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Introduction The Black Lives Matter movement’s initially focused on ending state-sanctioned violence, police brutality, and injustices against African Americans. The movement grew to include related issues including getting African American achievements throughout history to be affirmed and recognized widely. The injustice that sparked the movement was the killing of an unarmed African American teenager in February, 2012. The victim, Trayvon Martin, was profiled by the shooter for wearing baggy…

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African Americans have always faced inequalities and injustices from the birth of America. African Americans were first segregated from whites due the creation of the slave codes, which distinguished who was white and who was black, or in other terms, who has rights and who does not. Once slavery ended it did not end segregation or even racism; the Jim Crow laws defined segregation. Black people were not allowed to go to white schools, or even sit next to a white a person on a bus. Blacks did…

differences between England and Australia to highlight the unique identity of her adopted country. Mackellar uses language to characterize Australia, and by doing that she is able to strongly connect with it. For example, when she uses the phrases ‘opal hearted country’ and ‘sapphire misted mountains’ it gives the impression that Australia brings happiness, enjoyment and delight to her. She invites an Australian audience to share and identify with her feelings by saying that those who are not…

She takes us to a place some people would not want to travel. (Opal Moore is a professor of English at University argues that the teaching of I Know why the Caged Bird sings is based upon a misunderstanding of purpose behind its discussion of “adult themes. (Caged Bird‘s critics imply an immorality in the work based…

This does not necessarily mean anyone who chants “Black Lives Matter” is a member, but could just be that they are a supporter or an activist. The co-founders of the organization are Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi. When the organization was first established it served as a nation-wide reminder for what African-Americans have struggled through in the past. They clarified that just because their movement is called Black Lives Matter it does not mean they…

#BlackLivesMatter is a recent and current social movement that is based on black people having their lives taken away from them for pretty much the soul reasoning of them being black. This report will look at the history of the hashtag itself and how the movement started. It will also look at cases where black lives were taken for being wrongly accused for something that they were not doing. Lastly, this report will touch base on what has been accomplished in the short time that…

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Trayvon Martin was unarmed and Zimmerman was acquitted of the charges. Trayvon's murder was the gas on the fire that would spark great national outrage. The co-founders were 3 radical black organizers named, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi. The movement is a member-led global network, which contains more than 40 chapters. The call for Black lives to matter is a rallying cry for ALL Black lives striving for liberation. Looking at the movement from a structural functionalist point…

resurfacing, the current circumstances following the shooting of Michael Brown has initiated a movement for social justice for black people in the form of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) social movement, founded by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi. BLM started with the aim of increasing recognition in regards to social inequality and police brutality against black people. As a policy advisor to this group, it is important that the successes of this movement are attributed to their…