TVReporter interviews some little kids.   Woman holds a sign that says "conquering the self is a greater accomplishment than conquering Iraq."   Glide Lives The Dream!

I love the part of a march before it begins where people are just mingling and having their pictures taken.

Man plays guitar with a picture of Martin Luther King on his back.   Asian American Political Coaltion poses.   Biker on Harley.

A woman holds a sign explaining that we need to learn how to live together.   Three young women with a sign that says "STOP THE WAR!"   A woman holds a sign that says we must speak out about things that matter.

Marching band in blue uniforms look great!   Revolution.

The people with the REVOLUTION sign are the Communists. I ran into them again later in the day. They were making shrill noises about how the Bush Administration is a "Christian Fundamentalist Fascist Regime". I see them at lots of marches.

106 KMEL contingent marching for Hip Hop and R&B.   Crowd shot. There were a lot of people marching.

The people in the picture on the left were marching for "HIP HOP & R&B", according to the fine print on their signs.

Once the march got going it turned out to be quite huge. 

Mountain View Voices For Peace march with their banner.   SEIU 790 on the back of a marcher.   Preamble to the letter from Birmingham.

Woman carrying a sign that says "we demand that 87 billion be spent on us here."   A letter that boils down to "wait means never for us".

Iron Souls Motorcycle club jacket.   A letter that boils down to "we need a social revolution."
I hope I got the whole letter, or at least all that was being carried. The group carrying it was too fluid for me to be sure. I was also part of carrying a two person sign, which made following them a bit difficult.

Guy with a sign that says "CORPORATIONS CAUSE CANCER".   Large banner over a crowd.

Across the street from where the march ended I saw this yellow banner and went over to check it out.

Barbara Lee begins her speech.   Charlotte and her cousin pose by a bush in a pot.
There was a big event inside the Bill Graham Civic Center. A variety of acts crossed the stage, a lot of activists in the African-American community got community service awards, and the bucket was passed to collect money to pay for the event. Finally, the time came for the keynote speech. Barbara Lee gave it. She was VERY POPULAR with those present, and I'm glad I managed to get a picture of her. She thanked everybody for being there, explaining that our presence there made this event one of the biggest and most significant MLK Day celebrations in the USA. Then she read some extended excerpts from Dr. King's most famous speeches, tying the civil rights struggle to the anti war struggle. She pledged to continue the struggle against Bush's war and social injustice with every opportunity her vote in Congress gives her.

On the way back to the train station I ran into Charlotte and her cousin. She gave me this little flier Jim had been handing out at the train station when she got on at the beginning of the day. Click on her picture to check that out.