"Hands up, don’t shoot!”

“Black lives matter!”

The familiar refrains of protests nationwide once again rang out across the UW-Madison campus as over 800 students flooded Helen C. White Library Sunday in a protest of racial discrimination in Madison and throughout the country.

Protesters rallied at the top of Bascom Hill before marching toward the library, weaving through the heart of campus in an act of solidarity with demonstrations that have taken place in Missouri and New York.

Upon arriving at the library, the group spread out across the building’s three floors, lying on the floor in a “die-in” protest. Members remained mostly silent throughout the roughly 20-minute protest, only periodically voicing chants such as “no justice, no peace.”

“I think [the protest] went beautifully,” protest organizer and UW-Madison student Deshawn McKinney said. “I was worried about getting the bodies out but in four days we were able to mobilize 800 people and make our presence known. It was nice seeing so many people standing in support because as a person of color you often don’t know who supports you.”