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Coco Gauff Delivers Powerful Speech at Florida Protest: 'I Demand Change Now'

Tennis star Coco Gauff is only 16 years old, but she's already using her voice to speak out about racial injustice and encourage people to vote.

Gauff delivered a powerful speech during a peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstration in her hometown of Delray Beach, Fla., amid ongoing protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd—a 46-year-old black man who was killed in Minneapolis last week after being violently apprehended by police.

"I think it's sad that I'm here protesting the same thing that [my grandmother] did 50-plus years ago," Gauff said. "So I'm here to tell you guys that we must first love each other no matter what.