"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 ...
... were learning an honest and full picture of America's history. But the plan was released in 2020 in the midst of backlash against the Black Lives Matter movement. And so when it was released into the community, some conservatives who I guess hadn't been paying attention to the ...
Amna Nawaz: You mentioned some of those serious moments. And I have to ask you about it, because Black Twitter is responsible for some of the most potent hashtags that actually led to real-world change in modern history, Oscars So White and MeToo and Black Lives Matter. You cover ...
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