Thursday, BU students walked out of class and onto Marsh Plaza to stand in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and to protest racial inequality. Students and faculty chanted, performed poetry and gave speeches in support of the movement, as well as observed moments of silence to honor the lives taken by the consequences of racial inequality. Students from the School of Social Work, who led the rally, read a list of demands, including a mandatory course for freshmen on racial injustice.
-
- Students lead the rallies in chants.
-
- Many students brought signs to the rally.
-
- Students chant and pump their fists.
-
- Students throughout the rally displayed a range of emotions.
-
- Students bow their heads in respect for the dead.
-
- Students were silent for 4 minutes and 28 seconds. This length of time was to represent the amount of time Mike Brown lay in the street.
-
- The School of Social Work was behind the rally and read out their list of demands. These included a mandatory course for freshmen on racial justice as well as speaking out against violence.
-
- Leaders rally the crowd with chants.
-
- The crowd tied strips of fabric together to show unity.
-
- A student snaps in agreement with a speaker. Both students and faculty spoke, and both speeches and poetry were read.
-
- There was a huge turnout.
-
- Students held up posters, some with familiar and common messages of the Black Lives Matter movement.
-
- A final rally at the end of the walk out.
