This year’s MLK Day comes in the wake of the explosive #BlackLivesMatter movement, organized by thousands of black youth and allies across the country engaging in direct actions, rallies, and marches challenging police brutality and the racist justice system.
The march ended with hundreds successfully blocking train tracks where Jess Spear, Socialist Alternative candidate for the 43rd district for WA state legislator afterwards declared: "People power forced this BNSF train to retreat - we will stop these oil and coal trains putting downtown Seattle in danger and contributing to the global climate disaster."