Clergy march in Washington against white supremacy
The protest focusing on hate crimes, mass incarceration, and discrimination received larger support after Charlottesville.
One Thousand Ministers March for Justice—attended by an estimated 3,000—on August 28, 2017, in Washington, D.C. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks.
From Protestant preachers to Jewish cantors to Catholic nuns, religious leaders of a range of faiths demonstrated in Washington, D.C., for racial justice, criticizing the silence of some within their own ranks on the subject of white supremacy.
Wearing stoles, robes, and yarmulkes, the participants proceeded August 28 on a 1.7-mile route from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial to the Justice Department. Organizers estimated close to 3,000 ministers took part, a larger turnout than suggested by the title of the event: “One Thousand Ministers March for Justice.”
“We wanted to say this nation is in moral trouble,” Al Sharpton told those assembled at the King memorial.
