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Justin Farmer, Sr., and his two young sons were at the march for the second time. He felt it was worth it to drive from Walterboro so they could remember history and be a part of it. He says the president's inauguration happening on MLK Day was a remarkable coincidence. "To me, this is a culminating event of all of the work that has been done and a remembrance, or a reminder, if you would, of the work that has to be done still yet," he says.
Hikeya Davis of Spartanburg agrees. "We've come a long way, but we still have a long way to go. We still have more progress to make. But it really makes you happy to see that all these people are out here supporting one cause and we're all agreeing on one thing," she says.
This year's theme was mental health, and removing the stigma of mental illness. Bill Lindsey, executive director of the state chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, told the crowd at the Statehouse that mental illness should be treated just like any other physical illness, and that the stigma will not go away until leaders and the prominent people of the state talk about mental illness.
He stressed that mental health treatment works, and saves lives.
"Over 100 a day succumb to suicide, twice as many suicides as homicides. That's hard to believe. Can you imagine if we had an airliner going down with 100 people a day on it? They would shut down the airline industry, yet we don't talk about suicide," he says.
But speakers at the rally were concerned about more than just mental health. Dr. Lonnie Randolph, Jr., president of the SC Conference of Branches of the NAACP, criticized Gov. Nikki Haley and Republican leaders who've said they will not expand Medicaid in the state as part of Obamacare.
Randolph told the crowd, "We're at the brink now where our governor has decided that only the people that serve in this House (pointing to the Statehouse) deserve adequate health care. What about those who are in need? What about the least of these?" ?
Gov. Haley and Republican leaders in the House and Senate say Medicaid expansion would cost the state $1 billion by the year 2020, money that would have to come from other services like education and law enforcement.
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