Today In History (A Day that will live in Memory)

Thousands of people in Philadelphia continue to protest racism and police brutality following the death of George Floyd. Crowds in Center City stretched from the steps of the Art Museum and past the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. https://t.co/LlmPCHjz7Q pic.twitter.com/6YJT2DvCW7

— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) June 6, 2020

Yeah, I've posted that before.  But what's wrong with gatherin them together?

The protest right now in #Brooklyn is EASILY the biggest crowd I’ve seen all week. They walked past our crew for more than 30 min straight without any gaps in the group. I can’t even begin to estimate the size. A mile? More? It’s massive. #NewYorkProtests @NBCNewYork pic.twitter.com/Myd9wBrIPy

— Adam Harding (@HardingReports) June 6, 2020

Today’s the first day I’ve finally made it down to these protests.

I covered the Women’s March. I covered the March for Our Lives. I covered the family separation protests.

I have never seen anything in the Trump era, the Time of Protest, that even approaches this scale. pic.twitter.com/56dX22KjOW

— Kara Voght (@karavoght) June 6, 2020

Biggest protest I can recall seeing in Jackson since I started covering news in 1986. https://t.co/ADgg0AIBHD

— Jerry Mitchell (@JMitchellNews) June 6, 2020

So we took over the Golden Gate Bridge. pic.twitter.com/AdDxdl7hCr

— (((BrokeAssStuart))) (@BrokeAssStuart) June 6, 2020

Packed crowds in front of the White House. No major police or military presence. Everyone packed in and sweaty. Lots of incidental contact. From a coronavirus perspective, this is the most dangerous day of the protests I've seen. pic.twitter.com/Ev3Bkba4xu

— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) June 6, 2020

The crowd has stopped at Sunset and Fairfax.

An organizer on the mic is shocked at the size of the protest. “We are still coming! Jesus Christ!”

“That’s beautiful!” someone else yells.

Now the group: “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA!” pic.twitter.com/rtFGKg5Rzg

— Sarah Parvini (سارا) (@sarahparvini) June 6, 2020

I guess we found "antifa," huh?

The crowd has stopped at Sunset and Fairfax.

An organizer on the mic is shocked at the size of the protest. “We are still coming! Jesus Christ!”

“That’s beautiful!” someone else yells.

Now the group: “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA!” pic.twitter.com/rtFGKg5Rzg

— Sarah Parvini (سارا) (@sarahparvini) June 6, 2020

Heh.

The crowd has stopped at Sunset and Fairfax.

An organizer on the mic is shocked at the size of the protest. “We are still coming! Jesus Christ!”

“That’s beautiful!” someone else yells.

Now the group: “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA!” pic.twitter.com/rtFGKg5Rzg

— Sarah Parvini (سارا) (@sarahparvini) June 6, 2020

Yeah, worth saying again. Also:  even Florida:

On the incredible number of protests in Florida 👇 https://t.co/rFWKXcM19Z pic.twitter.com/Ef63ByFyst

— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) June 7, 2020

And finally, the context:

We have had some huge one-day demonstrations, e.g. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963); antinuclear march in NYC (1982), and Women's March (2017). We have widespread, simultaneous protests, such as in the days following MLK, Jr.'s assassination (1968).

— Tom Sugrue (@TomSugrue) June 6, 2020

Woodstock was supposed to have changed things in 3 days.  It didn't, but this has been going on for 2 weeks.  The SCLC and MLK and the anti-war movement never built up this head of steam.

Better get off the tracks, the train is comin'!