Protesters held a sit-in in the northbound lanes of Broad Street in Newark, later rallying at the Martin Luther King statue.

Thousands of people took to the streets in a national day of action to protest the Trump administration’s policies.

Demonstrators have taken to the streets across multiple states on Thursday to protest President Donald Trump’s Administration in a day of action honoring the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, with more events planned across the country in the evening.