The student walkout at Columbine High School carries a special meaning

While students at schools across the country participated in a National School Walkout to protest gun violence in the wake of the deadly February 14 shooting in Parkland, Florida, the walkout at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado carried extra emotional weight. 

The April 20, 1999, shooting at Columbine was devastating in its scope and marked a new stage in the way the media — and the country — reacted to school shootings. A total of 13 people were killed: 12 students and one teacher. It remains one of the deadliest mass shootings in the country’s history. Read more…

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