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The organization's involvement in protests in Ferguson and the slogan's popularity brought the organization and the Black Lives Matter movement to national attention. New found popularity sparked a rise of other Black Lives Matter organizations that were independent of the BLMGN, as well as new chapters of the BLMGN forming in other cities. [31]
The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) is a coalition of more than 50 groups representing the interests of Black communities across the United States. [1] Members include the Black Lives Matter Network, the National Conference of Black Lawyers, and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. [2]
Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, a U.S.-based non-profit (formed 2013) Bureau of Land Management , a U.S. federal government agency (formed 1946) Places
The post What Black Lives Matter Means: The History of the Movement appeared first on Reader's Digest. Many are still muddling the powerful message of the global movement.
A Black Lives Matter die-in over rail tracks, protesting alleged police brutality in Saint Paul, Minnesota (September 20, 2015). Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement [1] [2] that aims to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people and to promote anti-racism.
There’s a shirt that depicts three clenched fists raised in solidarity on sale at the Black Lives Matter store, and the enduring symbol is echoed in the organization’s mission statement ...
Three years removed from the groundswell of support for Black Lives Matter, many of the movement’s leaders are divided on the outcome of the biggest movement in U.S. history.
Melina Reimann Abdullah (born 1972) is an American academic and civic leader. She is the former chair of the department of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles, and is a co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter and Black Lives Matter Grassroots, for which she also serves as co-director.