The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement began in the US in July 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, who fatally shot an unarmed 17-year-old African American, Trayvon Martin, on February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida. Outraged by the verdict, three Black women activists, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal (now Ayo) Tometi, shared the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, which went viral on social media as the rallying cry for racial justice, sparking one of...
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