More than one thousand people marched through downtown Oklahoma City for a protest against the treatment of African-Americans by law enforcement, and to honor the five officers killed Thursday in Dallas.
The group gathered just north of Bricktown and marched down the Walnut Ave. bridge past the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark and assembled near the fountain in front of the Harkins Theatre.
Troy Stevenson, the executive director of Freedom Oklahoma, estimated Sunday evening's gathering was the largest civil rights demonstration in Oklahoma City since the 1960s. Other civic leaders spoke, including former state Sen. Connie Johnson, NAACP Oklahoma City president Garland Pruitt, American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma executive director Ryan Kiesel, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson from the East 6th Street Christian Church.
Click through the gallery above for more scenes from the peaceful rally.
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