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Black Lives Matter


00:02:03 1 Founding
00:02:12 1.1 Earlier movements
00:03:13 1.2 Online campaign
00:04:03 1.3 Ferguson activism
00:05:20 1.4 Inclusivity of the movement
00:06:46 2 Structure and organization
00:06:56 2.1 Loose structure
00:09:07 2.2 Guiding principles
00:09:31 2.3 Broader movement
00:10:34 3 Strategies and tactics
00:10:57 3.1 Internet and social media
00:12:24 3.2 Direct action
00:13:24 3.3 Media
00:14:03 4 Timeline of notable U.S. events and demonstrations
00:14:09 4.1 2014
00:17:00 4.2 2015
00:23:01 4.3 2016
00:29:29 4.4 2017
00:31:24 4.5 2018
00:32:40 5 BLM international movement
00:33:11 5.1 Australia
00:33:53 5.2 Canada
00:35:22 5.3 United Kingdom
00:36:09 6 2016 U.S. presidential election
00:36:15 6.1 Primaries
00:36:24 6.1.1 Democrats
00:41:14 6.1.2 Republicans
00:43:54 6.2 General election
00:45:11 7 Counter-slogans and movements
00:45:21 7.1 "All Lives Matter"
00:47:15 7.2 "Blue Lives Matter"
00:47:45 7.3 "White Student Union" Facebook groups
00:48:37 7.4 "White Lives Matter"
00:49:29 8 spanCriticism of "Black Lives Matter"
00:49:40 8.1 Tactics
00:50:05 8.2 Law enforcement
00:52:08 8.2.1 Ferguson effect
00:53:21 8.3 Lack of focus on intraracial violence
00:55:03 8.4 Movement for Black Lives statement about Israel
00:57:40 8.5 Criticism by Rudy Giuliani
00:58:27 8.6 Insufficient focus on women
00:59:14 9 Influence
00:59:54 9.1 Depictions in media
01:00:32 9.2 Polls
01:02:08 10 See also



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Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an international activist movement, originating in the African-American community, that campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards black people. BLM regularly holds protests speaking out against police killings of black people, and broader issues such as racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in the United States criminal justice system.In 2013, the movement began with the use of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African-American teen Trayvon Martin in February 2012. Black Lives Matter became nationally recognized for its street demonstrations following the 2014 deaths of two African Americans: Michael Brown—resulting in protests and unrest in Ferguson—and Eric Garner in New York City. Since the Ferguson protests, participants in the movement have demonstrated against the deaths of numerous other African Americans by police actions or while in police custody. In the summer of 2015, Black Lives Matter activists became involved in the 2016 United States presidential election. The originators of the hashtag and call to action, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi, expanded their project into a national network of over 30 local chapters between 2014 and 2016. The overall Black Lives Matter movement, however, is a decentralized network and has no formal hierarchy.There have been many reactions to the Black Lives Matter movement. The U.S. population's perception of Black Lives Matter varies considerably by race. The phrase "All Lives Matter" sprang up as a response to the Black Lives Matter movement, but has been criticized for dismissing or misunderstanding the message of "Black Lives Matter". Following the shooting of two police officers in Ferguson, the hashtag Blue Lives Matter was created by supporters of the police. Some black civil rights leaders have disagreed with tactics used by Black Lives Matter activists.