Black Lives Matter: The Rise Of The Civil Rights Movement

The civil rights movement was one of the main elements that were responsible for agitation and protest that greatly expanded in the 1960s. This social movement “originated among black Americans in the South who faced racial discrimination and segregation, or the separation of whites and blacks, in almost every aspect of their lives” (“Protests in the 1960s,” 3). There was constant racial

Civil rights groups are not a new thing in the United States, but after the disputed case of Trayvon Martin who was killed by George Zimmerman, the movement has been growing tumultuously. After Martin’s death, hundreds of high school teens began protesting, demanding both Zimmerman and chief police be fired. With the help of social media, Umi Selah and other activists were able to organize a forty-mile march from Daytona Beach to the headquarters of Sanford Police Department (the department that dealt with Martin and Zimmerman’s case.) The march lasted four days and ended in a five-hour blockade of the Sanford Police Department’s door. This organized protest was just the beginning of what quickly became the Black Lives Matter movement (McClain 2016).

In the year of 2015, more than 102 unarmed African American people were slaughtered by police officers, making it nearly twice every week. Trayvon Martin was the first people to influence the Black Lives Matter Movement creating a guide to end police brutality regarding African Americans. Although some people believe the Black Lives Matter Movement was successful because of their huge exposure, it was not successful because many unarmed African Americans who were murdered did not receive justice, prejudice people towards Blacks are still stereotyping, and there is still police brutality.

Although there was significant progress made in the 60’s Civil Rights Movements, African American lives still find themselves the subjects of racial profiling and police brutality cases. Specific incidents have brought the controversies to the public eye through social media and backlash from social movements. The cases of Trayvon Martin and Sandra Bland led to the controversies and feelings of judicial injustice; these events and public outrage sparked and fueled the movement “Black Lives Matter”, which was established to challenge and combat racial discrimination and police brutality. Since then, the movement has gained momentum and continues to gain followers and validity. Social media has also been a main contributor to the cause, as the

The dignity of Black Americans is being taken away by the same people who are getting paid by American tax dollars, to protect and serve. Because of this rash of recent deaths, Black Americas have started an initiative to ban together to fight the racial injustice in this country. Black Lives Matter is an organization of American activist who created a grassroots movement to abolish the degradation and demonization of Blacks Americans. This movement formed after the shooting death, of Florida Black American teen Trayvon Martin, whose killer George Zimmerman, was released on an acquittal. Since then, more attention has been drawn to the disproportionate number of Black American deaths in this country. These deaths have

The Black Lives Movement was a creation that happened in 2012 after the prompted death of Trayvon Martin, a young black man, that was racially profiled and stereotyped by an older man named George Zimmerman was shot and killed because he was seen as a threat. The movement was smaller in 2012; however, the emergent of more African Americans being killed over senseless crimes have cause more people to join the organization and promote change and try to rebuild the black community by unitifying black liberation. It’s more than the brutality of Africans Americans it’s about the future as a race in relate to education, the prison system, wage gap,

the activist movement, black lives matter, first plunged into the spotlight during the acquittal of george zimmerman for shooting trayvon martin, an african american teen. since then, the hashtag #blacklivesmatter has been used to protest the systemic racism against black people. in response to this movement, the phrase “all lives matter” has emerged, its supporters dismissing the black lives matter campaign for singling out one race. the use of this phrase by celebrities and politicians has been met with harsh backlash, with good reason. “all lives matter” is an ignorant response, which draws attention away from the racism and violence that black americans face. we say “black lives matter” because black lives are the ones being oppressed right

On social media there was a trending hashtag, #BlackLivesMatter, when the riots in Ferguson began in August 2014 over the killing of a young African American male by a white police officer. The African American community made it clear that black lives did matter. They were outraged and upset by the constant police brutality against them that they believed was caused by the underlying of racism. The fact that black

“Black Lives Matter” —an intended progression in society without a hierarchy, merely marching forward by spur of the people. Started by three sisters who continue to keep the organization a chapter-based, left wing social justice operation, it can best be described as “Not a moment, but a movement” by those that follow it. The case that began this outcry involved a man —George Zimmerman— whom, according to Lizette Alvarez and Cara Buckley (2013), “was found not guilty [of] second-degree murder [and] was also acquitted of manslaughter, a lesser charge.” (para. 1). Since its initial start in 2013, the movement follows and protests against police brutality and civil injustice towards individuals of the Black minority; however, this is a prime example of hate breeding hate as the movement, has opened a new floodgate full of antipathy aimed towards the White-community and Law Enforcement Officials. In short, the initial idea of “Black Lives Matter” —which is to bring civil justice to the Black-community— is a good concept, but the execution by its adherents are, ironically, bigoted; the movement needs to either evolve its state of thought or disperse before it further segregates America.

The Civil Rights movement was a push to expand the rights of African Americans in the United States. It is widely known that Martin Luther King Jr. was the figurehead of this movement he got his start in the Montgomery bus boycotts as he organized and spoke on behalf of the African American community in Montgomery and worked closely with Rosa Parks and other civil rights activists. Although this is where the movement’s most prominent leader got his start, it should not be considered the starting point because there was political unrest and victories for the movement prior to Martin Luther King Jr. For example, an early victory and a more likely start of the movement was the Supreme Court case, in which the 1896

Within the last three years (Black Lives Matter, 2015), the televised protest of the Black Lives Movement (BLM) has drawn international attention that community activist in search for equity would more than likely define as racial inequalities posed against African Americans in the United States. Erupting from a social media posting, “hashtag #BlackLivesMatter,” the Black Lives Movement was co-founded by community organizers,

In 2013, what started as a Facebook post stating “Black Lives Matter” over the death of a 17-year-old in Florida would develop into a movement over a year later. The Black Lives Matter movement would be in full force after the death of an 18-year-old boy killed in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014 by a white police officer. This death would be the last straw causing many individuals to express grief and outrage as it was just the latest in a long and rapidly growing succession of cases involving police use of lethal force against unarmed people of color. With the outpour of protests, law enforcement would be targeted with animosity and hateful chants such as “Pigs in a blanket, fry-em like bacon” and “What do we want? Dead Cops!” (Blackwell, 2016).

When two black men died in the summer of 2014 the phrase Black Lives Matter begin to appear as a twitter hashtag. This is because Michael Brown and Eric Garner died after having an encounter with the police. Which had resulted in people questioning race and policing hence increasing the popularity of the phrase that would later on define a movement. “This is a powerful example of how a hashtag now is attached to a movement, and a movement, in some ways, has grown around a hashtag, and a series of really painful and really powerful conversations are taking place in a brand new space,” said Lee Rainie, director of internet, science and technology research at Pew.

The Civil Rights movement began in the 1950s with the goal of equality for all African-American men and women. Equality meant that their rights would be equal to those granted to whites, they’d have equal opportunity at an education and employment, the right to vote, and racial discrimination would, ideally, be long forgotten. In peaceful protest, Reverend Martin Luther King

Black Lives Matter which began as a hashtag, moved the black lives matter from a hashtag to the streets. Black Lives Matter is a unique contribution that goes beyond extrajudicial killings of Black people by police and vigilantes. It goes beyond the narrow nationalism that can be prevalent within some Black communities, which merely call on Black people to love Black, live Black and buy Black, keeping straight cisgender Black men in the front of the movement while our sisters, queer and trans and disabled folk take up roles in the background or not at all. Black Lives Matter affirms the lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, Black-undocumented folks, folks with records, women and all Black lives along the gender spectrum. It centers those that have been marginalized within Black liberation movements. It is a tactic to (re)build the Black liberation movement (Black Lives matter, 2016). The movement has done something all too rare in our time: it’s escaped the control of the ruling establishment. Neither police repression nor Democrats have been able to stop the movement. which has confounded the politicians and the news media, accustomed as they are to using the same old scripts to discuss race and protest without challenge (Petersen-Smith, 2015). According to the founders, Black Lives Matter, addresses the ways in which Black people are deprived of our basic human rights and dignity. It is an acknowledgement Black poverty and genocide is state violence.