The Black Lives Matter movement may be newer in founding, but it’s name and message has spread far and wide in recent years. The movement sets out to help combat and racism against the Black community of America and the entire world. Their banner of Black Lives Matter can be seen sprawled across the internet and even in person in many current areas. Let’s see what the Black Lives Matter movement is all about and what they hope to do.
Founding
Despite its large physical presence today, BLM was founded by a simple online message that spread like wildfire. The #BlackLivesMatter hashtag was first used on Facebook and eventually found itself to be the message that would create and entire organization and movement. The three women behind the movement are Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi. These three women formed the BLM movement after the shooting of Trayvon Martin who was a Black teenager shot while unarmed when walking to a friends house. After this event transpired in 2…
