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Dec 22, 2020 · Like many others, Opal Tometi, an American activist who had long fought for civil rights, was brought to tears by the news. She had a 14-year-old brother, who she feared could meet the same fate.
Opal Tometi. BLM co-founder. The BLM trio welcomed the acknowledgement of this by Kamala Harris, who has made history as the first female, first black and first Asian-American US...
Feb 1, 2021 · Opal Tometi co-founded Black Lives Matter in 2013 alongside activists Alicia Garza and Patrisse Cullors. Eight years later, the Black Lives Matter movement has spread around the world and just last week was nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for its “achievement in raising global awareness and consciousness about racial injustice.”
Oct 24, 2020 · Nigerian-American activist Opal Tometi co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement in 2013, after the killing of teenager Travyon Martin. The 17-year-old was fatally shot in Florida by George...
Opal Tometi on how her Nigerian roots feed her social justice drive. Résumé As executive director of the Black-Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), a national organization for immigrant...
Opal Tometi is a New York-based Nigerian-American writer, strategist and community organizer. She is a co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter. The historic political project was launched in the wake of the murder of Trayvon Martin in order to explicitly combat implicit bias and anti-black racism, and to protect and affirm the beauty and dignity of all ...
