BLACK LIVES MATTER Definition & Meaning

Black Lives Matter

[ blak lahyvz mat-er ]

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noun

a political and social movement originating among African Americans, emphasizing basic human rights and racial equality for Black people and campaigning against various forms of racism. : BLM, B.L.M.

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First recorded in 2013; the slogan that arose from the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media after George Zimmerman was acquitted of murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African American teenager

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That was especially true in 2020, during the Black Lives Matter protests and their counterorganizing.

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The same happened during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, which saw high levels of countermobilized violence.

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“I’m going to keep housing people. I don’t care what it takes,” Bass said at Friday’s Black Lives Matter event.

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Years later, such movements would also influence the development of the Black Lives Matter, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer movements and the National Domestic Worker Alliance.

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The statue of Edward Colston in Bristol was torn down during a Black Lives Matter protest in June 2020 and thrown it into the city's harbour.

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