Al Sharpton to lead pro-DEI march through Wall Street on anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton will lead a protest march on Wall Street to urge corporate America to resist the Trump administration’s campaign to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

The New York civil rights leader will join clergy, labor and community leaders Thursday in a demonstration through Manhattan’s Financial District that's timed with the anniversary of the Civil Rights-era March on Washington in 1963.

Sharpton, in a statement, called DEI the “civil rights fight of our generation."

Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has moved to end DEI programs within the federal government and warned schools to do the same, or risk losing federal money.

In response, Sharpton's civil rights group, the National Action Network