Moral Monday protest takes on gun legislation at the #Tennessee State Capitol.
Three weeks after the #CovenantSchool shooting, Tennessee Republicans are preparing to vote on a new law to arm teachers.
Around a thousand marchers, led by Rev. Barber have processed with coffins to Legislative Plaza.
Rev. William Barber invokes "the crying out of the dead" at rally; recognizes #TennesseeThree leadership and also the underlying issue of violence and poverty.
Says faith leader coalition arrives "with repentance for not being out here sooner."
Mother of child at #CovenantSchool gives a heart-wrenching speech recounting the morning of March 27.
She takes the audience inside the shattered calm of the morning, the pre-school text loop repurposed into survivor-search mode and trauma processing, the family reunification chapel rent by the scream of a mother whose child isn't coming back.
Carwil Bjork-James