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Photos by Clarissa Sosin
Organizer Soffiyah Elijah leads the March for Justice through the streets of downtown - Poughkeepsie, New York.
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A marcher stretches in the sanctuary of the Unitarian Universalist church of Poughkeepsie, New York, preparation for the 10-mile march to New Paltz, New York.
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Organizer Soffiyah Elijah and Kevin Barron, who handled media for the march, walk past a shuttered storefront in Poughkeepsie, New York.
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Two children read a flier handed to them by a marcher with information about abuses in New York state’s prison system.
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Miss Ivey, 82, clutches the hand of Journey Truth, 105, in a sign of solidarity as the two oldest participants march through downtown New Paltz, New York.
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Journey Truth, 105, puts on her seatbelt after participating in the March for Justice as it made its way through downtown New Paltz, New York.
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Ray Ray stretches out her hamstring at an exercise station on the Hudson Valley Rail Trail after walking six miles as a member of the March for Justice as it made its way from Poughkeepsie, New York, to New Paltz, New York.
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A house in Poughkeepsie, New York, is reflected in the school bus that is part of the caravan for the March for Justice.
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The feet of a marcher is reflected in the rear view mirror of the school bus.
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March organizer Soffiyah Elijah catches a quick nap on the school bus.
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A marcher holds a banner to get the attention of passing drivers as the group makes its way to Albany, New York.
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Soffiyah Elijah leads the March for Justice down a sidewalk outside downtown Poughkeepsie, New York.
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The March for Justice makes its way across the Skywalk Over the Hudson.
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Clarissa Sosin
Participants in the March for Justice walk across the Skywalk Over the Hudson.
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Lilly Oseitutu holds the megaphone for Miss Ivey as the March for Justice makes its way through - the streets of New Paltz, New York.
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Lilly Oseitutu dances with a young girl outside the Reformed Church of New Paltz, New York.
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A young boy watches a volunteer unpack the March for Justice’s supply truck outside the Reformed Church of New Paltz, New York.
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The Reformed Church of New Paltz hosted a Labor Day barbecue for the March for Justice.
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A March for Justice volunteer raises his fist in Poughkeepsie, New York.
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March for Justice participants gather around a table in Poughkeepsie, New York, to watch a video - of an altercation between a marcher and a prison administrator outside the Fishkill Correctional Center.
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Organizer Soffiyah Elijah sets up T-shirts to sell in the basement of the Reformed Church of New Paltz.
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Participants in the March for Justice sleep on blow-up mattresses in church sanctuaries.
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They timed their arrival at the state capital with the anniversary of the notorious Attica Prison uprising, which ended after state troopers raided the complex. Ten corrections officers and 33 inmates were killed.