https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8 en-us 2022-01-27 01:41:58 UTC 2022-01-27 03:45:56 UTC hello@padlet.com shaniyahjackson2 https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014947344 The hashtag "#BlackLivesMatter" was tweeted over 30 million times between July 2013 and May 1, 2018, an average of 17,002 times per day.

]]> 2022-01-27 03:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014947344 shaniyahjackson2 https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014949170 The American Dialect Society named #BlackLivesMatter the word of the year in 2014. One of the twelve hashtags that altered the world in 2014 was #BlackLivesMatter, according to the magazine.

]]> 2022-01-27 03:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014949170 shaniyahjackson2 https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014950372 Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American male, was shot and killed while running in Glynn County, Georgia, on February 23, 2020. Arbery had been trailed and accosted by three white neighbors, two of whom were armed, driving two vehicles. Each of the three men has been charged with nine counts, including felony murder.

]]> 2022-01-27 03:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014950372 shaniyahjackson2 https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014951377 On March 13, Louisville police officers served a no-knock search warrant for narcotics suspicions at the apartment of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African American woman. Her boyfriend shot a police officer in the leg, prompting police to fire numerous shots, killing her. 

]]> 2022-01-27 03:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014951377 shaniyahjackson2 https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014952885 Christian Cooper was confronted by a white woman on May 25 after he advised her to keep her dog on a leash in the Ramble, a no-dogs-off-leash area. When the white woman called the cops to report that an African-American guy was threatening her, the situation became more heated. The woman was charged with fraudulently reporting an event in the third degree on July 6, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's office.

]]> 2022-01-27 03:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014952885 shaniyahjackson2 https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014953575 On May 25TH  The death of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was later charged with second-degree murder after a video surfaced showing Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes while Floyd pled for his life, repeating, "I can't breathe," was the tipping point.

]]> 2022-01-27 03:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014953575 shaniyahjackson2 https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014955817 On June 5, 2020, Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington, D.C. announced that a section of the street outside the White House had been renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza and a street sign had been placed there.

]]> 2022-01-27 03:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014955817 shaniyahjackson2 https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014958709 It had been tweeted 47.8 million times by June 10, 2020, with the biggest usage occurring between July 7 and 17, 2016, with approximately 500,000 tweets per day.

]]> 2022-01-27 03:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014958709 shaniyahjackson2 https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014959504 Norwegian MP Petter Eide nominated the Black Lives Matter movement for the Nobel Peace Prize in January. "Awarding the peace prize to Black Lives Matter, as the most powerful worldwide force against racial injustice, will convey a powerful message that peace is predicated on equality, solidarity, and human rights, and that all governments must respect those basic principles," he wrote in his candidacy.

]]> 2022-01-27 03:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014959504 shaniyahjackson2 https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014960430 Derek Chauvin, a former police officer, was found guilty on all three counts of second- and third-degree murder, as well as manslaughter, in the shooting of George Floyd on April 20. After ten and a half hours of discussion, the jury reached a unanimous decision.

]]> 2022-01-27 03:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014960430 shaniyahjackson2 https://padlet.com/shaniyahjackson2/8jw0nxbdznlv5be8/wish/2014962764 Since the campaign began in 2013, with the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, it has been dramatized and commemorated in film, song, television, literature, and the visual arts. A variety of media outlets are covering the Black Lives Matter movement and racial injustice. The popularity of published books, novels, and television shows has increased in the year 2020.

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