(28 Aug 2025)
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New York – 28 August 25
1. Rev. Al Sharpton and other leaders march downtown
2. UPSOUND (English) Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network:
"What do we want? (Justice) What do we want? (Justice) When do we want it? (Now) When do we want it? (Now) When do we want it? (Now)"
3. Protesters march downtown
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network:
"We never stopped dreaming. But now that we have an anti-dreamer, one that wants to cut the tax rate for the rich and have cuts in Medicaid and SNAP pay for it. Why do we come to Wall Street? Since you have benefited from Trump, we come to tell you your benefit days are numbered. We’re not going back."
5. Protesters march downtown
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network:
"We marched toward your offices because we know your address. And we’re gonna march and keep coming to you until we turn the economic inequality in this country around. We’re not going back."
7. Protesters march downtown
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network:
"If you don’t want diversity, inclusion, and economic inclusion in our policy, then you don’t need diversity in our consumer dollar. You don’t need inclusion on our shopping list. We will shop with who does business with us. We will walk with who walks with us, we will stand with who stands with us and we are not afraid of Trump."
9. Protesters march downtown
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Zohran Mamdani, New York mayoral candidate:
"So my name is Zohran Kwame Mamdani. I stand before you as a man looking to be the next mayor of this city. And I tell you that every day I will wake up with Dr. King’s dream at the forefront of my mind. A dream where we make this city the most expensive in the United States of America, affordable for each and every person across this city!"
11. Sharpton leads chant
STORYLINE:
The Rev. Al Sharpton lead a protest march Thursday on Wall Street to urge corporate America to resist the Trump administration’s campaign to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
The New York civil rights leader was joined by clergy, labor and community leaders in a demonstration through Manhattan’s Financial District that was timed with the anniversary of the Civil Rights-era March on Washington in 1963.
"We marched for your offices because we know your address. And we’re gonna march and keep coming to you until we turn the economic inequality in this country around. We’re not going back," Sharpton said to protesters.
Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has moved to end DEI programs within the federal government and warned schools to do the same or risk losing federal money.
In response, Sharpton’s civil rights group, the National Action Network, has encouraged consumers to avoid U.S. retailers that scaled backed policies and programs aimed at bolstering diversity among their employees and reducing discrimination against members of minority groups, women and LGBTQ+ people.
Earlier this year, Sharpton met with Target’s CEO as groups called for a boycott of the retail giant, which joined Amazon, Walmart and other major retailers in foregoing DEI initiatives.
The civil rights leader has also called for "buy-cotts” in support of companies such as Costco that have stuck by their DEI principles despite the conservative backlash.
Among those marching was state Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate in the upcoming New York City mayoral race.
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