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Marching

The digital direct action flyers that I used to locate protests did not always list the activities connected with the events. Many flyers only listed a location and did not indicate whether there would be a march. Marching could be an extremely long and exhausting affair, especially under the hot California sun. I felt so much positive energy documenting the marches that many times I forgot how much ground I had covered, until it was time to return to my car. I have to give a shout-out to the Museum of Social Justice . I could not have documented so many protests without the daily reposts of direct action flyers they provided on their Facebook page.

Woman marching with a megaphone in front of the West Valley Black Lives Matter banner
Large crowd of people marching with signs in the street
Large crowd of people marching with signs in the street
Protesters standing on top of cars in a street procession
Protesters standing up through car windows with raised fists
Group of masked people marching up the street holding handmade Black Lives Matter signs.
Large crowd of people marching with signs near a freeway onramp
Masked marchers, some on bicylces, carrying signs
Masked woman marching with others, carrying a sign with English and Chinese: PROTECT BLACK LIVES!
People watch from the second-story windows of a house
Four masked people leading others in a march along the freeway
Cars and protesters clustered on the freeway, some people standing on cars
Four lanes of stopped traffic
People marching with vehicles and signs: STILL NO JUSTICE STILL NO PEACE for BREONNA TAYLOR; BLACK LIVES MATTER; DEFUND DISARM DISMANTLE
Masked protesters marching with an Ethiopian flag and signs:  BLM; NOTHING F*CKING MATTERS UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER; NO JUSTICE NO PEACE
Masked marchers with signs: DEFUND THE POLICE; JUSTICE FOR BREONNA; A COP SHOT A BLACK WOMAN & WAS ONLY CHARGED FOR THE SHOTS MISSED!!!; BLACK LIVES MATTER!; HANDS UP MEANS DON'T SHOOT OR DID YOU FORGET THAT
Masked marchers carrying signs including: BLACK LIVES MATTER
Masked marchers carrying signs including: BLACK LIVES MATTER
Group of masked people surrounding a vehicle carrying multiple flags include BLACK LIVES MATTER and a photo of Malcolm X
Large group of people marching carrying signs