Lawmakers in Washington were wary of the Black Lives Matter movement at first. In 2015, then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told three Black Lives Matter activists they should focus on changing laws instead of hearts. A 2016 memo from the Democratic Party’s House campaign arm told politicians to limit ...
... before gun violence prevention that really produced this surge in 2018 in the midterm, but in 2020 for example, during the presidential election, you had Black Lives Matter, and it really again galvanized and encouraging people to go and vote. And in 2022 it was the Dobbs decision, where you ...
"That's when I really began to see it wasn't just me. Every Black parent I worked with was calling me about suspensions," she said. Education reform emerged quickly as a goal for the Black Lives Matter movement. In 2016, when the Vision for Black Lives platform was ...
... of their name — timed to the release of “March, March,” a song about social justice — amid the nationwide George Floyd protests and a surge in Black Lives Matter sentiment. In 2003 during the run-up to the Iraq War, Maines said on stage in London that they were ashamed that ...
... we’ve built for our kids,” she sang. “America, America, We’re better than this.” The song was released in 2020 in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and was viewed as an implicit rejection of former President Trump’s rhetoric. Morris has been a vocal supporter of liberal ...
... we have an officer who is fighting for his life and I have to ask: For what?” Bell said. Ferguson became synonymous with the national Black Lives Matter movement after Michael Brown, a Black 18-year-old, was killed by Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson Aug. 9, 2014, in the St ...
Sunshine Clemons, Black Lives Matter: She was a mother. She has children. That is an impact for generations that is going to be affected -- that is going to be laid upon that family. William Brangham: The local sheriff's office released this body camera footage yesterday, which shows two deputies ...
... a blank check of immunity to the banks for their wrongdoing. William Brangham: Harris' tenure as attorney general also coincided with the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and the emergence of criminal justice reform as a major issue. In 2015, Harris didn't take a position a state ...
... police officers made “I can't breathe” a rallying cry. Bystander video showed Garner gasping the phrase while locked in a police chokehold and spurred Black Lives Matter protests in New York and across the country. More demonstrations followed weeks later when Michael Brown, an 18-year-old Black man ...
... and “Defend and Expand Immigrant Rights.” At one point a group of demonstrators got in an argument with counter-protesters who denounced LGBTQ+ rights, Muslims, Black Lives Matter and women. Counter-protester Rich Penkoski of Stillwater, Oklahoma, bellowed through a bullhorn that women should go home and make sandwiches for ...
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