A few dozen people gathered at the Utah State Capitol Monday evening for a vigil and rally to both honor those killed in Jacksonville over the weekend and recognize the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington.
in what police say was a racially motivated shooting.
McDonald and a few dozen others gathered at the Utah Capitol for a vigil and rally to both honor those who were killed in Jacksonville and to recognize theFrom right, Betty Sawyer, Project Success Coalition executive director and Ogden NAACP president, and Dr. Forrest Crawford sing during a vigil to honor Americans who died because they were Black, on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in front of the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Monday.
"We cannot let that be the case. Every life is precious, and for us to nonchalantly go about our business like this isn't a big deal — it is. We have to take a stand for love and a stand against hate," Sawyer said. "I should not be in the same place 60 years later fighting the same fight at the same time we have folks that are saying, 'Racism don't exist. That's the past. We don't need to talk about it.
"This is home. We're going to look at Utah. We're not just going to look, we're going to demand change in Utah," she said. "We have senators and other folks trying to pass legislation to do away with diversity, equity and inclusion."
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