Thousands of participants gathered in South Park and marched through downtown Lawrence Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, as part of the local Women’s March. Before the march, speakers, including Vice Mayor Lisa Larsen; former Kansas Poet Laureate Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Haskell Indian Nations University administrator Julia Good Fox and Lawrence NAACP chapter leader Ursula Minor, addressed the crowd.

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Thousands of marchers fill South Park during Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

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A young girl sits at her mother's feet during speeches in South Park before Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

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Ayrcyia Thomson stands in a crowd portraying the allegorical figure of Columbia, one of the earliest personifications of the United States representing justice, charity, liberty, peace and hope during Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

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Marchers line Massachusetts Street during Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

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Marchers line Massachusetts Street during Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

A guitarist performs "This Land is Your Land" as participants in Lawrence's 2018 Women's March walk down Massachusetts Street on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

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A young marcher holds a sign outside the Douglas County Courthouse during Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

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A marcher holds up signs while making her way down Massachusetts Street during Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

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Elleanor Hirth, 4, holds her handmade sign and sits in a tree in South Park during speeches before Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

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Marchers gather in South Park with signs for Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A marcher holds up a sign during Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Marchers display their signs during Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A marcher holds up a sign during Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A marcher holds up a sign during Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Marchers gather in South Park for Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Marchers display their signs on Massachusetts Street during Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Marchers carry signs down Massachusetts Street during Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Hundreds of marchers fill South Park for Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Participants in Lawrence's 2018 Women's March gather in South Park with signs on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.