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Collected Item: “A Beautiful Wedding Amid a Black Lives Matter Protest in Philadelphia”

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A Beautiful Wedding Amid a Black Lives Matter Protest in Philadelphia

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Video

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In the middle of a big BLM protest in Philadelphia, a couple got married. She wore a white wedding dress and he was in a tuxedo. They struck a powerful pose and the whole event was tremendously moving and beautiful.

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wedding, weddingduringaprotest, BlackLivesMatter, BLM, love, ceremony, Kerry-Anne Perkins, Michael Gordon, rally, GeorgeFloyd, nojusticenopeace

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https://people.com/human-interest/couple-celebrates-wedding-philadelphia-george-floyd-protest/

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People.com

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2020-06-07
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