What is Black Lives Matter (BLM)?
A: BLM is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to
highlight racism, discrimination, and inequality experienced by black
people.
When its supporters come together, they do so primarily
to do what?
A: Protest incidents of police brutality and racially motivated violence
against black people.
The movement and its related organizations typically
advocate for various policy changes considered to be related to what?
A: Black liberation.
The slogan "Black Lives Matter" itself remains what?
A: Untrademarked by any group.
The overwhelming majority of its public demonstrations
have been what?
A: Peaceful.
When did the movement begin?
A: In July 2013.
It began with the use of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter
on social media after the acquittal of whom?
A: George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African American teen Trayvon
Martin 17 months earlier in February 2012.
The movement became nationally recognized for street
demonstrations following what?
A: The 2014 deaths of two African Americans, that of Michael Brown and Eric
Garner.
In the summer of
2015, Black Lives Matter activists
became involved in what?
A: The 2016 United States presidential
election.
The originators of the hashtag and call to action,
Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi, expanded their project into
a what?
The movement returned to national headlines during the
global George Floyd protests in what year?
A: 2020
George Floyd was murdered by what Minneapolis police
officer?
A: Derek Chauvin.
How many people participated in the 2020 Black Lives
Matter protests in the United States?
A: An estimated 15 million to 26 million.
A June 2020 Pew Research Center poll found that what
percentage of adult Americans expressed some support for the Black Lives
Matter movement?
A: 67%.
A later poll conducted in September 2020 showed that
support among American adults had dropped to 55%, with notable declines
among whom?
A: Whites and Hispanics, while support remained widespread among black
adults.
As a movement, Black Lives Matter is grassroots and
what?
A: Decentralized.
In 2013, Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal
Tometi formed what?
A: The Black Lives Matter Network.
Garza described the network as an online platform that
existed to provide whom with a shared set of principles and goals?
A: Activists.
Local Black Lives Matter chapters are asked to commit
to the organization's list of guiding principles but operate without a what?
A: A central structure or hierarchy.
Black Lives Matter voices support for movements and
causes outside of black police brutality, including what?
A: LGBTQ activism, feminism, immigration reform and economic justice.
The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) is a coalition of
more than how many groups representing the interests of black communities
across the United States?
A: 50.
Members include the National Conference of Black
Lawyers, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and who?
A: Black Lives Matter Network.