The Class of 1946–2018 Twenty-seven school-shooting survivors bear their scars, and bear witness.

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#TIA – A short history of school shootings, with a focus on survivors

Americans have short memories. But here we are in an election year. The same year in which a former student murdered 17 of his classmates in Parkland, Florida — and another student killed ten in Texas. In which at least 75 other shootings in schools barely made the news and then slipped right out of it (which often happens when victims are people of color).

It’s stunning to think that these shootings — these attacks on children — aren’t being talked about constantly.

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