People Involved
What was the name of the teenage boy who was shot and later inspired the movement to take place?
Trayvon Martin
Define liberation
Removing disadvantages from groups in society
What rights did this movement involve?
Human rights
Who do they spread awareness for?
Who shot Trayvon Martin?
George Zimmerman
Define systemic racism
Racism expressed in social or political institutions
Where was Trayvon Martin shot?
Sanford, Florida
Name two of the three main things they fight for.
freedom, liberation, and justice
Who was the little boy who got shot by a police officer for playing with a toy gun?
Tamir Rice
Define disparities
a great difference
Why was the movement created?
Responded to how the black community was treated. Ex: shootings, abuse, racism, violence
What is their mission?
To build local power and to intervene in the violence inflicted in the black community
Name 2 of the 3 co-founders of the movement. (first and/or last name is fine)
Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi
Define systematic dehumanization
Denying full said humanness to others
Students at what university causes the president to resign after failing to deal with racism on campus?
University of Missouri
What world did they hope for?
Hopes on imagining/creating a world free of anti-blackness, changing the way people think and behave toward one another, and increase the living standards for the black community
Which other groups helped the Black Lives Matter Movement? (Name 3/6)
Black Youth Project 100, Assata’s Daughters, Dream Defenders, St. Louis Action council, Organization for Black Struggle, Millennial Activists United
Define mediated mobilization
Use of social media to spread movement
They were the first U.S. Social Movement to use what?
to use internet as mass mobilization device successfully
What do they DEMAND? Name 3 out of 6.
End war on black people, Reparations, Invest-Divest, Economic Justice, Community Control, Political Power