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Mar 19, 2024 · In 2013, three radical Black organizers — Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi — created a Black-centered political-movement-building project called #BlackLivesMatter in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer, George Zimmerman.
Jul 9, 2020 · The names most associated with Black Lives Matter are not its leaders but the victims who have drawn attention to the massive issues of racism this country grapples with: George Floyd, Breonna...
Black Lives Matter is a phrase, and notably a hashtag, used to highlight racism, discrimination and inequality experienced by black people.
The Black Lives Matter demonstrations spread across the UK last summer in reaction to George Floyd’s killing by police officer Derek Chauvin in the US, an event which sparked a global call for racial justice. And in Bristol, the port city’s strong links to slavery were under the spotlight.
These portraits are a testimony to human empathy, and the reach of the vast, multi-stranded Black Lives Matter movement.
May 21, 2021 · Floyd's death sparked widespread protests and rekindled the Black Lives Matter movement. It also elevated a national conversation about race, police brutality and social injustice.
Jul 9, 2020 · A slogan chanted by tens of thousands around the world, Black Lives Matter has sparked a hashtag, a network of grass-roots organisations, and a moral collective of activists.
