E-Man Bates
June 15, 2025
On June 14, 2025, the current president of the United States, Donald Trump, threw a military parade in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the 250th birthday of the US Army as well as his 79th birthday. While this was happening, the “No Kings Protest,” against Trump’s militant and divisive policies, was initiated by the 50501 Movement, a nationwide grassroots organization formed to protest Donald Trump’s second term. While hundreds of different protests were happening across the country, the attendance at Clark Park in Detroit’s Mexicantown neighborhood drew thousands of attendees, various speakers, political organizations, poets, and musicians, before marching through the streets of Detroit. Here, I present some images from No Kings - Detroit.
