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Jul 13, 2021 · July 13, 2021. It’s been 8 years since the founding of Black Lives Matter. Born out of the collective cry for Trayvon Martin, it started as a hashtag that reignited a movement. 8 years later, we’ve grown into a global community working towards Black liberation and freedom — and still, our movement of promise is not done with the work yet.
Jul 9, 2020 · 9 July 2020. By Aleem Maqbool,BBC News. 'I feel like Black Lives Matter has become a trend' A slogan chanted by tens of thousands around the world, Black Lives Matter has sparked a...
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Nov 29, 2020 · 29 November 2020. Black Lives Matter: The three women who founded a global movement. The year 2020 will be remembered for a lot of things - not least the rise of the Black Lives...
Dec 29, 2020 · By Char Adams. In 2013, Alicia Garza offered words of comfort in a Facebook post to Black people after George Zimmerman was acquitted of murder in the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin:...
Sep 11, 2020 · Since its inception, Black Lives Matter has been a movement aligned to truth and justice. We have functioned as a decentralized, directly democratic community, activating and allying with fearless leaders. We have reimagined and begun to create a “next normal.”
Jul 8, 2020 · • 5 min read. When Alicia Garza wrote “Black lives matter” in a Facebook post nearly seven years ago, the activist from Oakland, California, never imagined that those words would come to...
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.
