March on Washington reconfigured to comply with virus rules
Last updated 8/11/2020 at 5:56pm
AARON MORRISON and ASHRAF KHALIL
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid widespread protests and unrest over the police killings of Black Americans, a national commemoration of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington is being reconfigured to comply with coronavirus protocols in the District of Columbia.
Although many marchers will arrive via charter buses from surrounding communities on Aug. 28, the Rev. Al Sharpton, one of the organizers, will ask some to join satellite marches planned in states that are considered hot spots for COVID-19.
"We're following protocol," Sharpton told The A...
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