Black Lives Matter
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Black Lives Matter is a decentralized political and social movement that aims to highlight racism, discrimination and racial inequality experienced by Black people in the United States, and to promote
Black Lives Matter protest on September 20, 2015, against police brutality in St. Paul, Minnesota
A Black Lives Matter die-in over rail tracks, protesting police brutality in Saint Paul, Minnesota (September 20, 2015)
A "Hands up!" sign displayed at a Ferguson protest in August 2014
Black Lives Matter demonstration in Oakland, California, December 2014
Patrisse Cullors
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Patrisse Marie Khan-Cullors Brignac is an American progressive activist, artist, and writer who co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement. Cullors created the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag in 2013 and ha
Black Lives Matter
…United States and Canada. The slogan "Black Lives Matter" itself has not been trademarked by any group. In 2013, activists and friends Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Ayọ Tometi originated the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of…
Cullors in 2015
Cullors speaking in 2015