• Poll: Support for Black Lives Matter grows among white youth

    Poll: Support for Black Lives Matter grows among white youth

    Sep 05, 2016 03:56 PM EDT

    ... the Black Lives Matter movement, and said he's supported its goals from the beginning. He also vehemently disagreed with the idea that Black Lives Matter's rhetoric encourages violence against police. "The only thing that would encourage violence against police would be thinking that black lives do not matter ...

  • The impact of ‘Black Lives Matter’ on Democratic convention

    The impact of ‘Black Lives Matter’ on Democratic convention

    Jul 27, 2016 12:55 AM EDT

    ... an activist protest organization, with increasing influence. John Yang has our report. JOHN YANG: Less than 10 miles from the Democratic Convention, demonstrators remind delegates, black lives matter. WOMAN: They need to pay attention to the will of the people. MAN: We need a radical new system, because the one ...

  • Photos: Black Lives Matter movement takes hold in London, where police shootings are rare

    Photos: Black Lives Matter movement takes hold in London, where police shootings are rare

    Jul 17, 2016 06:02 PM EDT

    Last week, as the Black Lives Matter movement approached its third anniversary, Shane Vincent was in the streets of London watching it take hold around the world. He was photographing a protest in London, one that came just weeks after the UK's decision to exit the European Union exposed ...

  • Black Lives Matter leader arrested as protests spread across the country

    Black Lives Matter leader arrested as protests spread across the country

    Jul 10, 2016 06:25 PM EDT

    As demonstrations against police brutality continued across the country, a leading voice for the Black Lives Matter movement along with three local journalist and dozens of others were arrested by police Saturday in Baton Rouge. Activist DeRay Mckesson, who ran an unsuccessful bid to become Baltimore's mayor last year ...

  • 74 #BlackLivesMatter protesters arrested in upstate New York

    74 #BlackLivesMatter protesters arrested in upstate New York

    Jul 09, 2016 08:56 PM EDT

    A video posted by Chris Thompson (@chronsofnon) on Jul 8, 2016 at 7:39pm PDT Police in the city of Rochester in upstate New York arrested 74 people during a demonstration of the Black Lives Matter movement on Friday, organized to protest the recent shootings of black men in Louisiana ...

  • Obama defends Black Lives Matter movement

    Obama defends Black Lives Matter movement

    Oct 23, 2015 08:00 PM EDT

    ... into his defense of the movement. "I think everybody understands all lives matter," Obama said. "I think the reason that the organizers used the phrase 'Black Lives Matter' was not because they were suggesting nobody else's lives matter. Rather, what they were suggesting was there is a specific problem ...

  • Renewed call of 'Black lives matter' at 20th anniversary of Million Man March

    Renewed call of 'Black lives matter' at 20th anniversary of Million Man March

    Oct 10, 2015 08:28 PM EDT

    ... Michael Brown in 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Deaths of unarmed black males at the hands of law enforcement officers have inspired protests under the "Black Lives Matter" moniker around the country. The original march on Oct. 16, 1995, brought hundreds of thousands to Washington to pledge to improve their lives ...

  • Black Lives Matter movement won't endorse a presidential candidate

    Black Lives Matter movement won't endorse a presidential candidate

    Sep 19, 2015 03:56 PM EDT

    ... Senate, also was focusing on criminal justice and police reforms during its annual legislative conference this weekend. The Democratic National Committee acknowledged the Black Lives Matter movement at its Aug. 1 meeting in Minneapolis with a resolution saying it "joins with Americans across the country in affirming `Black lives matter ...

  • Teens sing in support of Black Lives Matter

    Teens sing in support of Black Lives Matter

    Jul 28, 2015 11:49 PM EDT

    ... tweet to @NewsHour using #NewsHourShares. We might share it on air. Our colleagues from KQED in San Francisco profiled Vocal Rush, a teen a cappella group from Oakland who used the stage to pay homage to the Black Lives Matter movement and to acknowledge their own city's troubled history.

  • Teen singers find their voice in 'Black Lives Matter' movement

    Teen singers find their voice in 'Black Lives Matter' movement

    Jul 23, 2015 02:26 PM EDT

    ... the 2014-2015 group wanted to make a special point in this year’s ICHSA competition in New York. So they dedicated their effort to Black Lives Matter, a national movement founded in 2013 to challenge police killings and other disparities African Americans face. “Being an African American girl and ...