{"id":139946,"date":"2026-01-19T10:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/139946\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T10:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:24:10","slug":"mlk-day-march-rally-in-oakland-to-highlight-kings-radical-legacy-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/139946\/","title":{"rendered":"MLK Day march, rally in Oakland to highlight King\u2019s \u2018radical legacy\u2019 Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thousands of people are expected to gather at Oakland\u2019s Oscar Grant Plaza on Monday for a rally and march to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and what organizers call his radical legacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The event, hosted by the Anti Police-Terror Project, is in its 12th year and is billed as \u201ca political mobilization rooted in Dr. King\u2019s uncompromising positions on anti-capitalism, anti-militarism, racial justice, and economic justice,\u201d according to organizers.<\/p>\n

Dubbed the \u201cReclaim MLK\u2019s Radical Legacy March,\u201d it also features speakers, food and family activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cReclaim MLK is not about nostalgia \u2014 it\u2019s about confrontation,\u201d said Cat Brooks, co-founder of the Anti Police-Terror Project. \u201cDr. King warned us about militarism, racism, and capitalism, and today we are living inside the systems he named.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starting at 11 a.m. and running until 3 p.m., the event will feature a \u201cChildren\u2019s Village\u201d and a \u201cHealing Justice Village,\u201d which will include acupuncture, bodywork, herbal care and wellness items. People can also expect to hear from speakers, enjoy performances and food, and browse tables staffed by various grassroots organizations.<\/p>\n

\"\"A 12th Annual Reclaim MLK\u2019s Radical Legacy March promotional graphic. The rally and march begins at Oscar Grant Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm. (Anti Police-Terror Project via Bay City News)<\/p>\n

The rally and march will feature themes that include uplifting and protecting Black migrants, ending sweeps and housing the unhoused, removing federal immigration agents from local communities, ending mass surveillance and abolishing mandatory minimum sentencing.<\/p>\n

Given the national political climate and President Donald Trump\u2019s mass deportation raids in Democratic-led cities<\/a> and his efforts to send federal troops into communities that largely voted against him, organizers are expecting a large turn-out for the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom a federal government advancing authoritarian violence to local officials in Oakland doubling down on policing, surveillance, and punishment, we are facing a coordinated attack on Black life and dissent,\u201d Brooks said. \u201cThis march is a refusal. It\u2019s a declaration that safety does not come from cages or cops \u2014 it comes from organized people willing to build power, care for one another, and dismantle the systems that are killing us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of people are expected to gather at Oakland\u2019s Oscar Grant Plaza on Monday for a rally and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[389,19905,584,65871,66906,143,145,144,8763,14263,10118,1695],"class_list":["post-139946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-alameda-county","tag-anti-police-terror-project","tag-events","tag-martin-luther-king-jr","tag-mlk-day","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-policing","tag-racial-justice","tag-rally","tag-trump-administration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}