Don PBA timeline by Don Kekoa Ramos https://padlet.com/donkekoa_ramos_006/zez2kqnnxbky7dgg Made with serendipity en-us 2021-12-07 20:19:24 UTC 2026-02-11 18:40:53 UTC hello@padlet.com 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 donkekoa_ramos_006 https://padlet.com/donkekoa_ramos_006/zez2kqnnxbky7dgg/wish/1934482383 2021-12-07 20:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/donkekoa_ramos_006/zez2kqnnxbky7dgg/wish/1934482383 The movement grew nationally in 2014 after the deaths of Michael Brown in Missouri and Eric Garner in New York. donkekoa_ramos_006 https://padlet.com/donkekoa_ramos_006/zez2kqnnxbky7dgg/wish/1934484659 2021-12-07 20:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/donkekoa_ramos_006/zez2kqnnxbky7dgg/wish/1934484659 There’s long been a fierce debate about the effect of Black Lives Matter protests on the lethal use of force by police. A new study, one of the first to make a rigorous academic attempt to answer that question, found that the protests have had a notable impact on police killings. For every 4,000 people who participated in a Black Lives Matter protest between 2014 and 2019, police killed one less person. donkekoa_ramos_006 https://padlet.com/donkekoa_ramos_006/zez2kqnnxbky7dgg/wish/1954221302 2021-12-17 19:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/donkekoa_ramos_006/zez2kqnnxbky7dgg/wish/1954221302 George Perry Floyd Jr. was an African-American man who was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest after a store clerk suspected Floyd may have used a counterfeit $20 bill, on May 25, 2020. donkekoa_ramos_006 https://padlet.com/donkekoa_ramos_006/zez2kqnnxbky7dgg/wish/1954223780 2021-12-17 19:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/donkekoa_ramos_006/zez2kqnnxbky7dgg/wish/1954223780 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. donkekoa_ramos_006 https://padlet.com/donkekoa_ramos_006/zez2kqnnxbky7dgg/wish/1954224476 2021-12-17 19:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/donkekoa_ramos_006/zez2kqnnxbky7dgg/wish/1954224476