Recent death of the student in Mississippi is just the latest in a long string of unsettling deaths of young Black people<\/p>\n
On Wednesday afternoon, hundreds of students gathered on the Jackson State University (JSU) campus for a rally to call for transparency in the mysterious death of young Black people and to encourage student engagement in politics and the fight for voting rights.<\/p>\n
As the sun began to set, the students, many of whom wore black, marched through the historically Black university\u2019s plaza chanting: \u201cNolan Wells, Trey Reed, Tasia Fortune, Kohen Wiley, Jaylen Lewis \u2013 Black Lives Matter!\u201d All five were young Black Mississippians \u2013 the youngest, Wiley, was one-year-old while the eldest, Fortune, was 29 \u2013 who either died under suspicious circumstances or were killed by police.<\/p>\n
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