DC, to warn of threats to voting rights ahead of November’s midterm elections.
- Friday’s event marked the 63rd anniversary of the March on Washington, an historic 1963 protest that galvanised the US civil rights movement.
- But this year’s march had a theme that gestured to the midterms: “Defend the vote.
Sources: Al Jazeera