7-Year-Old Long Island Girl Makes Powerful Chant with Protestors in Viral Video
John V.
Posted On June 6, 2020
Even the smallest voices can make an impact, and proof of this is Wynta-Amor Rogers.
The first-grader from Long Island, New York, went viral on social media when her mom, Lakyia Jackson, posted a video of the 7-year-old at a protest earlier this week.
In the video, the child can be seen passionately chanting “No justice, no peace” alongside fellow protestors.
“I want everybody to get together, make sure a big community comes in,” Wynta-Amor said Friday.
Jackson said her daughter insisted on attending the protest, which took place in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.
“She said ‘Mom, please let’s go,’ ” Jackson told reporters. “I said, ‘No, because it’s wet outside,’ she said, ‘No, I want to go mom, I want to go.’ ”
Jackson added that she shrugs off negative commenters on social media who say that her child should not have been at the peaceful protest, noting that young people are “our future.”
“We have to let our future see what’s going on also,” she said.
“You want to make a difference like who?” Jackson later prompted, looking at her daughter.
“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,” she replied.
