500,000 in
Dallas yesterday. Anywhere from 200,000 up to half a million in Washington, D.C.
today. 125,000 in New York City, 50,000 in Atlanta, 40-50,000 in Houston, 50,000 in San Antonio, up to 100,000 in Phoenix, 30,000 in St Paul, 20,000 in San Diego, 8,000 in Omaha, 7,000 in Miami, up to 5,000 in Providence, 5,000 in St. Louis, 4,000 in Birmingham and Boise, 2,000 in Kansas City, even 2,000 in Tyler and 500 in Corpus Christi. (
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Here in Austin the UT walkout produced between 1,200 and 1,500 students with the later march downtown showing between 5-10,000. (images here) Over 500 area high school students skipped classes to attend various marches, and I passed by groups rallying on South Congress outside of middle schools during the afternoon.
The Austin March circulated downtown (capitol, down Colorado, swinging around 4th, up Congress, east on 9th to federal building rally), swinging by Gov. Perry's mansion. One of his daughters (either Griffin or Sydney) was out in the lawn watching the march go by with one of the DPS officials. It took the marchers about 20 minutes to completely pass any particular point along the route, meaning that as the tail end was leaving the capitol, the front was already turning back up on Congress. As the front third made it into the federal building rally area at 9th and Trinity, the downtown church bells started pealing out across the city, first the Catholic cathedral and even the Baptist church, continuing for at least 20 minutes.
The crowd was heavily minority, though this included Hispanics of all origins as well as many African Americans and whites. Students, children, the elderly, blue collar workers who had very obviously been on duty today were all there. Rolling cheers and chants of "Si, se puede" (Yes, we can) would rise up as marchers passed over hills and say the wall of white shirts spread out for blocks down Colorado and Congress.
The Statesman has their article. An interactive map with pictures of protests. PinkDome has some pictures up. The Statesman has their immigration central here which will be updated through the night.