"Black Lives Matter: Opening a Second Front" - J. Douglas Allen- Taylor, Race, Poverty & the Environment
"Why Black Lives (and Minds) Matter: Race, Freedom Schools & the Quest for Education Equity" - Tyrone C. Howard, The Journal of Negro Education
"The BLM Effect: Hashtags, History, and Race - Eric K. Arnold, Race, Poverty & the Environment
#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.
The Black Lives Matter group has been fighting to be heard since 2013 - and the phrase itself is now being seen on streets and screens all around the world after the killing of George Floyd. But how did the movement get here? And how did it begin?