Teen Girls Organized A 10,000-Person Black Lives Matter Protest In Nashville
Girl power would be an understatement.
Six teenagers organized and led a 10,000-person protest in Nashville against racism and police brutality Thursday — the largest in recent history, according to The Tennessean.
Jade Fuller, Nya Collins, Zee Thomas, Kennedy Green, Emma Rose Smith and Mikayla Smith — ages 14 to 16 — met on social media, Collins told Nashville’s WTVF news station.
“We all met on Twitter,” Collins said. “And that’s how easy it is to do something like this.”
Meet Jade Fuller, Nya Collins, Zee Thomas, Kennedy Green and Emma Rose Smith. These young women, ages 14 through 16, organized this protest which pulled out tens of thousands of people in Nashville. pic.twitter.com/VWDyuvdR2F
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The young women quickly bonded over their shared outrage over the death of George Floyd — the Black man who died last week in Minneapolis after a white police officer knelt on his neck.
“That’s what really opened people’s eyes to what’s been going on in our country,” Fuller told local news channel WSMV of the disturbing footage that’s led to worldwide protests.
Soon after meeting online, the young women began FaceTiming one another and decided to form the coalition Girls 4 Change, which is backed by Black Lives Matter Nashville. Their rally soon followed.
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On Thursday, people at the teens’ protest held signs that said, “Black lives matter,” “Justice for George Floyd,” and “End white silence,” according to WTVF. Teens and organizers read poems and gave emotional speeches. At one point, everyone at the march laid down in the street to remember the death of Floyd.
“As teens, we are tired of waking up and seeing another innocent person being slain in broad daylight,” Thomas said in a speech during the event, according to Nashville Scene....
