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Linguist Ben Zimmer compared it to similar slogans such as "Hands up, don't shoot," which originated in the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, and the older "No justice, no peace." Zimmer called it "a peculiarly powerful rallying cry," and noted, "to intone the words 'I can't breathe,' surrounded by thousands of others doing the same, is an act of ...
Better dead than Red – anti-Communist slogan; Black is beautiful – political slogan of a cultural movement that began in the 1960s by African Americans; Black Lives Matter – decentralized social movement that began in 2013 following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African American teen Trayvon Martin; popularized in the United States following 2014 protests in ...
"No justice, no peace" is a political slogan which originated during protests against acts of ethnic violence against African Americans. Its precise meaning is contested. The slogan was used as early as 1986, following the killing of Michael Griffith by a mob of youths.
Imad Hamad, the executive director of the American Human Rights Council in Dearborn, was at the rally and responded to the chant with a statement released on behalf of a group of Arab American and ...
Many mottos and slogans around the world and throughout history have contrasted freedom and death. Some examples: The phrase "Vivre Libre ou Mourir" ("live free or die") was used in the French Revolution. [11] It was the subtitle of the journal by Camille Desmoulins, titled Le Vieux Cordelier, written during the winter of 1793–1794.
Audience members at the RNC held signs with slogans like "Make America Strong Again!" and "American Oil From American Soil," as well as more ominous messaging, including "Mass Deportation Now!"
"America First and America Efficient" – Charles Evans Hughes "He has kept us out of war." – Woodrow Wilson 1916 U.S. presidential campaign slogan "He proved the pen mightier than the sword." – Woodrow Wilson 1916 U.S. presidential campaign slogan "War in the East, Peace in the West, Thank God for Woodrow Wilson."
The chant was digitally added to footage of the convention. The audio originated from a video of a 2020 protest against police brutality.