Get Your Knee Off Our Necks Rally

Thousands gather for the ''Get Your Knee Off Our Necks'' march on the anniversary of the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, at the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington DC USA, on August 28, 2020. National Action Network founder, Reverend Al Sharpton, in conjunction with the NAACP began planning the event following George Floyds' June funeral, the man who was killed by a Minneapolis Minnesota police officer who knelt on his neck for several minutes. This year on the 57th anniversary of Reverend Martin Luther King's ''I have A dream'' speech, participants endeavor to restore the commitment to the sentiment of the historic speech, underscoring demands for criminal justice and police reform, including racial equality. (Photo by John Lamparski/NurPhoto via AP)