Organizers for the "Redeem the Dream" march say buses are set to leave from several states, including New York, New Jersey, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois. According to initial reports, at least 65 buses are being organized in New York City and 19 from New Jersey. In Atlanta and Birmingham the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) has chartered buses.

In Boston the local chapter of the NAACP has called planning meetings on August 11 and 21 to build local participation. The Northeastern University Black Student Association is among the groups putting out publicity to reach out to students around the city.

The August 26 demonstration, which according to organizers will demand "legislative and executive orders on police brutality and racial profiling," will commemorate the 37th anniversary of the 1963 civil rights march led by Martin Luther King. The action was called at a May 24 press conference in Washington by Alfred Sharpton, president of the National Action Network; Martin Luther King III, president of SCLC; the NAACP; and other Black rights organizations. The press conference also included relatives of people killed by the police violence, including the parents of African immigrant Amadou Diallo, who was slain in a hail of 41 bullets fired by New York cops last year.

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