black lives matter

Meaning

Phrase

  • A rallying call and statement of protest, concerning the lives of African-Americans, and death from white vigilante and police violence.

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Origin

  • Originally used in the form of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media (2013), protesting against the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of the police.

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