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#BlackLivesMatter was born online but now lives in street actions, in conversations in our homes, and in the dignity swelling in our hearts. That…

— Patrisse Cullors

In 2013, I helped create a black-centered political will- and movement-building project called #BlackLivesMatter.

— Patrisse Cullors

For us, #BlackLivesMatter is really a re-humanization project. It's a way for us to love each other again, to love ourselves, and to project…

— Alicia Garza

I think #BlackLivesMatter is a huge campaign that is important and integral to our advancement as a people.

— Chance The Rapper

With Black Lives Matter, we knew from the very beginning that it wasn't just going to live online. We were like, 'We're creating this…

— Patrisse Cullors

For a black activist, for an activist of all walks of life, the Internet has become this kind of meeting place where we can…

— Franchesca Ramsey

#BlackLivesMatter is about black pride and black power and standing up against a world that tries to annihilate us.

— Patrisse Cullors

So many stories have been told about Black Lives Matter. The beauty of building out a decentralized network, the beauty of building out something…

— Patrisse Cullors

For all its power as a protest medium, black Twitter serves a great many users as a virtual place to just hang out.

— Jenna Wortham

“What would the black community be if we taught our children love, family values, self-respect, nonviolence, how to manage money, how to speak up…

— Lashaunda K. Jackson-Williams

We want to make sure people know deeply about the trans community and deeply about Black Lives Matter so that people can act in…

— Van Jones

We've said from the very beginning Black Lives Matter is a network and also, as a broad set of individuals, is an organization moving…

— Alicia Garza