Thousands of protesters gathered Saturday for New Orleans’ third installment of the nationwide “No Kings” rally, where speakers celebrated the movement’s momentum while looking ahead to midterm elections.
“The fight for justice is never finished,” said speaker Leona Tate, one of the first Black children to desegregate public schools in 1960, as she addressed a crowd spread across the Lafitte Greenway. “Are you going to organize? Are you going to vote? Are you going to protect your neighbors? … Because this moment right here is your civil rights moment.”
The crowd rallied against the administration of President Donald Trump with American flags, signs reading “Crush ICE” and “No War With Iran” and a Jazz Fest-caliber assortment of folding chairs before taking to the streets behind a banner emblazoned with the Declaration of Independence’s right of revolution.
“People are hurting. These are voters, and they’re hurting,” said attendee Jessica Rareshide. “I’ve never seen a Congress behave like this, ever.”…