Overview

• More than 1,600 events in all 50 states drew tens of thousands of participants on July 17 to honor John Lewis’s legacy and protest civil rights rollbacks.
• Chicago served as the flagship site with a downtown march, candlelight vigil and community programming led by local activists.
• A diverse coalition—including the Transformative Justice Coalition, Black Voters Matter, the League of Women Voters and Mi Familia en Acción—coordinated the national day of action.
• Demonstrators targeted Trump administration policies on mass deportations, Medicaid cuts and reversals of voting and immigrant protections.
• Organizers upheld a strict nonviolent code, urging de-escalation and prohibiting weapons at all gatherings.