Updated 07:34 p.m., Monday, January 16, 2012
Participants, including Occupy Wall Street protesters, march and take part in a candlelight vigil to honor Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in New York, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2011. The march started at Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, ending at nearby Riverside Church where a ceremony took place with speeches, song and poetry honoring the civil right leader. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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FontNEW YORK — About 100 Occupy Wall Street protesters marched from the city's African Burial Ground to the Federal Reserve for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, saying the civil rights leader's work echoes in their own fight for more economic opportunity.
A smaller group also protested Monday at a Bank of America branch in Manhattan. Police arrested four members of that group on charges of trespassing.
The protesters prayed and sang "We Shall Overcome" at the burial ground, and a group of children played violins. The site is a national monument and marks the cemetery where free and enslaved Africans were buried during the 17th and 18th centuries.
The protesters then marched a few blocks south to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where they huddled in 30-degree weather to listen to speakers who criticized what they called corporate greed. The demonstrators carried signs reading "We oppose economic inequality" and "Democracy for sale no more." They handed out pamphlets with excerpts of King's speeches.
Dozens of police officers accompanied marchers on foot and scooters. The demonstration at the Federal Reserve was peaceful, and protesters had permits for the event. However, other protesters were arrested in Union Square when they tried to demonstrate at the bank branch.
— Associated Press
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