“BLACK LIVES MATTER”: FROM HASHTAG.
TO MOVEMENT
Black Lives Matter is an actwist movernent wich began a3 a hashtag
(#BlacHLivesMatter) after George Zimmerman was acquited in the
shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African-American
teenager kiled in Flarids in July 2013, The movement became more
vradely® énenm and populanzed after two high-profile deaths in 2014
of unarmed AhicanAmerican men (Eric Garner in Staten Island
News York and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri) at the hands of
Pole officers wha Were ubmately not indicted. Since ALgust 20 14
ongoing® local and national protests and other actions—onen
sparked® by the deaths of other unarmed African Americans—have
brought the movement tn the puble conscinusness and conversation
Black Lives Matter, which onginated as a hashtag on Tener and
wher sucial media, has since evolved into @ "movement As uf
August 2015, more than 1000 Black Lives Matter demonstrationsi®
have been held worldwide. Recerdly, four Black Lives activists
released “Campalgn Zere™” which includes ten paicy solutions
developed in canjunctan weh activsts, protestors and researchers)
sess the country, intagrsing communty demands, input from
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serve the documents and answer the questions:
1+ What is "Black Lives Matter"?
2.When did this movement emerge? And why?
What media spread the message first?
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