Black lives matter : from a hashtag to a movement
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BLACK LIVES MATTER: FROM HASHTAG TO MOVEMENT
Black Lives Matter is an activist movement which began as a hashtag (#BlackLivesMatter) after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African-American teenager killed in Florida in July 2013.
It was organized by three American students , Patriss Cullors, Alicia Garzia and Opale Tometi, who denounced systemic racism and violence committed against Black-American citizens.
The movement became more widely known and popularized after two deaths in 2014 of unarmed African-American men (Eric Garner and Michael Brown) by police officers.
Since August 2014, local and national protests and other actions have brought the movement to the public consciousness and conversation. Black Lives Matter, which started as a hashtag on Twitter and other social media, has become a “movement.”
As of August 2015, more than 1000 Black Lives Matter demonstrations have been organized worldwide. Recently, four Black Lives activists published “Campaign Zero,” which includeD ten policy solutions developed with activists, protestors and researchers across the country in order to .
Source : adapted from https://www.adl.org/education-outreach
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unarmed : non armés | protests : des manifestations |
denounced : ont dénoncé | demonstrations : manifestations |
citizens : citoyens | worldwide : dans le monde entier |
more widely known : plus largement connu | policy solutions : solutions politiques |
WHAT IS BLACK LIVES MATTER? (paragraph 1)
Black Lives Matter is an activist movement which began as a hashtag (#BlackLivesMatter) after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African American teenager killed in Florida in July 2013.
WHO WERE THE ORGANIZERS AT THE ORIGIN OF THIS MOVEMENT? AND WHY DID THEY CREATE THE MOVEMENT? (paragraph 1)
Opal Tometi, Alicia Garza and Patrisse Cullors created this movement because there was too much racism against blacks peoples.
HOW DID THE MOVEMENT BECOME POPULAR ? (Paragraph 2)
The movement become popular after the deaths of two unarmed African American by police officers.
WHAT WAS PUBLISHED IN AUGUST 2015 ? WHAT DID IT INCLUDE ? (paragraph 3)
Recently, four Black Lives activists published Campaign Zero which included ten policy solutions.
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