Overview

• Organizers report over 1,600 events planned nationwide for July 17, marking the fifth anniversary of Rep. John Lewis’s death
• A flagship rally is set for Chicago with major gatherings also in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Annapolis, St. Louis and San Francisco
• Lead groups include Transformative Justice Coalition, Black Voters Matter, Indivisible, Declaration for American Democracy Coalition and Public Citizen
• Planned activities range from peaceful marches and voter registration drives to teach-ins and symbolic bridge crossings in Annapolis echoing Lewis’s Selma march
• Protesters aim to uphold Lewis’s call for “good trouble” by defending democracy and countering what they describe as civil and human rights rollbacks under the Trump administration