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Protestor crying during Black Lives Matter speech, NYC

At this moment, organizers stopped and had everyone - all 8,000 protestors - take a knee. They read the names of lives taken by the police, and the crowd repeated each name in unison. Then the famous words of MLK's "I have a dream" echoed over Manhattan. That's when I noticed the woman sitting behind me. I think she best expressed the emotion of the moment.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: New York City, New York, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D750
Copyright: © Katie Ehrlich