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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51�Թ� History and Origins

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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Aaron Fontan, 24, said he also has participated in Black Lives Matter protests and felt familiar police pushback and militance this time around.

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Although Trump has threatened to invoke that act in the past, during the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, for example, he has not done so here.

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Is there a bigger lesson about the Black Lives Matter movement in general from what’s happening in Minneapolis?

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Like in many cities, Black Lives Matter became more vocal and a larger movement after the 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

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And that really led to larger participation in Black Lives Matter.

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