Hundreds of thousands of protestors, mainly young people marched across various states in the U.S. on Saturday, March 24 calling for stricter and tighter gun control laws amidst the sudden surge in school shootings.
In attendance at the main event in Washington DC were Student leader and Parkland survivor Emma Gonzalez, Martin Luther King’s granddaughter Yolanda Renee King, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Common and a host of other influential personalities and celebrities.
Over 800,000 came out for #MarchForOurLives in DC, with hundreds of thousands more rallying throughout the nation pic.twitter.com/YXsZyGOeFd
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 24, 2018
Take a look at some of the emotional speeches at the event.
Emma Gonzalez.
The entire speech.
Watch. All. Of. It. #MarchForOurLives pic.twitter.com/AK47lWEkAM
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) March 24, 2018
Student leader and Parkland survivor Emma Gonzalez’s speech.
11-year-old student Naomi Wadler speaking the event.
Ban the AR-15 #MARCHFOROURLIVES pic.twitter.com/wuFdLuUpvL
— vino valentino (@VicMensa) March 24, 2018
Ghanaian-American rapper Vic Mensa performing.
#MLK and #CorettaScottKing’s granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King, speaking at #MarchForOurLivesDC. Yolanda will be at our April 7 #KingCentennialsSpeak. Join us. Register: https://t.co/Hdyewm5orI. #MarchForOurLives. #MLK50Forward pic.twitter.com/hZIo6Dyd8W
— The King Center (@TheKingCenter) March 24, 2018
Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King’s granddaughter Yolanda Renee King speaking at the event.
