Thousands March Against Hate Crimes
November 17, 2007 · Posted in Race Relations, Politics
Many African-Americans are fed up with recent events involving the Jena 6 case and the hanging of nooses all across the country.
On Friday, more than 100 busloads of people from different states gathered in Washington to demand stronger hate crime laws.
Protestors argued there are two sets of laws in America, one for blacks and one for whites.
Al Sharpton, a well-known civil rights leader, told onlookers that racial injustice is still prevalent in America and the reappearance nooses symbolizes this injustice.
“When you hang up a noose, that’s no joke to us. Our granddaddies swung on those nooses,” he said.