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I am researching the purpose of BLM.

I am researching the root of racial injustice.

I am researching voter rights and systemic racism of African Americans.

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Ian Explains: The History of Black Voting Rights in America | GZERO World

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Deeper than BLM: The Systemic Racism that Plagues America (Documentary)

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Racial Segregation and Concentrated Poverty: The History of Housing in Black America

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History

VOTING RIGHTS

SYSTEMIC RASCIM

INJUSTICE

BLM

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My attitude toward the topic is it makes me anger, and want to increase my knowledge on the racial injustice. The reason BLM was started is from a deep-rooted history in the United States of racial injustice to African Americans dated back to 1619. The research is needed to expose to the violence against black people, especially by people in power.

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The audience I will reach will be anyone who think Black Lives don’t matter and can be dispensed by the snap of a finger by anyone in power.

People who I will also reach is policymakers who is in control of the police and people of power.

People of all race ,age ,and color to expose to brutality of African Americans since 1619

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The movement started in Minneapolis, MN and intends to reach the world

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The setting can be combative because its attacking acts of violence against African Americans to create a safer space for blacks to live freely, and in peace

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Black Lives Matter Movement

In 2013, three female Black organizers - Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi - created a Black-centered political will and movement building project called Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter began with a social media hashtag, #BlackLivesMatter, after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin back in 2012. The movement grew nationally in 2014 after the deaths of Michael Brown in Missouri and Eric Garner in New York. Since then it has established itself as a worldwide movement, particularly after the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, MN. Most recently, #Black Lives Matter has spearheaded demonstrations worldwide protesting police brutality and systematic racism that overwhelmingly effects the Black community.

According to the Black Lives Matter website they were "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."

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BLM's #WhatMatters2020 Campaign: This 2020 Election-focused campaign focuses on promoting voter registration "among Millennials, Generation Z, the Black community, and allies" and education voters about a wide range of issues including "racial injustice, police brutality, criminal justice reform, Black immigration, economic injustice, LGBTQIA+ and human rights, environmental injustice, access to healthcare, access to quality education, and voting rights and suppression."

Local BLM Chapters: Local chapters of BLM in many areas of the country, including the DMV, have their own social media accounts to facilitate engagement in civil action close to home.

Follow Black Lives Matter on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

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HUSL Library: A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States: The Black Lives Matter Movement

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This guide focuses on the civil rights that various groups have fought for within the United States.

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This video showed me the history of black people and what has happened to their rights throughout the years.