"Black Lives Matter": Constructing a New Civil Rights and Black Freedom Movement

According to Alicia Garza, a Bay Area queer activist of color and special projects director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance, #BlackLivesMatter is a unique contribution that goes beyond extrajudicial killings of Black people by police and vigilantes. [...]it is a testament to the courage a...

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Published in:New politics 2015-07, Vol.15 (3), p.28
Main Author: Shor, Francis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquittals & mistrials
Activists
African Americans
Black Lives Matter movement
Civil rights movements
Gender
Indictments
Leadership
Racial profiling
Social networks
White supremacy
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Summary:According to Alicia Garza, a Bay Area queer activist of color and special projects director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance, #BlackLivesMatter is a unique contribution that goes beyond extrajudicial killings of Black people by police and vigilantes. [...]it is a testament to the courage and tenacity on the young activists that they have awakened their fellow citizens to the need to address long-standing grievances around the criminal justice system with its perpetuation of racial profiling and biases.
ISSN:0028-6494