• About
  • Events
  • Community Calendar
  • Advertise
  • Subscriptions
  • Foundation
  • Contact
  • Seattle Chinese Post

Northwest Asian Weekly

  • Community
    • Names in the News
    • Local
    • Business
    • Pictorials
    • Obituaries
  • Nation
  • World
  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Columns
    • On the Shelf
    • At the Movies
    • A-POP!
    • Publisher Ng’s blog
    • The Layup Drill
    • Travel
    • Wayne’s Worlds
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Commentary
    • Publisher Ng’s blog
    • Letters to the Editor
  • Astrology
  • Classifieds
  • Community Calendar
You are here: Home / News / Community News / Features / MLK matters to Seattle — Huge turnout for rally and march

MLK matters to Seattle — Huge turnout for rally and march

January 22, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Minal Singh
Northwest Asian Weekly

https://i0.wp.com/www.nwasianweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/34_05/front_mlk1.JPG?resize=500%2C375

Rally gathers at Garfield High School (Photo by Minal Singh/NWAW)

On January 19, 2015, a large crowd gathered at Garfield High School <!–more–>in Seattle to rally and march on behalf of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and the continued struggle that faces the United States as a result of Ferguson and the series of deaths of unarmed black citizens by police officers, including Eric Garner and Mike Brown.

The opening ceremony convened in the Garfield Gymnasium to a packed house where religious leaders and activists spoke in celebration of King’s dream for equality and protested against a current climate that reveals racism still deep in American culture. Jelani Brown said “Race is a social construct. Nothing more. There is one race. The human race.”

https://i1.wp.com/www.nwasianweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/34_05/front_mlk2.JPG?resize=500%2C375

Photo by Minal Singh/NWAW

 

Outside, as marchers gathered for a rally, more speakers took the stage. Louis Watanabe spoke to the crowd. “You (the audience) are the legacy of Dr. King,” he said. Mayor Ed Murray and Governor Jay Inslee showed up at the rally to lend their support.

The march began at Garfield High School and the crowd moved downtown through Capitol Hill and the International District, making stops at the Youth Detention Center, Yesler Terrace, King County Jail, the Seattle Police Department, and the Federal Courthouse, where noted city officials made speeches.

Throughout this nonviolent march, participants raised signs, including the one provided by the planning committee that read “Fight for your rights in 2015.” Marchers chanted the now ingrained slogans of “Whose lives matter? Black lives matter.”  (end)

Minal Singh be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

Share:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)

Related

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Capitol Hill, Eric Garner, Federal Courthouse, Garfield Gymnasium, Garfield High School, Governor Jay Inslee, International District, King County Jail, MLK, Martin Luther King Jr., Minal Singh, Seattle Huge, Vol 34 No 5 | January 24 - January 30, Yesler Terrace, Youth Detention Center

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Find us on Issuu!

Subscribe to our e-news

© 2020 NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
412 MAYNARD AVE. S., SEATTLE, WA 98104
206-223-5559 | INFO@NWASIANWEEKLY.COM
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.