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Jan 27, 2021 · How Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi Created the Black Lives Matter Movement. What started off as a hashtag on a Facebook post has become a national rallying cry for...
Jun 3, 2020 · In 2013, the community organizers Opal Tometi, Patrisse Cullors, and Alicia Garza started the Black Lives Matter movement. What began as a hashtag in response to Trayvon Martin’s...
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Jun 21, 2020 · The movement was founded by three Black women, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi, two of whom identify as queer. By design, the movement they started in 2013 has remained organic, grassroots and diffuse.
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Nov 30, 2020 · Garza and her BLM co-founders, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi, spoke as part of the BBC 100 Women Masterclass 2020, a digital live event of masterclasses, big interviews and guests on...
Sep 24, 2020 · Tometi (centre) with fellow BLM co-founders Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza, at Glamour’s women of the year awards, 2016. Photograph: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images.
Born out of a social media post, the Black Lives Matter movement has sparked discussion about race and inequality across the world. In this spirited conversation with Mia Birdsong, the movement's three founders share what they've learned about leadership and what provides them with hope and inspiration in the face of painful realities. Their advice on how to participate in ensuring freedom for ...
Jul 8, 2020 · At first “we were fighting people to even say Black lives matter,” says Garza, who created the Black Lives Matter Global Network with Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors. “Now everybody’s...
