Why I March With My Children

Bringing my 13- and 15-year-olds to a Birmingham march was absolutely the right thing to do

Demonstrators gather at the Navy Memorial to support Black Lives Matter during the Black Mamas March a protest against police brutality and racial inequality in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd on June 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. Photo: Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images

With masks covering our faces, my daughters and I marched for justice in downtown Birmingham.

On Juneteenth.

During a pandemic.