This young activist wants a different kind of gun reform movement: One that centers Black lives.

Right now, Aalayah Eastmond is in the middle of finals week at Trinity Washington University in Washington, D.C. The 19-year-old is a second-year student in the Criminal Justice program, looking forward to a future at Howard Law and a career as a defense attorney. 

But, two years ago, on Feb. 14, Eastmond was in her morning...