Black Lives Matter movement

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The Black Lives Matter movement is a decentralized social and political campaign that protests systemic racism and violence against Black people, particularly police brutality, and advocates for racial justice and equality.

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instanceOf civil rights movement
political movement
social movement
becameProminentAfterEvent killing of Eric Garner
killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson
countryOfOrigin United States
focusesOnGroup Black people
focusesOnIssue criminal justice reform
police brutality
racial inequality in the United States
racial profiling
systemic racism
hasAbbreviation BLM
hasCentralGoal achieving racial equality
defending Black lives
ending police brutality against Black people
ending systemic racism
hasCoFounder Alicia Garza
Opal Tometi
Patrisse Cullors
hasFoundingYear 2013
hasIdeology anti-racism
racial justice
social justice
hasOppositionFrom some conservative political groups
some law enforcement organizations
hasSlogan Black Lives Matter
hasSupportFrom many civil rights organizations
many progressive political groups
numerous international solidarity protests
hasTactic civil disobedience
community organizing
demonstrations
marches
online activism
policy advocacy
protests
influenced global protests against racism
racial justice discourse in the United States
inspiredCreationOf Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation
isDecentralized true
isDecentralizedNetworkOf local chapters
primaryLanguage English
relatedTo Movement for Black Lives
Say Her Name movement
United States civil rights movement
sawMajorResurgenceAfterEvent murder of George Floyd
usesHashtag #BLM
#BlackLivesMatter
wasFoundedAfterEvent acquittal of George Zimmerman
wasFoundedInResponseTo killing of Trayvon Martin

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Black Lives Matter movement usesHashtag #BlackLivesMatter
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Black Lives Matter movement usesHashtag #BLM
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