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WATCH: These teens organised a 10K-people protest against racism

The killing of US citizen George Floyd by the police has ignited anti-racism protests around the world. One of the biggest protests to take place in the United States so far was organized by five teens.

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Jade Fuller, Nya Collins, Zee Thomas, Kennedy Green and Emma Rose Smith, aged 14 through 16, organized an anti-racism protest which was attended by 10,000 people in Nashville.

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The teens formed a coalition called Teens$Equality and organized their rally after meeting on social media and connecting over their shared outrage at the death of Floyd, and police brutality against black people in their country.

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