SAY YEAR HARRIS, NEW — XAVIER HARRIS, WVTM 13 NEWS. SHERI: THE FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS MARCHES ON AND PEOPLE TOOK TO THE STREETS. IAN: GUY: CHIP SCARBOROUGH TELLS US ABOUT THE MESSAGE.
>> The Reporter: MEMBERS OF THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY STOOD UNITED, AS THEY MARCHED THROUGH DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM, URGING AN END TO INJUSTICE. >> WHAT I SAY TO YOU, IF YOU DON’T SPEAK THE WORDS OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, NOBODY WILL GIVE IT TO YOU, JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU DESERVE IT.
>> The Reporter: AND THOSE MARCHING WENT FROM FIRST HEAV NORTH RIGHT HERE TO LINN PARK, RIGHT PAST THE SIDE OF WHAT USE — SITE OF WHAT USED TO BE A CONFEDERATE MONUMENT THAT CITY LEADERS TOOK DOWN LAST WEEK. >> TOO MANY UNARMED BLACK MEN BEING KILLED BY WHITE OFFICERS.
AND EACH TIME, EACH TIME WE FELT THE EMOTIONS OF ANGER. SADNESS, RAIN, FRUSTRATION — RAGE, FRUSTRATION, THE OPPOSITE OF HAPPY. >> The Reporter: IT BROUGHT ABOUT THE HOPE SO MANY HAVE BEEN SEEKING BUT ALSO PROVIDED WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO MOVE FORWARD.
>> YOU ARE THE MOST EDUCATED, QUALIFIED, YOU HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD, YOU’VE HELD EVERY POSITION KNOWN TO MANKIND, SENATOR, MAYORS, CONGRESS PEOPLE, WHAT ELSE IS IT THAT YOU DON’T HAVE? YOU DON’T HAVE THE LAND? THE REAL ESTATE, THE THINGS THAT WILL GIVE YOU GENERATIONAL WEALTH, GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
>> The Reporter: COUNSELOR HILLIARD CHALLENGING THESE MEN AND OTHERS TO STRIVE TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
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