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Photo essay: Hofstra students display solidarity in the fight for Black lives

Hofstra Chronicle • June 23, 2020

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The death of George Floyd set off protests across the nation and, eventually, the world in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Members and contributors of The Hofstra Chronicle have been attending a number of the protests in their hometowns and documenting them.

Protestors holding up signs at a rally in Clifton, New Jersey on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Photo by: Gab Varano

A protestor holds a Black Lives Matter sign during a rally in Clifton, New Jersey on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Photo by: Gab Varano

A protestor at a rally in Clifton, NJ on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 held a sign that read, “Skin color isn’t reasonable suspicion.” Photo by: Gab Varano

A group of protestors at a rally in Clifton, New Jersey on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Photo by: Gab Varano

Protestors gathered outside the Nassau County Legislature in Mineola, New York. Photo by: Brandon Allen

Protestor and Hofstra student Amudalat Ajasa speaks at a march turned sit-in on Thursday, June 4, 2020 in the Dinkytown neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo courtesy of Amudalat Ajasa

Protestors at a rally in Princeton, New Jersey on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Photo by: Madison Mento

Protestors held up signs at a rally in Princeton, New Jersey on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Photo by: Madison Mento

Protestors in Massapequa, New York on Thursday, June 4, 2020, took a knee and held their fists up in a display of solidarity. Photo by: Nathan Odige

Long Island residents gathered to protest in Mineola, New York as guards watched from the top of a building. Photo by: Brandon Allen

Protestors raised their fists, a symbol of solidarity, outside of City Hall in Clifton, New Jersey on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Photo by: Gab Varano

A large crowd of protestors walked down Nassau Street in Princeton, New Jersey during a protest on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Photo by: Madison Mento

The names of the late George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery are displayed on the stairs of a building in Princeton, New Jersey. Photo by: Madison Mento

Protestors participated in a sit-in in front of the Minnesota State Capitol building in St. Paul, Minnesota on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Photo by: Amudalat Ajasa

Protestors holding up signs at a rally in Clifton, New Jersey on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Photo by: Gab Varano

A protestor holds a Black Lives Matter sign during a rally in Clifton, New Jersey on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Photo by: Gab Varano

A protestor at a rally in Clifton, NJ on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 held a sign that read, “Skin color isn’t reasonable suspicion.” Photo by: Gab Varano

A group of protestors at a rally in Clifton, New Jersey on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Photo by: Gab Varano

Protestors gathered outside the Nassau County Legislature in Mineola, New York. Photo by: Brandon Allen

Protestor and Hofstra student Amudalat Ajasa speaks at a march turned sit-in on Thursday, June 4, 2020 in the Dinkytown neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo courtesy of Amudalat Ajasa

Protestors at a rally in Princeton, New Jersey on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Photo by: Madison Mento

Protestors held up signs at a rally in Princeton, New Jersey on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Photo by: Madison Mento

Protestors in Massapequa, New York on Thursday, June 4, 2020, took a knee and held their fists up in a display of solidarity. Photo by: Nathan Odige

Long Island residents gathered to protest in Mineola, New York as guards watched from the top of a building. Photo by: Brandon Allen

Protestors raised their fists, a symbol of solidarity, outside of City Hall in Clifton, New Jersey on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Photo by: Gab Varano

A large crowd of protestors walked down Nassau Street in Princeton, New Jersey during a protest on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Photo by: Madison Mento

The names of the late George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery are displayed on the stairs of a building in Princeton, New Jersey. Photo by: Madison Mento

Protestors participated in a sit-in in front of the Minnesota State Capitol building in St. Paul, Minnesota on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Photo by: Amudalat Ajasa

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