#ParklandSchoolShooting | When the children rise up…..

Posted on February 25, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

The Soweto Uprising led by children changed the course of history for South Africa against apartheid. So will #NeverAgainMSD movement led by children will change the course of history for #GunControl in America.

Cameron Kasky confronting Marco Rubio about accepting donations from the NRA. The kid is fearless. He ain’t playing. Powerful. I am amazed at them every day. They have become the leaders and are fierce. They’re a force to be reckoned with. They are the Balm of Gilead to soothe our wounds and give us hope. Change is coming.

Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg: “I want a major re-haul of everybody that’s in our current House of Representatives”

David Hogg calls out Dana Loesch for duping NRA members….

Soweto uprising: The Soweto uprising was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976.

Students from numerous Sowetan schools began to protest in the streets of Soweto in response to the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools. It is estimated that 20,000 students took part in the protests. They were met with fierce police brutality. The number of protesters killed by police is usually given as 176, but estimates of up to 700 have been made. In remembrance of these events, 16 June is now a public holiday in South Africa, named Youth Day.

On the morning of 16 June 1976, between 10,000 and 20,000 black students walked from their schools to Orlando Stadium for a rally to protest against having to learn through Afrikaans in school. Many students who later participated in the protest arrived at school that morning without prior knowledge of the protest, yet agreed to become involved. The protest was planned by the Soweto Students’ Representative Council’s (SSRC) Action Committee, with support from the wider Black Consciousness Movement. Teachers in Soweto also supported the march after the Action Committee emphasised good discipline and peaceful action.

Tsietsi Mashinini led students from Morris Isaacson High School to join up with others who walked from Naledi High School. The students began the march only to find out that police had barricaded the road along their intended route. The leader of the action committee asked the crowd not to provoke the police and the march continued on another route, eventually ending up near Orlando High School. The crowd of between 3,000 and 10,000 students made their way towards the area of the school. Students sang and waved placards with slogans such as, “Down with Afrikaans”, “Viva Azania” and “If we must do Afrikaans, Vorster must do Zulu”.

The police set their dog on the protesters, who responded by killing it. The police then began to shoot directly at the children.

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102 Responses to #ParklandSchoolShooting | When the children rise up…..

  6. SouthernGirl2 says:
    March 29, 2018 at 8:56 pm

    I said from the beginning these kids are a force to be reckoned with. Folks didn’t see this coming and they’re shook. It’s a beautiful thing. #MarchForOurLives

    https://twitter.com/DeadlineWH/status/979475267004649478

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  9. SouthernGirl2 says:
    March 29, 2018 at 3:12 pm

    @Nestlé has pulled ads from @IngrahamAngle show

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  11. SouthernGirl2 says:
    March 29, 2018 at 1:45 pm

    Don’t you have kids @IngrahamAngle? There are lines one does not cross. Where was your mother wit? Mocking kids fighting for the right to not get shot is not a game. What you did was beyond the pale. #BoycottLauraIngraham
    https://twitter.com/TwitterMoments/status/979411935387992065

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  13. SouthernGirl2 says:
    March 29, 2018 at 12:51 pm

    I told y’all these #ParklandStudents are a force to be reckoned with…….

    Don’t come for them unless they call for you………..#MarchForOurLives #BoycottLauraIngraham

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  14. SouthernGirl2 says:
    March 29, 2018 at 12:44 pm

    Let this be a lesson. Don’t fugg with kids who are fighting for their right to not get shot down in school……………#MarchForOurLives #BoycottLauraIngraham

    https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/979410619991515136

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  15. SouthernGirl2 says:
    March 29, 2018 at 12:30 pm

    Awl! See how money will make’em get right? She would have continued the attacks if the advertisers weren’t fleeing her show. #BoycottLauraIngraham
    https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/979407202485198848

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  16. SouthernGirl2 says:
    March 29, 2018 at 11:56 am

    Just shows how wicked and evil some people are in this country. They glorify violence. And that’s why we have such a wicked justice system. The country was built on 2 monumental tragedies. Genocide of Native Americans & Slavery! You can’t wash that stain off!

    https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/979398106398777344

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  20. SouthernGirl2 says:
    March 28, 2018 at 10:19 pm

    .@IngrahamAngle gon learn to stay in her lane. A grown ass woman bullying kids. Make that call, folks. Get to her advertisers.

    https://twitter.com/thehill/status/979194305997832192

    Dear @IngrahamAngle Stay In Your Lane…………………..

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  24. SouthernGirl2 says:
    March 28, 2018 at 9:49 pm

    The Parkland kids are savvy AF. Lets see what Melania will do?

    https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/979181677594533889

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  25. simeon.marie says:
    March 21, 2018 at 11:05 pm

    I made a post about school shootings also. If you could take a look : https://nonchalantdiva.wordpress.com/2018/02/18/school-shooting-are-not-by-minorities/

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  27. SouthernGirl2 says:
    March 9, 2018 at 2:40 pm

    #NeverAgainMSD #ParklandStudents These kids are going to take you down, NRA. #TimesUp

    https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/972209189564108800

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  31. SouthernGirl2 says:
    March 9, 2018 at 8:43 am

    Parkland Students are LIT! 🔥🔥🔥

    CHANGE IS COMING….KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED
    https://twitter.com/SaysHummingbird/status/972032898583945216

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  34. SouthernGirl2 says:
    March 8, 2018 at 10:41 am

    Lord Jesus! I pray for a speedy and complete recovery…

    https://twitter.com/wsvn/status/971786181485776903

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  49. SouthernGirl2 says:
    February 27, 2018 at 3:48 pm

    WHAT IS THIS, FOLKS?

    Footage Shows Multiple Police Officers Removing Bag From Parkland, Florida High School

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  73. SouthernGirl2 says:
    February 26, 2018 at 9:34 am

    Florida shooting victim, Maddy Wilford, holds a news conference

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  74. SouthernGirl2 says:
    February 26, 2018 at 9:31 am

    Florida high school shooting survivor Maddy Wilford holds a news conference, along with her doctors

    https://twitter.com/ABC/status/968143392092971008

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  75. rikyrah says:
    February 26, 2018 at 2:53 am

    These young people have NFTG.
    Good for them.

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  80. SouthernGirl2 says:
    February 25, 2018 at 6:14 pm

    Eyes On The Prize

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  81. SouthernGirl2 says:
    February 25, 2018 at 6:11 pm

    When the children rise up……

    #FreedomRiders: Diane Nash was a leader & strategist of the student wing of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. College kids so brave and courageous made out their last will & testaments and READY TO DIE!

    https://3chicspolitico.com/2014/02/10/black-history-the-freedom-riders/

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    • rikyrah says:
      February 25, 2018 at 11:23 pm

      I remember the scene from the documentary where the guy from the Justice Department is told by them that they have made out wills. He knew that nothing would stop them.

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  82. vitaminlover says:
    February 25, 2018 at 5:53 pm

    Honestly this garbage about these students being actors is sooooo ridiculous!

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  83. SouthernGirl2 says:
    February 25, 2018 at 5:08 pm

    #NeverAgainMSD #ParklandStudents change is coming…

    🎶🎤People get ready, there’s a train comin’
    You don’t need no baggage, you just get on board
    All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin’
    You don’t need no ticket you just thank the lord…🎶🎤

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  90. Ametia says:
    February 25, 2018 at 4:20 pm

    Thank you, SG2, for highlighting the student movement.

    Also let’s be vigilant about fake news sights. The Russians are still in the game.

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  95. yahtzeebutterfly says:
    February 25, 2018 at 4:03 pm

    Thank you, SG2, for this history of the student movement in South Africa and its effect toward ending apartheid.

    I really do think that the student movement here will be successful.

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