Marches for racial justice and black women converge in Washington D.C.

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Washington D.C (U.S.A), Oct 01 (ANI): Thousands of anti-racism marchers proved that the capital’s summer of protests had not yet come to a close. Two separate rallies- the March for Racial Justice and the March for Black Women- converged in Lincoln Park. They marched in front of the Justice Department before descending on the National Mall to denounce institutionalised racism. The March for Racial Justice, which sought to harness the national unrest and help focus it into a national mobilisation, was organised after the acquittal of a Minnesota police officer in the death of Philando Castile. The March for Black Women was organised to bring attention to the widespread incarceration of black women, sexual violence and murders of black transgender people. The group held a morning rally of approx several hundred black women and allies before joining the racial justice protesters.

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