Photos Of The March For Black Women Are A Powerful Call For Justice & Equality

On Saturday, thousands gathered at Seward Square in Washington, D.C. for the March for Black Women, a civil rights demonstration intended to raise awareness about racial inequality and discrimination. The event is a message of resistance against the institutionalized racism that black women face each day, and photos of the March for Black Women are incredibly powerful.

The march intersected with the March for Racial Justice, and according to a statement posted by the event’s organizers on the March for Black Women’s official Facebook page.

The march was intentionally scheduled for Sept. 30 to commemorate the anniversary of the Elaine Massacre in Elaine, Arkansas in 1919, a racial confrontation in which over 100 black Americans were killed by white plantation owners. According to organizers, the march is an attempt to “honor the resistance” of the lives lost that day, and serve as a reminder that “their courage reverberates through the generations and inspires our struggle today.”

Here are some of the march’s most powerful photos.

This is what the March for Black Women and March for Racial Justice looks like #BlackLivesMatters #M4RJ pic.twitter.com/KkKcBs1gfr

Like many of the marches this year supporting people of color and women, many of those at the March For Black Women and March For Racial Justice brought children along to witness the power of protest in a time when it’s so crucial.

Legal observers getting ready for the Florida Black Women’s March! #M4BWFL pic.twitter.com/56t6AJbUmi

The American Civil Liberties Union, which fights to protect individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution, marched in one of the sister protests in Florida.

March for Black Women! ❤️ #M4BW #EveryBlackWoman pic.twitter.com/dqUyQ9df1D

Some users captioned photos of the march with the hashtag #EveryBlackWoman.

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