Thousands of people descended on Washington, D.C. yesterday for the March on Washigton demanding racial equality and criminal justice reform.
Here are some scenes as captured by photographers Dee Dwyer, André Chung and Tyrone Turner.
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![People demonstrate at the march.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/903c665/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5192x3830+0+0/resize/880x649!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F08%2F28%2Fdee-dwyer_march-on-washington3-18-of-33-_custom-591cf4b1ac620fc1db73e3adf70112322f041bbc.jpg)
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Dee Dwyer/DCist for NPR
![Julian Mack from Toledo, OH sings a song about loving being Black at the Martin Luther King Jr. monument. He is a candidate for city council in Toledo.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ba78c72/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2979x1977+0+0/resize/880x584!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F08%2F28%2F200828_march_on_washington_39_custom-63ba788b9465739d00c005158491b56eed8afbae.jpg)
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Tyrone Turner/WAMU
![Wesley Smith with BLMIVINC in Imperial, CA, braids his daughter's hair. Her name is Amanda Smith, 19.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b9db39a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1987+0+0/resize/880x583!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F08%2F28%2Fmow-12497_custom-5d97ca769502d931459d6a24c656780993f197ae.jpg)
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André Chung for NPR
![From left, sisters Xji-Anne Hudson, Tsa-Qhura Hudson and Jasmine Rivera came from Albany, NY, to participate in the March.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8c85966/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2984x1481+0+0/resize/880x437!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F08%2F28%2F200828_march_on_washington_01a_custom-d1eeb78b67d80479d225018800dcd52108ff034c.jpg)
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Tyrone Turner/WAMU
![Attendees of the march try to cool off with fans.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4595c74/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5220x3799+0+0/resize/880x640!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F08%2F28%2Fdee-dwyer_march-on-washington3-3-of-33-_custom-87ddbb12b3ca70ab800e939dbdd455b5a90032e2.jpg)
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Dee Dwyer/DCist for NPR
![The view from the Lincoln Memorial looking out over the thousands of people who attended the March.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ff5df74/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2979x1977+0+0/resize/880x584!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F08%2F28%2F200828_march_on_washington_26_custom-6b3ca9e7c12b8fe1124895275ea8d8ff269cfe62.jpg)
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Tyrone Turner/WAMU
![Poetry Pool of Baltimore, MD, holds a flag as she stands in the reflecting pool. She walked to Washington, D.C. from Baltimore with 10 people from her organization A.A.D. It took them 2 days.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4f91f2c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2968x1998+0+0/resize/880x592!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F08%2F28%2F200828_march_on_washington_20_custom-91f45523f53255d46dacb59685b6af31c718b826.jpg)
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Tyrone Turner/WAMU
![Kalu Abosi, left, and Josh Cobb, both of St. Paul, Minn., listen to the program.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fdcc5e0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2973x1987+0+0/resize/880x588!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F08%2F28%2Fmow-12540_custom-bccce392257fea182b31602a0d5446deab5d0773.jpg)
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André Chung for NPR
![Thousands of people marched from the Lincoln Memorial to the Martin Luther King Jr. monument. .](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fd0a65a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2979x1987+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F08%2F28%2F200828_march_on_washington_29_custom-2227cd3ff597098bd69be780a7d9651ac0cda434.jpg)
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Tyrone Turner/WAMU
![Left, Kaitlin Bryant is Miss Black Alabama International Ambassador 2020- 23-years-old. Right, Bryhana Johnson is Miss Black Tennessee International Ambassador 2020, 26-years-old.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e515717/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2994x1993+0+0/resize/880x586!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F08%2F28%2F200828_march_on_washington_08_custom-b266324c195fb5b1f4b0f9029cb828de24e39887.jpg)
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Tyrone Turner/WAMU
![A musician plays a tune at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial after the official program.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/37cf61a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2994x1996+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F08%2F28%2Fmow-20678_custom-a423b300b566bfb8684ff720b77d9db8f36aa399.jpg)
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André Chung for NPR