--- title: DNC: Read Mothers of the Movement Speech Transcript description: Seven mothers highlighted the need to protect black Americans from gun violence and police brutality at the Democratic convention. canonical: https://time.com/4424704/dnc-mothers-movement-transcript-speech-video/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-27T01:06:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:33:51.233Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read What the Mothers of the Movement Said at the Convention og:description: "You don't stop being a mom when your child dies." og:url: https://time.com/4424704/dnc-mothers-movement-transcript-speech-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt968818112858a8de/69889f8d428a9e5f41cd39e2/mothers-movement-facebook.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1948 og:image:height: 1023 og:image:alt: mothers-movement-facebook og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read What the Mothers of the Movement Said at the Convention twitter:description: "You don't stop being a mom when your child dies." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt968818112858a8de/69889f8d428a9e5f41cd39e2/mothers-movement-facebook.jpg?branch=production ---  # Read What the Mothers of the Movement Said at the Democratic Convention by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 27, 2016 1:06 AM UTC  Mothers of the Movement stand onstage prior to delivering remarks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention, on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia. Mothers of the Movement stand onstage prior to delivering remarks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention, on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 27, 2016 1:06 AM UTC Seven mothers took the stage to highlight a need to protect black Americans from gun violence and police brutality on Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention. “You don’t stop being a mom when your child dies,” said Lucy McBath, mother of Jordan Davis. “I lived in fear my son would die like this.” McBath, Geneva Reed-Veal, mother of Sandra Bland, and Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, spoke while the four other mothers looked on. They all said Hillary Clinton understood the anger over the deaths of their children and would help them find justice. The “Mothers of the Movement” portion of the convention was a primetime address on a criminal justice system some minorities believe is broken and racist. These mothers spoke as part of the Black Lives Matter movement and #MothersOfTheMovement started trending on Twitter. **Read More:** [_Meet The Grieving Mothers Speaking At The Democratic Convention_](http://time.com/4423920/dnc-mothers-movement-speakers/) Read their remarks as prepared for delivery: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4424704/dnc-mothers-movement-transcript-speech-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4424704/dnc-mothers-movement-transcript-speech-video/"},"headline":"Read What the Mothers of the Movement Said at the Democratic Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-27T01:06:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:33:51.233Z","description":"'You don't stop being a mom when your child dies'","url":"https://time.com/4424704/dnc-mothers-movement-transcript-speech-video/","keywords":["Democratic National Convention","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Trayvon Martin","black lives matter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt968818112858a8de/69889f8d428a9e5f41cd39e2/mothers-movement-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Drabold","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/will-drabold/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt968818112858a8de/69889f8d428a9e5f41cd39e2/mothers-movement-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"mothers-movement-facebook","caption":"Mothers of the Movement stand onstage prior to delivering remarks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention, on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia.","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/democratic-national-convention/","name":"Democratic National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4424704/dnc-mothers-movement-transcript-speech-video/","name":"Read What the Mothers of the Movement Said at the Democratic Convention"}}]}] ```