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    45 Images From American University's Ferguson Protest

    Because #blacklivesmatter at AU, too.

    Samantha S.
    by Samantha S.

    Community Contributor

    Samantha Storch

    We held a protest at AU on December 3rd, 2014.

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    Samantha Storch

    We are upset by the recent events around the country and the racism that we face on our own campus.

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    Samantha Storch

    At 3 pm Wednesday afternoon, we gathered in front of our student center.

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    We staged a die-in.

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    Samantha Storch

    We laid for four and a half minutes.

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    It represented the four and a half hours that Mike Brown laid in the street after Darren Wilson killed him.

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    Samantha Storch

    Our fellow students spoke on behalf of us and on behalf of those no longer here to speak for themselves.

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    Then we marched.

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    Our Provost, Scott A. Bass, joined us.

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    We marched the entire course of the campus.

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    The issues hit close to home for many of us.

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    We rightfully expressed our anger.

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    And we took time to reflect.

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    In the end, we stood in silence, knowing that this is only the beginning.

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