It is not rare for students to take to the streets to protest not only the state of their school but also the state of a nation. From things like tuition fees, lack of adequate structures to calling out leaders to make changes to policies affecting them, students have not been shy to perform a certain form of protests to have voices heard.
Recently, student activism has been on the rise especially in the U.S. because of gun control and police brutality on black students among others.
As the world commemorates International Students Day, here are some notable black student activists on the global stage: