The #BlackLivesMatter Movement began in the summer of 2013 by three Black organizers, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometiin, in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer, George Zimmerman. It was made to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes…
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