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Activists, city leaders each hold Black Lives Matter rallies in Atlantic City

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Local activists and city leaders each held Black Lives Matter rallies in Atlantic City, N.J., on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, spoke at both events, and Mayor Marty Small deemed September as Black Lives Matter Month in the city.

Tony Davenport (left), a city councilmember in Pleasantville, N.J., sits with his grandson Clifford Davenport, 10, during a Black Lives Matter rally on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. Rally organizer Steve Young had planned to paint "Black Lives Matter" on the boardwalk, but ultimately agreed instead to participate in a street painting event in front of the city's Civil Rights Garden, organized by Mayor Marty Small.
Tony Davenport (left), a city councilmember in Pleasantville, N.J., sits with his grandson Clifford Davenport, 10, during a Black Lives Matter rally on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. Rally organizer Steve Young had planned to paint "Black Lives Matter" on the boardwalk, but ultimately agreed instead to participate in a street painting event in front of the city's Civil Rights Garden, organized by Mayor Marty Small.Read moreTIM TAI / Staff Photographer
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