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‘This is a revolution’: Student activists across the country take their place — on the front lines and behind the scenes — in historic protests
Dekaila Wilson’s voice Monday was hoarse from hours of shouting; her right shoulder still ached from being tackled to the ground the night before as New York City police officers pushed back protestors. The 20-year-old Mercy College student had joined a peaceful demonstration in Union Square Sunday evening — one of hundreds of protests decrying police...
By Taylor Swaak and Bekah McNeel | June 5, 2020