Parkland : birth of a movement / Dave Cullen.

By:

Cullen, David, 1961-

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780062882943

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LOC classification:

LB3013.33.F6 C85 2019

Contents:

Part I: Uprising. Valentine's Day ; Lightning strike ; #NeverAgain ; Tallahassee ; Spring awakening ; Back to "normal" -- Part II: Building a movement. Peace warriors ; Strategy ; Change the Ref ; Exhausted ; Walkout ; The memes men ; Harvard ; March for their lives ; PTSD -- Part III: The long road. Denver noticed ; Setbacks ; Graduation ; Road to change ; Homeward bound ; The third rail.

Summary: Following the February 14, 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Cameron Kasky immediately recruited a colorful band of theatre kids and rising activists to map out a movement. A month later, their March for Our Lives was the fourth largest protest in American history. Cullen shows how these kids seized an opportunity, organizing the young activist groups mushrooming across America in their image. They forsee a generational struggle to save every kid of every color from the ravages of gun violence in America. -- adapted from jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-385).

Following the February 14, 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Cameron Kasky immediately recruited a colorful band of theatre kids and rising activists to map out a movement. A month later, their March for Our Lives was the fourth largest protest in American history. Cullen shows how these kids seized an opportunity, organizing the young activist groups mushrooming across America in their image. They forsee a generational struggle to save every kid of every color from the ravages of gun violence in America. -- adapted from jacket.

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