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Emma Gonzalez stood on stage for 6 minutes -
the length of the Parkland gunman's shooting spree
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"Six minutes and about 20 seconds," she said. "In a little over 6 minutes, 17 of our friends were taken from us, 15 were injured and everyone in the Douglas community was forever altered."
"Everyone who was there understands. Everyone who has been touched by the cold grip of gun violence understands. For us, long, tearful, chaotic hours in the scorching afternoon sun were spent not knowing. No one understood the extent of what had happened."
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In Washington D.C., Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Common, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt were among the performers who took to the stage to pay tribute to the 17 lives lost in the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida last month, as well as people impacted by gun violence elsewhere.
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George Clooney, Paul McCartney and more celebrities also joined March for Our Lives today!Singer Paul McCartney marched in New York City and spoke of losing John Lennon to gun violence.
"I'm like everyone," McCartney told CNN. "One of my best friends was killed by gun violence right around here, so it's important to me not just to march today but to take action tomorrow."
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And a very important speaker...Yolanda Renee King...Martin Luther King Jr.'s....Granddaughter
“My grandfather had a dream that his four little children will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream...that this could be a gun-free world," Yolanda Renee King said.
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