Photo of the Day

January 29, 2007 by Marc Lamont Hill

Today’s photo of the day comes from Washington DC, where hundreds (not tens!) of thousands of citizens gathered on Saturday to protest the war in Iraq. In addition to everyday people, celebrities and politicians like Jesse Jackson, Tim Robbins, Jane Fonda, Susan Serandon, and Maxine Waters spoke and marched in solidarity with the anti-war movement. While I was disappointed at the lack of young black and brown people, I was even more dismayed to see that Dennis Kucinich was the only presidential hopeful that showed up at the event.

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7 Comments

1. S.A.M. wrote:

I might be calling myself out, but I work in the DC area, and I didn’t know about this. Was I under a rock?

January 29, 2007 @ 9:59 am

2. Blaxx wrote:

More like a boulder S.A.M. I knew about this and I’m in Canada

January 29, 2007 @ 10:53 am

3. naturalnubian wrote:

Yea, some my ppls at Georgetown Law told me about this, and what is even sadder is the fact that this barely made news here in NY. How the news stations missed tens of thousands of people on capital hill is beyond me.

January 29, 2007 @ 11:11 am

4. Blaxx wrote:

Hundreds (not tens!) of thousands of people, naturalnubian. LOL

January 29, 2007 @ 11:32 am

5. Marc Lamont Hill wrote:

it’s always interesting how the news underestimates the number of people who attends certain rallies…

January 29, 2007 @ 11:45 am

6. S.A.M. wrote:

Haha, thanks Blaxx!

January 29, 2007 @ 12:42 pm

7. Blaxx wrote:

Regarding your surprise that the only presidential candidate at the rally was Kucinich, wouldn’t many people view publicly protesting the war as a negative in terms of a presidential campaign?

January 29, 2007 @ 2:13 pm

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