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Jesse Lee Peterson (born May 22, 1949) is an American conservative talk show host, political commentator and Christian minister. [2]As a Black American raised in the Jim Crow era, [2] Peterson has gained notoriety for his staunchly traditional political and religious views, [3] which have been described as misogynistic, [4] homophobic, [5] and of a white nationalist nature.
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGN or BLMGNF) [a] is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to promoting the Black Lives Matter movement. [7] The organization is often mistaken for other organizations within the Black Lives Matter movement because it often solely employs the phrase "Black Lives Matter" as its name and it also owns the domain name ...
A Black Lives Matter die-in over rail tracks, protesting alleged police brutality in Saint Paul, Minnesota (September 20, 2015) Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement [ 1 ][ 2 ] that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people and to promote anti-racism.
The national Black Lives Matter organization on Thursday dismissed as an “imposter” an activist who identified himself as a leader of the movement in Rhode Island and declared he was backing ...
A Los Angeles civil jury ruled against Black Lives Matter-L.A. co-founder Melina Abdullah on Thursday, finding that two police officers were not liable for their response to a reported hostage ...
A protester holds up a large black power raised fist in the middle of the crowd that gathered at Columbus Circle in New York City for a Black Lives Matter Protest spurred by the death of George Floyd.
Ayọ Tometi (born August 15, 1984), formerly known as Opal Tometi, is an American human rights activist, writer, strategist, and community organizer. [2] She is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter (BLM). [3] She is the former executive director of the United States' first national immigrant rights organization for people of African descent, the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI ...
The phrase Black Lives Matter was born out of a Facebook post from Alicia Garza after the July 13, 2013, acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman shot ...