DC Voting Rights March
"Free DC! Free DC!," was the only sound that could be heard as an estimated 5,000 citizens and civil rights leaders braved the cold, damp, and windy weather to demand voting representation. The DC Voting Rights March was led by Mayor Adrian Fenty, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District City Council, DC Vote and other groups in a civil rights coalition on Emancipation Day. The March commenced at Freedom Plaza (13th and Pennsylvania Ave., NW) and proceeded along Pennsylvania Avenue, then rallying the U.S. Capitol Reflecting Pool.
The residents of D.C. are fed up over Congress not giving us the right to vote. We are here today to say to Congress, 'If you have the legislation in front of you that would give us the full vote in the House of Representatives, we want you to pass that legislation now! - Mayor Adrian Fenty
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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and Mayor Adrian M. Fenty raise their arms in solidarity.
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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and Mayor Adrian M. Fenty raise their arms in solidarity.
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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and Mayor Adrian M. Fenty
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DC Council Chair Vincent C. Gray and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton raise their hands together in solidarity. *
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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, DC Council members, and DC Vote are ready to march for District Voting rights.
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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty is followed by the District of Columbia Youth Mayor, Nicole Newman, during the DC Voting Rights March.
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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty looks out a crowd of demonstators ready to begin the DC Voting Rights March.
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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty looks out a crowd of demonstators ready to begin the DC Voting Rights March.
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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty looks out a crowd of demonstators ready to begin the DC Voting Rights March.
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Former Mayor Anthony Williams speaks to a District Youth about the historical signicance in participating in the DC Voting Rights March.
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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, DC Youth Mayor Nicole Newman, and Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Tommy Thomas, Jr.
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DC Council Chair Vincent C. Gray
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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty
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DC Council Member Vincent Grey walks with the crowd in solidarity. "The march was an extraordinary statement of resolve and impatience with the denial of our rights as citizens of the United States. We pay taxes, fight wars and fulfill all the other responsibilities of being a citizen of this nation. Now, it is time for this nation to fulfill its responsibility to us---equality." - Vince Gray
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Media from accross the globe swarm over our District government leaders.
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