. >> assalamu alaikum. hands up! hands up! i cannot hear you. hands up!llnt to thank you first of , i want to thank minister louis farrakhan. a round ofhim applause. [applause] >> thank you, i am sorry. will you help me celebrate and salute the family of our dear sister sandra bland. make some noise as they come now. [applause] good afternoon. i greet you on behalf of the family of sandra bland. my name is sharon cooper, one of the older sisters of sandra bland and i stand in the gap for my mother. i am standing in the gap for my older sister, standing in the gap for my little sister, and standing in the gap for my baby sister. the biggest message i want to leave you with is the world has shown us that we have to control our own narrative. i want to thank you, say thank you to those of you who are here, especially the nation for acknowledging us. if i could ask you to do one thing, can you say her name? >> sandra bland! >> thank you. [applause] >> for our generation, she is considered the rosa parks of the hip-hop movement, the one who really kick us off

assalamu alaikum. my name is selena abdullah, i am an organizer for black lives matter. i want to thank the honorable minister louis farrakhan for having us and all the struggle he has done for the liberation of black people. i am honored to be among those of you who have struggled for a decade. i am honored to be among those of you who were here 20 years for the million man march. black lives matter is a growing movement, not a moment. we were born just over two years ago. the night that george zimmerman was acquitted in the murder of our son, our brother trayvon martin. i say our son, our brother recognizing that it is sabrina fulton and tracy martin who birthed him, just as mike brown junior is the son of -- and andrew joseph junior is the son of andrew joseph senior and my cousin deanna hardy joseph. they are all ours. they are ours. know itan people, we is not biology that dictates relationship, it is spirit. sandra bland, radel jones, is yvette henderson, brother africa, megan, and so many others are not individual assaults but collective ones. black people are kil

. >> assalamu alaikum. hands up! hands up! i cannot hear you. hands up! minister louis farrakhan. let's give him a round of applause. [applause] >> thank you, i am sorry. will you help me celebrate and salute the family of our dear sister sandra bland. make some noise as they come now. [applause] >> good afternoon. i greet you on behalf of the family of sandra bland. my name is sharon cooper, one of the older sisters of sandra bland and i stand in the gap for my mother. i am standing in the gap for my older sister, standing in the gap for my little sister, and standing in the gap for my baby sister. the biggest message i want to leave you with is the world has shown us that we have to control our own narrative. i want to thank you, say thank you to those of you who are here, especially the nation for acknowledging us. if i could ask you to do one thing, can you say her name? >> sandra bland! >> thank you. [applause] >> for our generation, she is considered the rosa parks of the hip-hop movement, the one who really kick us off for this new movement to get