NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. -- People marched through Niagara Falls, carrying a warning: Racism is alive and active in Western New York.

As white nationalist demonstrators and several thousand counterprotestors marched in Washington, D.C., members of Standing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) said hate groups are organizing here.

"We have seen white supremacists  groups feel really empowered about coming out of the shadows," said Linnea Brett, SURJ Buffalo.