Walkout for peace.

Several thousand high school and middle school students across the country walked out of their' classes in a protest against war with Iraq. "I think it's really important that we're doing something about [the war] rather than sitting in class talking about it," said one eighth grader.

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Title Annotation:	high school and middle school students walked out of their classes to protest war with Iraq
Author:	Bowman, Kate
Publication:	Sojourners
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	May 1, 2003
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