(CNN) When Marjorie Alston attended a Black Lives Matter protest in North Carolina with her boyfriend, she went carrying a sign but left wearing a ring on her finger. In the midst of marching, chanting and uniting with fellow protesters, 26-year-old Xavier Young got down on one knee and asked Alston to be his wife. "I had no idea I would propose at the protest," Young told CNN. "But when we decided to go, I threw the ring in my bag along with protest gear. Newly engaged couple Xavier Young and Marjorie Alston.

Source: CNN June 14, 2020 21:11 UTC