Black Lives Matter
noun
Note: Black Lives Matter was founded by Black community organizers Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi after George Zimmerman was acquitted of charges relating to his fatal shooting of Black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012; the movement expanded as people reacted to police killings of unarmed Black people in years following. The name Black Lives Matter functions as a declaration that Black people's lives have as much value as white people's lives, and as a call to end systems and practices that challenge this fact.
—abbreviation BLMExamples of Black Lives Matter in a Sentence
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Opal Tometi Opal Tometi, a Nigerian-American human rights advocate and strategist, is one of the three co-founders of Black Lives Matter.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The tweet was widely interpreted as an expression of opposition to the growing Black Lives Matter movement, although Napear has denied that was his intent.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2025
She was elected to the school board in 2020 and is the founder of Love First Community Engagement, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Twin Cities and chair of the End Slavery in Minnesota campaign.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Black Lives Matter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Black%20Lives%20Matter. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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