New York City activists have been marching against police brutality and systemic racism for three months, ever since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Labor Day. But on Friday, they boarded buses to Washington, D.C. for the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have A Dream" speech.

WNYC reporter Gwynne Hogan was there. She said that for many of the young protesters who got involved with the movement through social media, being on the Washington Mall made them feel connected to past civil rights protests in a new way.

"I've heard from a lot of the marchers who came here today that this is a form of self-healing," Hogan told All Things Considered host Jami Floyd. "Marking what has happened, but also being with people that feel the same way about how traumatic things still are what still needs to change, and broadening and deepening that push to end police brutality and other forms of systemic racism."

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