US students` walkout against gun violence |
In a wave of protests one historian called the largest of its kind in American history, tens of thousands of students walked out of their classrooms on March 14 to demand action on gun violence and school safety. The demonstrations extended from Maine to Hawaii as students joined the youth-led surge of activism set off by the February 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. They said they are sick of it, and are going to keep fighting, and not going to stop until Congress finally makes resolute changes. Students around the nation left class at 10 a.m. local time for at least 17 minutes one minute for each of the dead in the Florida shooting. Some led marches or rallied on football fields, while others gathered in school gyms or took a knee in the hallway.
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