Black Lives Matter
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BLM is an affirmation & embrace of the resistance & resilience of Black people. Founded by Patrisse Cullors, @opalayo , @aliciagarza press @blacklivesmatter .com
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Beyond painful. Rest in Power, King.
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So we all just gonna act like it’s ok that white folks are storming the Capitol with no police response!
But when we protesting to save our damn lives the police beat the S*$T out of us. Come on y’all!
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Until today, you could be fired for being LGBTQ in 26 states in America. The Supreme Court has ruled 6-3, not anymore.
#BlackLivesMatter
#blacktranslivesmatters
#BlackQueerLivesMatter
BREAKING: Supreme Court rules gay and lesbian people can sue for workplace bias under landmark civil rights law.
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We call for an END to systemic racism that allows this culture of corruption to go unchecked and our lives to be taken. See the demands. Sign the petition.
#DefundThePolice
#blacklivesmatter
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Rest in Power, Beautiful.
@BlkLivesMatter
honors those we have lost to police violence.
#BlackLivesMatter
#JusticeforGeorgeFloyd
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His name was George Floyd. Say his name. Pray for his family. Demand Justice.
#BlackLivesMatter
#JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
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You have changed us forever. Rest in paradise, King. We got this.
#BlakeLivesMatter
#GeorgeFloyd
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Happy 27th birthday, Breonna. We honor you today and always. Rest, now.
#BreonnaTaylor
#BlackLivesMatter
#RestInPower
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They shot him 60 times.
They shot him 60 times.
They shot him 60 times.
They shot him 60 times.
They shot him 60 times.
He was murdered by Akron police.
Say his name.
#JaylandWalker
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When people take to the streets and organize socially and politically, things change. Across the nation, people have given voice to the pain and damage that police brutality has caused. It is time for America to listen.
#InDefenseOfBlackLife
#BlackLivesMatter
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We salute you fam! ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
@naomiosaka
thank you for reminding the world that
#BlackLivesMatter
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Black Lives Matter stands in solidarity with Palestinians. We are a movement committed to ending settler colonialism in all forms and will continue to advocate for Palestinian liberation. ( always have. And always will be ).
#freepalestine
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We congratulate Joe Biden on becoming President, and particularly Kamala Harris, on becoming the country’s first woman - a Black woman - to serve as Vice President.
President Trump must concede. And that means dropping his bogus lawsuits to challenge the results.
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There will be no wins in this. Justice would mean George Floyd would still be with us.
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We hold the largest social movement in global history. Today, we have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. People are waking up to our global call: for racial justice and an end to economic injustice, environmental racism, and white supremacy. We're only getting started ✊🏾
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Too much trauma.
Too much mourning.
Too many hashtags.
Too often healing these wounds over and over again.
STOP KILLING US.
We stand with you Minneapolis, our ❤️’s are broken too.
#blacklivesmatter
#Minneapolis
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330 days to confirm what we already knew. 330 days of reliving the trauma of George’s murder, fearing that the system would let us down again, and mourning so many more that we lost. For a murder witnessed by millions.
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It’s a miracle that that
#JacobBlake
is alive. We are so grateful for his life.
But what he experienced and what his children experienced. Disgusting and disturbing.
#DefundPolice
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Our movement is one born of love. Those who call it violent are the same ones storming the Capitol. BLM has never called for violence nor will we today. We do call for this: End white supremacy. Protect Black communities. Build a democracy that serves all of us, not a select few.
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7 years of fighting, growing, loving and winning. Everyday we have shown up for Black Lives and we will continue to. Deep bow of gratitude to all the chapters and Black led groups showing up for Black Life.
#BLM7YearsStrong
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This isn’t proof the system works. It’s proof of how broken it is. Because it took us this long, and this much attention. Until we have a world where our communities can thrive free from fear, there will be no justice.
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POV: listening to Biden declare “the answer is not to defund the police, it’s to fund the police”
#SOTU
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Tonight’s debate made something clear. We have to do more than vote. We need to organize. We need to keep fighting so we can win.
Get out the vote y’all! Vote down ballot. And make sure you are an informed voter!
#Debates2020
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Biden is currently sending more military equipment to our neighborhoods than Trump did. You read that right. Our communities are being terrorized at a greater rate than they had been under Trump.
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Change is coming and together, we have work to do. Watch and share
@BlkLivesMatter
newest video
#BlackLivesMatter
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Today’s insurrection and coup by hundreds of pro-Trump supporters is one more example of the hypocrisy in our country’s law enforcement response to protest.
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Reminder: the system is working exactly as it is meant to. The system was always meant to protect and uphold white supremacy.
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We need all votes counted. If Trump declares victory before this happens, BLM will take to the streets.
Y’all. We have to be prepared to stand up for democracy!
#BlackVotesMatter
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Read our statement denouncing the white supremacist attacks on our Asian communities
#StopAsianHate
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Rest in power.
59 years ago today I was released from Parchman Farm Penitentiary after being arrested in Jackson, MS for using a so-called "white" restroom during the Freedom Rides of 1961.
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Today is
#Juneteenth
, honoring the June 19, 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery. And today we take back land and reclaim space.
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White violence after racial justice is a pattern. There’s a word for that.
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Keep going. Keep changing the conversation, keep changing the world.
#blacklivesmatter
Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U.S. History
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“Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother's son, we who believe in freedom cannot rest until this happens.”
#blacklivesmatter
#JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
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#KyleRittenhouse
found not guilty on all counts.
This is how the systems conspire to entrench
#WhiteSupremacy
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Tonight we are witnessing a severe lack of candidates of color on the debate stage. Thanks for shouting out Black voters
@AndrewYang
#whatmatters2020
#BlackLivesMatter
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This is a really scary moment. We all need to come together. President elect
@JoeBiden
is addressing the country now.
We must stop white supremacy now!
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We stand with every "me, too" said aloud or silently.
#MeToo
. Thank you
@TaranaBurke
for pioneering
#MeToo
10 years ago.
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You should not be surprised by what is happening in
#Charlottesville
. White supremacist violence is enacted every day against Black folks.
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Pride was a riot. We honor our Black LGBTQ ancestors who stood against police brutality and discrimination by continuing to fight for Black LGBTQ lives today.
#BlackTransLivesMatter
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We stand together with
@Mvmnt4BlkLives
. Overfunding the police leads to mass incarceration and a lack of resources for the things that matter: housing, education and healthcare. When we redirect funding, lives improve.
#DefundPolice
#BlackLivesMatter
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Another hashtag, another heartbreak, another demand for justice. Say his name.
#JusticeForElijahMcClain
#blacklivesmatter
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We are deeply saddened. Philando, we honor your life today, despite the fact that our "justice" system has not.
#BlackLivesMatter
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It’s disgusting and unacceptable that George Zimmerman not only walks free but is now trying to sue grieving parents of the child HE murdered. This is why we will NEVER be silent and continue to fight for liberation and justice.
#blacklivesmatter
BREAKING: George Zimmerman sues family of Trayvon Martin, publisher, prosecutors for $100 million
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Heartbroken over our sisters. 💔Rest in Power, Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells and Riah Milton.
#SayTheirNames
#BlackTransLivesMatter
Two Black trans women have been reported dead this week. Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells of Philadelphia, PA and Riah Milton of Liberty Township, Ohio.
#RestInPower
#BlackLivesMatter
#BlackTransLivesMatter
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We see you sis. Naomi Osaka ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
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#SayHerName
- we have to fight for Black girls with all the fight inside of us. We are with you Grace.
‘If Grace was a 15-year-old white girl, she would not be in jail’ — This teen girl has been locked in juvenile detention since May after violating the terms of her probation by not doing her online schoolwork
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We support the Floyd family and hope this news helps them rest a little easier.
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Debate recap:
Glad we got a whole ass question asked about our movement.
Also Black people don’t only exist within criminal legal system rhetoric.
Vote y’all.
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Support for our movement is growing; Americans are waking up to the injustices that our communities have faced for decades and raising their voices to say
#BlackLivesMatter
. We will win this fight.
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Rep John Lewis dedicated his entire life to service the freedom of Black people. Through non violent direct action, through community organizing, and through elected office. You will be missed. Rest in Power.
This generation will keep fighting, struggling and winning. ✊🏾
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Acquitting Donald Trump ignores just how dangerous he was and continues to be. So long as there is no accountability, the white supremacy he and others like Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley uplift will remain a threat to our democracy.
#EndWhiteSupremacy
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We should all be disgusted that 45 has incited violence and encouraged xenophobia and racism against our Black Muslim American sister. This has gone too far.
#IStandwithIlhan
#blacklivesmatter
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White supremacists will not steal our joy. Yesterday we made history when we elected our first Black and Jewish U.S. Senators from Georgia. Let there be no doubt: Black voters and organizers did that.
Congratulations to Senators-elect
@reverendwarnock
and
@ossoff
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Thank you
@Ava
for building power for Antron, Kevin, Korey, Yusef and Raymond and telling their all-too-familiar story. We vow to continue to fight for the day
#whentheyseeus
#blacklivesmatter
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We’re witnessing history: It’s looking like a victory for
@ReverendWarnock
in Georgia. He’ll be the first Black U.S. Senator from Georgia, and our work on the ground turned out Black voters and will put him over the top.
#gasen
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Real transformation starts with reinvesting in our communities. Share our newest graphic to show people what it looks like to
#DefundPolice
.
#BlackLivesMatter
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No justice for Breonna Taylor means we still
#SayHerName
Breonna Taylor's life was taken by white supremacy and killer cops, exactly one year ago.
Rest in Power.
#ProtectBlackWomen
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We call for an END to the systemic racism that allows this culture of corruption to go unchecked and our lives to be taken. See the Demands. Sign the Petition.
#DefundThePolice
#blacklivesmatter
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This is long overdue and still not enough. We demand the officer who killed Breonna Taylor be held accountable for her death.
#SayHerName
#BlackLivesMatter
NEW: Louisville police officer Brett Hankison has been fired, effective immediately, for "blindly" firing 10 bullets into Breonna Taylor's apartment on March 13, the police department has announced
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How is the team? We taking deep breaths?
Feel all your feelings - then ground and come back to center.
Now develop a voting plan. And vote like your life depends on it on November 3rd.
#Debates2020
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This is what mental illness looks like. Smiles, laughter, beauty, even wealth. (1/4)
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We do this for Black women.
We do this for Black girls.
We do this for Black femmes.
We do this for
#NiaWilson
We will always
#SayHerName
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When Black people protest for our lives, we are met by National Guard troops or police equipped with assault rifles, tear gas and battle helmets. When white people attempt a coup, they are met by an underwhelming number of law enforcement personnel who act powerless to intervene.
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We mourn the death of a a revolutionary Afro-Brazilian council member. Marielle Franco was assassinated last night in Rio. She was radical, she was courageous, she was a police violence expert and a human rights advocate
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#Kavanaugh
confirmation is completely devastating and a slap in the face to the lives of
#Survivors
. We will resist this administration — as long as it takes.
#BlackLivesMatter
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BLM works to exemplify the world we want to live in. A world of love where there is no white supremacy, where Black people are liberated and all people are free.
#blacklivesmatter
#ShutItDownDC
#RiseUpFightBack
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It very hard right now and it’s ok to feel despair in these moments. But stay strong, remember to find joy, and don’t let them break us.
In solidarity and love to all.
#BlackLivesMatter
#DaytonShooting
#ElPasoStrong
#ElPaso
#WhiteSupremacistTerrorism
#DomesticTerrorism
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What is happening today comes from a long history of white supremacist violence against Black people. White supremacist terrorist are willing to hurt, harm and kill to protect themselves and their whiteness.
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“You alright?”
This is what the killer cop asked Adam Toledo after he shot him. 13 years old.
No, we will NEVER be alright with killer cops on the loose.
Defund the police. Abolish that shit.
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It is our duty to fight for our freedom
It is our duty to win
We must love & support each other
We have nothing to lose but our chains
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Today, at 3:45 p.m. ET we will be silent for 8 minutes, 46 seconds -- as Minneapolis gathers for
#GeorgeFloyd
memorial service. We remember you, we honor you, and we fight for you. Your name will continue to be a rallying cry as we transform the world.
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We are shocked and heartbroken by the loss of Ermias Davidson Asghedom, our Nipsey Hu$$le. We send love to his children, family, and community.
#blacklivesmatter
#nipsey
#NipseyHussle
#restinpower
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Justice would be for
#RayshardBrooks
to still be alive. Justice means dismantling a system that targets Black people for demise. Justice means this NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. We fight for justice.
#BlackLivesMatter
#DefundThePolice
BREAKING: Former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe charged with felony murder in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks, Fulton Co. district attorney announces.
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It’s the thing we’ve been doing for the last 5 months...
Protest. We have the freedom to protest.
Maybe you do need your notes.
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Such a shameful moment.
#Debates2020
That was a softball opportunity to denounce white supremacists and he just doubled down.
#Debates2020
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Our hearts broke four years ago when you were senselessly murdered. You are our son, our brother, our friend. Rest in power, sweet boy, we will never forget.
#blacklivesmatter
#tamirrice
#neverforget
#SamariaRice
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#GeorgeFloyd
wasn’t murdered “because he was Black”. Stop saying that. We are allowed to be Black. He was murdered because of white supremacy. Call it what it is.
#BlackLivesMatter
#icantbreathe
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We've been defunding education, housing, and everything else our communities need for years.
We meant what we said
Defund the police
Invest in our communities
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Something we have been saying for so long. Glad the president elect
@JoeBiden
is speaking it on the global stage.
#BlackLivesMatter
Joe Biden: "No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday, they would have been treated very, very differently than the mob of thugs that stormed the Capitol. We all know that's true. And it's unacceptable. Totally unacceptable."
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Pro tip: don’t use the word “urban” to refer to Black and Brown issues.
#DemocraticDebate
#DemDebate
#BlackLivesMatter
#whatmattersin2020
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While we are gearing up for our election Nigerian protestors are being slaughtered by the Nigerian military!!
#EndSARS
NOW! And fight for Black Lives EVERYWHERE!
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We honor the leaders before us and uplift new leaders in today's fight for justice. We uplift Women, Black queer and transgender communities, the undocumented, the disabled, those with records, and all Black lives along the gender spectrum.
#MLKDay
#MLK90
#BlackLivesMatter
#BLM
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Ma’Khia Bryant. We say her name.
Another Black life stolen. But we refuse to define or remember Ma’Khia by her final moments.
We uplift, celebrate & honor this Black child for what she loved- doing her hair, making Tik Toks, having fun. Just being a teen.
Rest in power, Queen.
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