Our decentralized, localized leadership structure has really allowed for Black Lives Matter structures in their own communities to take on the state… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
In 2014, topics like Black Lives Matter, the Middle East, and Ebola were prominent in the national discussion, with mentions of then-President… — Kristen Soltis Anderson Copy Share Image
“I am a black woman. Don't look beyond me. Don't see through me. Look me in the eye. Hold my gaze. Listen… — Janet Autherine Copy Share Image
We've said from the very beginning Black Lives Matter is a network and also, as a broad set of individuals, is an… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
The more I'm educated on things like the Black Lives Matter movement, police brutality, and things that I feel passionate about, I… — Latto Copy Share Image
The biggest misconception about Black Lives Matter is that BLM is just one entity; Black Lives Matter is an organization and a… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
It's not enough to, say, put up a black square on your Instagram feed and proclaim that Black Lives Matter. You can't… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
I'm just standing behind the Black Lives Matter movement. I stand behind it and support it. And I feel I have a… — Tyler Herro Copy Share Image
“The New Left in the 1960s was obsessed with consciousness raising. Saul Alinsky, a mentor to Obama and Hillary, devoted a large… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Bent Literary Agency had a Q&A on Twitter, and I took a chance and asked if the Black Lives Matter movement was… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
Historically it has been a touchy subject, especially in the south where I am from, people don't really talk about it. If… — Andre Holland Copy Share Image
“simply a member of a culture that at one time normalized that behavior, it shaped us. We can’t undo that level of… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Between 1980 and 2008, blacks made up 52.5% of homicide offenders, despite making up just 12.2% of the population. In the same… — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
Hair is what connects women in Dakar and Detroit, Oprah [Winfrey] and Opal [Tometi] the Black Lives Matter activist. There's a story… — Michaela Angela Davis Copy Share Image
When we say 'Black Lives Matter,' we're not saying that any other life doesn't matter. That has never, ever been our message.… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
A lot of times, we get stuck, and we are followers. When you hear one person say, 'black lives matter,' or 'blue… — Floyd Mayweather, Jr Copy Share Image
If you understand the Black Lives Matter movement, there's no central leadership of the movement. This is an organic, grassroots movement all… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
We came in as organizers before creating the Black Lives Matter network and project, and we are still organizers, strategists, political thinkers,… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
I think the fact people still don't realise why people are taking a knee and saying 'Black Lives Matter,' people are being… — DeAndre Yedlin Copy Share Image
Need a Black face to criticize other Black colleagues, Black Lives Matter, heck even protests against Trump's Muslim ban and parrot the… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
“Fantasy like thought that no man could rain Just let her reign Run wild with her unafraid Of any rain storms They… — Maquita Donyel Irvin Copy Share Image
You can be as critical as you want of Black Lives Matter. I'm critical of him, too. But to say that they… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
I grew up in a neighborhood that was heavily policed. I witnessed my brothers and my siblings continuously stopped and frisked by… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
We are clear that all lives matter, but we live in a world where that's not actually happening in practice. So if… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
It is just not something we need to forget easily, to just bend the knee, to put on our t-shirts, Black Lives… — Abdoulaye Doucoure Copy Share Image
The Black Lives Matter movement has brought to the national conversation many of the inequalities I've worked to confront here in Braddock.… — John Fetterman Copy Share Image
Whether or not you call it Black Lives Matter, whether or not you put a hashtag in front of it, whether or… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
“Yeah, there are no more “colored” water fountains, and it’s supposed to be illegal to discriminate, but if I can be forced… — Nic Stone Copy Share Image
Black Lives Matter, as a network, will not, does not, has not, ain't going to endorse any candidates. Now if there are… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
I am of the generation of segregation. Black Lives Matter is post. I said today, and I will say all the time,… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Through Black Lives Matter and social media, we've been able to have a really challenging discussion with America about police and how… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
The Black Lives Matter National Network and the movement at large are sophisticated. We're not easily won over by talking points and… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
Everybody's life matters. But that's why we have to say black lives matter, because the highest disproportionality, police brutality, disenfranchisement, education disproportionality… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
I think that all lives matter, but I think that the reason we say Black Lives Matter is because, for some reason,… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
What we've seen is an attempt by mainstream politics and politicians to co-opt movements that galvanize people in order for them to… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
“The Tuskegee experiments are certainly a good reason for ongoing mistrust, but it is important not to overlook mistrust that is generated… — Clare Xanthos Copy Share Image
With support from techies, designers, artists and thousands of activists across the country, Black Lives Matter is now an online-to-offline political movement,… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
Black Lives Matter is the ultimate divisive movement. They aren't shy about what they don't like, which is western civilization, capitalism, and… — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
A lot of people are quick to say that saying 'black lives matter' makes you anti-cop. All lives should indeed matter, but… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
I count myself as a feminist. I'm a vegan, so I believe in animal rights. I stand behind the Black Lives Matter… — Oliver Stark Copy Share Image
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